Airlines push for US-Canada air travel restart
Airlines in the US and Canada have urged the Canadian government to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions between the countries to pave the way for the restart of transborder travel. Trade bodies the National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC) and Airlines for America (A4A) have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration that calls […]
Alaska Airlines to resume full schedule at Paine Field by spring 2022
With increasing confidence that air travel is on a steady climb to return to pre-pandemic levels in the coming year, Alaska Airlines is planning to resume our full schedule of 18 daily nonstop departures at Paine Field-Snohomish County Airport by spring 2022, possibly earlier. The airport in Everett, north of Seattle, remains very popular with […]
Boeing and Alaska Airlines Partner to Make Flying Safer and More Sustainable
Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Alaska Airlines [NYSE:ALK] announced today they are partnering on the latest Boeing ecoDemonstrator program and will flight test about 20 technologies on a new 737-9 to enhance the safety and sustainability of air travel. In flights beginning this summer, Boeing and Alaska will test a new halon-free fire-extinguishing agent that significantly reduces […]
Emirates to launch new service to Miami International Airport
Emirates announced it will launch a four-times weekly service between Florida’s second-largest city, Miami, and Dubai, beginning July 22, 2021, expanding its U.S. network to 12 destinations. The new service will provide Emirates’ global travellers with another access point into Florida after Orlando (effective July), serving the South Florida area while offering convenient connections for […]
US airports continue to see strong passenger throughput
Daily passenger throughput at US airports has been approaching the 2 million mark on peak travel days, the latest sign that pent-up demand is fueling a rebound in domestic route networks. Passenger numbers screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) hit 1.96 million on May 28, the highest daily total in more than a year. […]
American Airlines Is Teaming up with Rosetta Stone and Skillshare to Offer Classes in the Sky
Boredom at 35,000 feet, be gone! American Airlines has announced a new initiative that will make your time in the sky so much more productive. On Thursday, the airline revealed that they have exclusively partnered with language learning company Rosetta Stone and the online education platform Skillshare to give flyers the opportunity to learn a […]
Miami returns to Viva Aerobus’ network
Viva Aerobus is starting two new scheduled routes to the US, with plans to return to Miami (MIA) for the first time in almost a decade. Reservations have opened for flights from Mexico City (MEX) and Cancun (CUN), starting Dec. 17. Flights from Mexico’s capital will be daily, while service from the vacation resort of […]
Delta strengthens Cape Air partnership, connecting customers with more coastal destinations in Northeast U.S.
ust in time for summer travel, Delta is bolstering its longstanding interline partnership with regional carrier Cape Air, giving customers more ways to reclaim the joy of travel. Delta customers can now book Cape Air service to 11 different cities along the northeast U.S. coast directly through delta.com and the Fly Delta app. SkyMiles Members […]
KLM to offer six new winter destinations
KLM has revealed six new destinations are being added to its network during the winter 2021/22 season as part of a strategy to fly “where recovery will be quickest.” The Kenyan beach destination of Mombasa (MBA), which hosted Routes Africa 2019, will be served twice a week from Amsterdam (AMS) on board Boeing 787-9s. The […]
Alaska Airlines expands in Central America with new service to Belize
Looking to escape to a new tropical destination from the West Coast? Alaska Airlines is expanding its horizons to the breathtaking beaches, idyllic islands and ancient culture of Belize beginning this fall. Seasonal service will operate four times a week between Los Angeles and Belize City (BZE), and twice weekly between Seattle and Belize City, […]
