Pittsburgh International will close off 27 gates -– about 25% of its total –- as the airport tries to shoulder the blow from US Airways' latest cutbacks there, AP reports. "The airline, long dominant in Pittsburgh, will slash 40 flights...
US Airways announced today it would apply for the rights to begin daily service between Charlotte and Bogota, Colombia. The carrier hopes to win rights from the U.S. Department of Transportation, which reached an updated aviation agreement with Colombia that...
Northwest "shattered" Wall Street forecasts with a third-quarter profit of $244 million (93 cents per share), Reuters reports. Analysts had predicted a profit of about 76 cents a share, according to both Reuters and The Associated Press. NWA swung to...
That subject likely won't surprise anyone who has flown on a big U.S. carrier recently, but it's the headline from a Saturday story in The New York Times (free registration). The Times writes "the fleet of big jets operated by...
Count the nation's second-biggest carrier among the big U.S. airlines with an aging fleet (see above). And that's not likely to change in the near future. United "expects to make few fleet changes in 2008 and may perhaps slightly reduce...
In a story from late last week, Frontier Airlines returned to profitability during the July-to-September quarter with a net profit of $17.3 million. The Denver Post says the quarter was Frontier's most profitable since 2000 and resulted "from fuller planes...
Frontier is looking to create new partnerships with other airlines and possibly strengthen its current pact with AirTran Airways, the Rocky Mountain News reports. Frontier CEO Sean Menke says marketing or codesharing pacts with other carriers could help Frontier expand...
Another nugget from Frontier's quarterly earnings report: Thre airline said it has started a "transition plan to replace the seats in Frontier's Airbus fleet with lighter leather seats. The transition began in July and will continue over a period of...
From USA TODAY's Airport Check-in column: "Airport director Rick McElroy says news reports about the airport's new marketing campaign are no hoax. For years, local officials asked the Federal Aviation Administration to change the airport's SUX three-letter airport identifier to...
A federal proposal to impose flight caps at New York JFK has caught the attention of Continental Airlines officials. Continental CEO Larry Kellner tells the Houston Chronicle the company is concerned that capping JFK flights could ultimately affect Continental's hub...
Discount carriers aren't the only targets of airports eager for new service. In South Dakota, officials at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport say American Airlines is one of their top targets, according to the local Argus Leader newspaper. The airport...
Beginning March 3, Delta will begin Delta-branded flights to Oklahoma's Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport. Delta Connection affiliate Atlantic Southeast will fly two daily round-trip flights to Delta's Atlanta hub using 50-seat Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft. Delta says its Delta Connection service...
Beginning Jan. 8, JetBlue will add seasonal service from both Buffalo and Westchester County (White Plains), N.Y., to Fort Myers, Fla. The carrier will fly one daily round-trip flight through April 30 using 100-seat Embraer 190 jets.
That's the headline from a story today in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which takes a look at Southwest's attempt to evolve from a "discount pioneer" into a major carrier "moving to capture more business fliers." The carrier has evolved in...
