ATA Airlines will end scheduled service to both Washington Reagan National and New York LaGuardia airports by the beginning of January, ATA COO Gary Ellmer says in an internal memo obtained by Today in the Sky. ATA's service from Chicago...
Two United flights ran into unusual problems in the Midwest this week, according to two Midwestern newspapers. The first came Monday night, where The Indianapolis Star reports that police "arrested an apparently intoxicated passenger" after his Memphis-to-Chicago flight diverted to...
JetBlue this morning announced two new routes to the Caribbean from its hub at New York JFK. The airline will begin one daily round-trip flight to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic on Jan. 10. And, on Jan. 17, JetBlue...
Beginning Feb. 14, AirTran will add nonstop service from Pittsburgh to the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers. The carrier will operate one daily round-trip flight on the route. Also beginning the same day, AirTran will increase its service...
Add United to the list of airlines facing a "time-to-get-tough stance" from its pilots union. The Chicago Tribune (free registration) says the carrier "appears headed for more labor turbulence after unionized pilots on Tuesday elected new leaders who vow to...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Mineta San Jose International plans to build a $251 million consolidated rental car garage. The seven-story garage will have parking spaces for 3,000 cars and feature eight rental companies. Travelers will...
Boeing's Dreamliner model will not be delivered on time, after all. The Associated Press is reporting that the company is "delaying initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner by six months due to continued challenges in completing assembly of the first...
Is ATA taking full advantage of its partnership with Southwest? Where is Skybus headed next? Why don't airlines expand in St. Louis? Which hub will Continental use for new Asia flights? Find out the answers to these questions -- and...
That's the headline from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (free registration), which reports the new leaders of American Airlines' pilots union have taken aim at company CEO Gerard Arpey that "in a blistering letter that disparages his leadership, condemns executive bonuses...
Northwest officially announced its Amsterdam-Portland, Ore., route yesterday, saying daily nonstop flights will start March 29, The Associated Press reports. NWA will fly the route with Airbus A330-200 jets configured with 32 business-class seats and 211 in coach. In a...
Midwest Airlines announced that it would increase its number of flights on four routes. Beginning Nov. 1, the carrier will add a second daily nonstop flight between Los Angeles and its Milwaukee hub. A third daily round-trip flight between Phoenix...
ExpressJet is adding three new destinations as the carrier works to find a schedule and route network to fit the stand-alone portion of its service. The carrier's three newest destinations are Reno, Long Beach., Calif., and Santa Barbara, Calif. ExpressJet's...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "San Francisco International has installed at its parking lots new metal dispensers that are stacked with tickets to help remind passengers where they've left their cars. About half the size of...
Reuters says Air France-KLM and Delta have indicated "an imminent joint-venture deal on trans-Atlantic flights" by scheduling an Oct. 17 press conference in Paris. The CEOs of both Delta and Air France-KLM will participate. Air France-KLM did not comment specifically...
