Spirit Airlines Announces New Service for 2020
Spirit Airlines announced Wednesday it was adding three new destinations from Austin starting in February. The low-cost carrier revealed it would offer nonstop service from Austin to Cancun, Mexico and add additional flights to Orlando beginning February 26, 2020. The airline will also launch nonstop service to Nashville and Newark from the Texas hotspot on […]
Delta Air Lines Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings and said it would ramp up hiring across all categories to meet its recent increase in demand. For the three months ended September, the airline said it earned USD 2.32 per share, beating Wall Street’s call for USD 2.26 per share. A […]
Spirit Announces Two New Destinations from San Juan
Spirit Airlines continues to bring “More Go” to The Island of Enchantment with two new destinations and more flights on existing routes to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Beginning December 19, 2019, Spirit will offer daily nonstop service from Newark Liberty International Airport and Boston Logan International Airport to San Juan’ Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. […]
oneworld crowned Best Airline Alliance by Business Traveller Awards
oneworld has been named Best Airline Alliance in the 2019 Business Traveller Awards, making it the seventh year in a row that the alliance has won the recognition. oneworld was selected as the Best Airline Alliance by Business Traveller readers who voted for their preferred travel providers in the annual awards, which have been a […]
KLM still going strong at 100. Read our exclusive interview
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines celebrates its 100th birthday this month and AirlineRatings’ European correspondent Andreas Spaeth sat down for this exclusive interview with chief executive Pieter Elbers. The two discussed the airline’s longevity, current circumstances and the future. AirlineRatings: What was the environment enabling KLM to become, at 100 years, the oldest airline in the […]
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 […]
