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JetBlue Airways provides more details on new routes
JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 N531JL (msn 1650) (Barcode) IAD (Brian McDonough), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. JetBlue Airways (New York) will fly from Newark to Boston and San Juan to...
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Aer Lingus’ workers at Shannon threaten a strike over a potential move to Dublin
Aer Lingus (Dublin) is facing a possible strike by maintenance workers at a Shannon hangar over a potential consolidation move to Dublin. The 55 workers are protesting the move. Read the full story...
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United to launch nonstop Newark-Istanbul flights tomorrow
United Airlines (Chicago) introduces its first-ever service to Turkey this weekend with the launch of daily nonstop service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Istanbul’s Ataturk...
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Virgin America reports a 1Q operating loss of $49 million, launches its code...
Virgin America (San Francisco) has reported another quarter in the red. The airline reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2012 yesterday. With overall fuel costs higher by 47...
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SAS is coming to San Francisco
Scandinavian Airlines-SAS (Stockholm) is coming to San Francisco. The airline will launch nonstop Copenhagen-San Francisco service on April 8, 2013. The new route will be operated six days a week. The...
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United Airlines’ Boeing 767-300 diverts to Boston after the crew finds a...
United Airlines (Chicago) flight UA 956 from Newark to Geneva with 157 passengers and 11 crew members last night diverted from over the Atlantic Ocean back to Boston after a “suspicious” camera was...
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Lufthansa Group’s second quarter operating profit jumps 28% to $444 million
Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa) (Frankfurt) reported its operating profit rose 28 percent to $444 million, beating estimates. The Group has been dropping unprofitable routes and reducing costs. Read the...
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Ethiopian Airlines takes delivery and puts its first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner...
Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) on August 14 took delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner dubbed “Africa First” in Seattle. The new airliner ferried to Washington (Dulles) for a special...
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Lufthansa’s cabin crews delay their strike plans
Lufthansa‘s (Frankfurt) 10,000 cabin staff (flight attendants) have rejected the latest contract proposal. The union will decide next week whether they will strike according to this report by Reuters....
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Colgan Air operates its last revenue flight
Colgan Air (2nd) (Memphis) is now in the history file. The airline has operated its last revenue flight. As planned, Colgan Air operated its last flight, flight UA 3923, from Washington (Dulles) to...
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OpenSkies to launch nonstop New York JFK-Paris Orly flights on March 31
OpenSkies (subsidiary of British Airways) (Paris-Orly) has announced a new daily route, between New York (JFK) and Paris (Orly) beginning on March 31, 2013. This new route compliments the current...
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Virgin America posts an operating profit in the third quarter, defers...
Virgin America (San Francisco) today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2012. The airline achieved a $15.8 million operating profit for the quarter, resulting in a four percent...
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Virgin Atlantic wins all of the Heathrow slots, will launch new routes to...
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) has been awarded all of the London Heathrow slots vacated by British Airways (London) due to the BMI takeover according to this report by Reuters. Virgin Atlantic...
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Southwest Airlines files for DCA slot exemptions for Houston Hobby-Washington...
Southwest Airlines (Dallas) today announced it has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for slot exemptions that would allow Southwest to offer nonstop service between...
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United to offer nonstop service from San Francisco to Fort...
United Airlines (Chicago) has announced plans to launch nonstop service between its San Francisco hub and Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, with once-weekly flights beginning on March 2, 2013, and daily...
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United Airlines’ pilots ratify the new contract
United Airlines (Chicago) yesterday (December 15) announced that its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), ratified a new joint labor agreement for all United Airlines...
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US Airways expands to Central and South America with Avianca codeshare agreement
US Airways (Phoenix) and Avianca (Colombia) (Bogota) have announced a new bilateral codeshare agreement after receiving approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The airline also...
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British Airways to fly to Chengdu, China
British Airways (London) has announced a new route to Chengdu in China, just weeks after starting services to Seoul in South Korea. British Airways will be the only UK carrier to offer a direct...
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Porter Airlines finishes 2012 with a record 2.45 million passengers
Porter Airlines (Toronto) wrapped up 2012 on a high, reporting a 64.3 per cent load factor for December. This is an increase of 0.4 points from last year. For the calendar year, Porter carried 2.45...
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Delta Air Lines is looking at an order for 24-30 narrow body aircraft
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) is in discussions with both Airbus and Boeing about an order for 24 to 30 narrow body airliners according to this report by Bloomberg. Delta is in a select group of airlines...
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