British Airways' announced to day a big new plane order (see below), a move that caps "one of the most closely watched and hard-fought competitions between Airbus and The Boeing Co. in several years," writes Seattle Post-Intelligencer aerospace reporter James...
British Airways today placed its largest aircraft order in nine years, dividing its order between U.S. jetmaker Boeing and European rival Airbus. BA ordered 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets and 12 Airbus A380 superjumbo jets, with options for 18 additional...
Beginning Nov. 15, Allegiant will add nonstop service between Green Bay, Wis., and Phoenix-Mesa. The carrier will fly one round-trip flight every Thursday and Sunday. Allegiant also flies from Green Bay to Las Vegas.
US Airways received a single operating certificate yesterday from the Federal Aviation Administration, a key milestone for the company following the US Airways-America West merger two years ago. The move effectively makes the carrier a "single entity" to the FAA,...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "SuperShuttle, which runs shared-ride van services at several airports nationwide, has introduced the company's first kiosk at Baltimore/Washington International. Its customers can now book, confirm and pay for their reservations at...
Skybus CEO Bill Diffenderffer tells Airline Business "we're creating new markets" with the carrier's choice of airports. Airline Business writes Skybus "is building up a national route system by looking for airports that are in effect alternatives to the (already)...
What's next for Skybus? Will other airlines follow Delta into Salem, Ore.? Why do the number of seats airlines set aside for frequent-flier awards seem to change so erratically? Are there any Michigan airports that are a good fit for...
American Airlines is turning its focus to customer service -- an area in which it was plagued by storm-related operational problems. "We're going to make sure next summer is better than this summer was," David Cush, American's senior vice president...
In addition to its story on American's efforts to refocus on customer service (see above), The Dallas Morning News (free registration) also runs a detailed Q&A with Mark Mitchell, who the paper dubs AA's "new tsar of customer service." The...
JetBlue will add three new daily nonstop routes to Orlando. Service from Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., will start Nov. 15, with JetBlue using Airbus A320 aircraft on both routes. Service from Portland, Maine, begins Jan. 10 on Embraer E190 jets....
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "A planned $1.1 billion international terminal at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson took a step closer to reality. The city council last week agreed to spend $110 million to build two tunnels for underground...
That's what San Bernardino officials are hoping, saying the converted military base could have regularly scheduled commercial airline service as early as next year, according to The Associated Press. San Bernardino officials say they're negotiating with four airlines, but did...
Delta received approval this morning from the Department of Transportation to begin nonstop service between Atlanta and Shanghai. The route is one of six new daily round-trip routes granted today by the U.S. DOT. Each of the USA's six traditional...
Skybus will add nonstop service between Portsmouth, N.H., and the Florida destinations of St. Augustine and Punta Gorda. The routes -– announced this morning –- will begin Dec. 17 and are Skybus' first flights that will not fly to or...
