Americans Overwhelmingly Opposed to Proposed Increase of Airport Traveler Tax
Americans are divided when it comes to many issues but a proposed increase of the airport traveler tax isn’t one of them. According to a survey of more than 1,600 registered voters nationwide conducted by Whitman Insight Strategies (WINS) this past summer, eight out of 10 Americans oppose efforts to increase the Passenger Facility Charge […]
United Adds 3 New Flights To Washington Dulles
United Airlines is adding three new routes to the nation’s capital as the carrier looks to grow its mid-Atlantic hub at Washington’s Dulles Airport. United will start flights between Dulles and Akron/Canton in Ohio, Philadelphia and West Palm Beach airports. The new routes will begin next year. United will offer one daily round-trip flight between […]
Touch down in Toronto: British Airways’ new A350 arrives
British Airways commenced the first North American long-haul service of its new A350 aircraft from Toronto today, following extensive trials and the launch of its first long-haul service to Dubai last month. The new aircraft features Club Suite, British Airways’ latest generation business class seat, which offers customers direct-aisle access, doors for greater privacy and […]
Icelandair to axe two US destinations
Icelandair is axing its US services to San Francisco and Kansas City next year, as part of a network restructuring. The airline says it will discontinue the flights for its summer 2020 programme, citing «commercial reasons». It uses Boeing 757-200s on the Kansas City route and 767-300ERs to San Francisco. The carrier, which specialises in […]
FAA Will Test If US Airline Seats Are Too Small for Safe Evacuation
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will conduct evacuation tests to determine whether airline seats are too cramped to sufficiently evacuate passengers in the event of an emergency this fall. According to Reuters, the tests will involve 720 people over the course of 12 days in November. «Americans are getting bigger and seat size is important […]
Delta still eyeing 10% of Alitalia after LATAM stake buy: CEO
Delta Air Lines is ready to invest in the rescue of Italian flagship carrier Alitalia but still believes that a 10% stake is the right level of investment, Chief Executive Ed Bastian told Reuters on Thursday. Bastian’s comments follow Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s call last week for Delta to consider increasing its planned investment […]
KLM To Launch Direct Flights to Austin in 2020
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will expand its global network to include Austin, Texas. Starting May 2020, the state capital of Texas will be accessible three times a week with a direct KLM flight from Amsterdam. The flights will be operated using Airbus A330-300 equipment, seating 292 passengers per flight. Austin will become the 19th North […]
Comac projects sharp jump in Chinese airline fleet
By 2038, Chinese airlines will need 10,344 aircraft, or about 21% of the global fleet. This marks a dramatic increase from the current 3,854 aircraft, which is about 16% of the global fleet. Chinese airframer Comac, which released its global aircraft forecast at last week’s Aviation Expo China in Beijing, says China will account for […]
Changi eyes nonstops to Vancouver and Chicago
Singapore Changi airport expects to build on the recent growth in nonstop services to North America, with Vancouver and Chicago high on the agenda. Liew Zhong Yao, associate general manger air hub development at Changi, says that the move to twice-daily services by United Airlines on the Singapore San Francisco market has been well received, […]
Global aviation leaders gather amid climate protests, MAX safety talks
Global aviation leaders will be under pressure to deepen efforts to tackle airline emissions as they gather this week under the shadow of protests led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. The 16-year-old, who inspired a ‘flight-shaming’ protest movement against aviation and sailed across the Atlantic rather than board a plane, is expected to join a […]