May 11, 2016 5:09 pm ET
April 14, 2016 8:35 pm ET -
Alitalia to Return to China With Service to Beijing
Italy's flag carrier, Alitalia, announced it will resume service to China in July 2016. Alitalia will begin a nonstop flight between Rome-Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) and Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK) on July 18, 2016. This will be Alitalia's third new…
April 12, 2016 4:06 pm ET -
JetBlue to Expand Mint Service
JetBlue announced today it will expand its Mint service to seven more transcontinental routes. The airline launched its premium Mint service in 2014 on its flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco from its main hub at New York’s JFK…
April 1, 2016 2:07 pm ET -
Virgin Atlantic to Launch New US Routes from Manchester, Unveils…
Virgin Atlantic has announced it will begin new nonstop service to Boston and San Francisco from Manchester. In addition, the airline announced a codeshare with FlyBe. The codeshare aims to bring passengers from small European cities to Virgin Atlantic flights…
April 1, 2016 11:25 am ET -
KLM is First Airline to Use Facebook Messenger
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be the first airline to use the Facebook Messenger app to communicate with its customers. David Marcus, Vice President of Messaging at Facebook announced the news in a post: The airline has always been a…
March 21, 2016 8:18 pm ET -
First US Manufactured Airbus Aircraft Takes Flight
As of March 21, 2016, the first airplane manufactured at Airbus' manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama took its maiden flight. The Airbus A321 took off at 9:36 AM, flying for 3 hours 26 minutes before landing back in Mobile at 1:02…