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Spirit Airlines announced a significant expansion in the carrier’s Boston presence. With five new routes announced in a press release, the Miramar, Fla.-based carrier aims to increase competition with the big three and JetBlue. The airline will launch routes that will go head to head with American, Delta, JetBlue and United. Beginning June 7, Spirit […]

Former rivals Emirates and United Airlines have launched a new partnership. The agreement, first announced in September 2022, includes reciprocal mileage earning and redemption opportunities, an interline agreement and a new United service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Dubai International Airport. From Rivals to Partners It was not long ago that the “big three” […]

Roughly one year ago, in March of 2022, SkyWest requested to terminate 29 Essential Air Service communities around the United States. We are now a year later and a lot has changed, and it is not the only airline that has requested to terminate EAS communities as fellow commuter airlines Boutique Air and Cape Air […]

Confirming rumors that had been swirling in recent weeks, United Airlines announced Tuesday an agreement with Boeing for the purchase of 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliner with options for another 100, making it the largest order for widebody aircraft by a U.S. airline in history. The Dreamliners, which will be of the 787-8, 787-9 or 787-10 […]

On November 17 United inaugurated its non-stop services between Washington (IAD) and Cape Town (CPT). This new operation becomes the carrier’s third route between the United States and South Africa. Flight UA 2222, operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner registered as N24979, took off from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) at 19:19 local time and […]

Last Monday, United increased the capacity of its operations in Colombia with the introduction of the Boeing 737 MAX. For the first time, the airline will operate with this model between the United States and South America. The first Boeing 737 MAX 8 service was performed in an aircraft registered under registration number N27271, which […]

United resumed operations between the United States and Cuba after a suspension of more than two and a half years. The airline will provide the only non-stop service between the state of Texas and the Caribbean nation. The carrier’s last operation in Cuba, was on March 28, 2020, on a service between Havana (HAV) and […]

United is now the largest airline between North America and Asia-Pacific; as several countries in the region open their borders the U.S. carrier has added new destinations, resumed routes suspended in the wake of the pandemic and expanded existing services thanks to increased passenger demand. The company has reestablished most of its operations in Australia, New […]

United is strengthening transatlantic operations at Shannon, Ireland’s Airport with a new seasonal service from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. This route will boost Shannon’s international connection, as the airline also offers a nonstop connection from Newark, N.J. The airline’s last operation between Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and Shannon was on September 6, 2017. During that summer season, […]

This will probably sound like a broken record for avid AirlineGeeks readers, but in the Spring of 2022 SkyWest under the United Express brand requested to terminate 31 Essential Air Service communities. Now at least six months later, some of them have said that SkyWest isn’t allowed to leave, some have chosen a new carrier […]