The latest monthly federal airline on-time report showed some decent numbers –- especially when compared to how bad the industry has been performing so far in 2007. During September, the latest month for which federal data is available, 81.7% of...
Addressing one of the hot topics lately in the airline industry, the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics says in its latest on-time report that "there were 79 flights in September with taxi-out times of more than three hours. There were...
Air Canada announced this afternoon what it says is "a major expansion of service between Canada and Germany in cooperation with its Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa." On May 1, Lufthansa will add seasonal nonstop service between Toronto and Dusseldorf, Germany....
Five US Airways cabin crew became sick today on a Washington-to-Boston US Airways Shuttle flight, according to Reuters. The five workers had who fell ill had already complained of a sulfur-type odor on another plane from earlier in the day....
Four of the nation's five most-chronically delayed flights for September flew under the Delta logo, according to the latest data released moments ago by in Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report (page 14). Still, the nation's rate of chronically...
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has issued a press advisory saying a new international route will be announced today. The airport has scheduled a press conference for 5:30 p.m. ET. "The Port of Seattle, along with tourism, trade and development officials from...
"Hagerstown Regional Airport is finishing up a $62 million runway project. Now all it needs is an airline." That quote comes from The Associated Press, which writes Hagerstown is one of three cities losing commercial airline service "because the federal...
Alaska Airlines subsidiary Horizon Air is now flying nonstop between Santa Rosa, Calif., and its hub in Portland, Ore. The carrier is flying one daily round-trip flight on the route using Q400 turboprop aircraft. Horizon began flying from Santa Rosa...
That question may not have a definitive answer, but Atlanta's Ben DeCosta has been named the "Best Director of the Year" for the "Large Medium Airports Category" by the trade publication Airport Revenue News. The Atlanta Journal Constitution (free registration)...
From USA TODAY's Airport Check-in column: "If only harried business travelers could work out their frustrations this way. American Brittany Lincicome last week won a long-drive competition by smacking a golf ball 515 yards down a runway at South Korea's...
A U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged some of the provisions of a 2006 Wright Amendment compromise, The Dallas Morning News (free registration) reports. The suit, brought by Love Terminal Partners and Virginia Aerospace, had sought to...
Continental Airlines will relocate all of its Boston Logan operations to Terminal A "effective with all flights on Sunday," the carrier says in a press release. "At Terminal A, Continental will have access to four loading bridges at the main...
JetBlue is seeking regulatory approval to fly to Canada. The Globe and Mail of Toronto writes the low-cost carrier "is applying to launch charter and scheduled service between Canada and the United States, a move that is expected to shake...
Beginning March 30, United will add nonstop service to London Heathrow from its Denver hub. The carrier will fly one daily round-trip flight on the route using 258-seat Boeing 777 jets. Once the new route begins, United will fly nonstop...
