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Weekly UpdatesJun 28, 2009
Blacklisted Airlines: New Line of Defense for Online Travelers Before Going on Holidays. Air Valid Recommends That Travellers Book Their Flights Through Travel Agencies Within Their Home Country Before Going on Holidays After publishing the new roster of blacklisted airlines ( http://www.air-valid.co.uk/airlines-blacklisted.html) by Europa on 8th April 2009, Air Valid is again forewarning travellers of the limitations of the blacklist when travelling abroad or reserving a plane ticket on the internet. For this reason, Air Valid is warning all Europeans heading abroad: "Don't forget that this blacklist cites the airlines that the travel agencies cannot refer you to when you book travel from Europe. However, if you are living in a foreign country temporarily, or if you are booking directly through one of the airlines' sites that offers online reservation, you will not be informed that the airline is on the blacklist." The information is relayed from http://www.expat-blog.com to their 10,000 expatriate members, of whom 5,000 have been bloggers since January 2009. Jun 25, 2009
U.S. airlines raised fares for a second time in two weeks, a strong signal that the industry is nearing a bottom on ticket prices, according to FareCompare.com, a site that compares prices for flights. American Airlines hiked prices between USD 5 and USD 10 for a one-way ticket for a large number of its U.S. routes on Wednesday. Later that day, United Airlines matched those increases on many of its own U.S. flights. The increases are an attempt by airlines to lift prices ahead of a key summer season, typically a strong period for the airline industry, said Rick Seaney, chief executive of FareCompare.com. Jun 25, 2009
Air Canada
Air Canada launched daily Montreal-Rome Fiumicino flights Saturday aboard a 767-300ER. Service becomes thrice-weekly on Oct. 27. Jun 23, 2009
Air Canada
Air Canada announced that it will allow passengers to bring their cat or small dog in the cabin on flights operated by Air Canada and Jazz beginning in July. Effective July 1, 2009, Air Canada will accept a limited number of small dogs and cats as a carry-on item that can be stowed under the seat. To ensure availability customers are asked to register their pet by contacting Air Canada Reservations at 1-888-247-2262 within 24 hours of completing their booking. A service fee of $50 for domestic and transborder and $100 for international flights each way will apply. Jun 22, 2009
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways has announced nonstop service between Akron-Canton Airport and two popular vacation destinations in Florida -- Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers. AirTran Airways will offer flights to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport four times per week and flights to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers five times per week initially and then daily beginning in mid-November. OThis return of more Florida service complements AirTran AirwaysO existing popular year-round flights from Northeast Ohio to Orlando and Tampa,O said Tad Hutcheson, vice president of marketing and sales for AirTran Airways. www.airtran.com. Jun 26, 2009
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways, announced the launch of several new flights in the US. Daily nonstop flights have been added today between Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia and Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. Additionally, nonstop flights between Flint, Michigan's Bishop International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport will begin on November 4, 2009. Jun 25, 2009
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways has launched a sale for travel to all the airlineOs destinations with fares starting as low as USD 44. These special fares are available for purchase through June 26, 2009, and are good for travel starting Aug. 11, 2009, through Nov. 18, 2009. Sale fares are valid for travel on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. www.airtran.com. Jun 24, 2009
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways announced nonstop flights between FlintOs Bishop International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport beginning Nov. 4. The carrier also announced the resumption of daily nonstop flights between Flint and Tampa (flown once weekly during the summer) beginning on Oct. 6, 2009, and the resumption of daily flights to Fort Myers beginning Nov. 9. AirTran has also launched daily nonstop flights between Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va., and Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla. It has also begun nonstop flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., to both Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The carrier will fly to Orlando four days per week, and to Fort Lauderdale three days per week. For more information, visit www.airtran.com. Jun 24, 2009
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines will inaugurate nonstop, year-round service between Bellingham, Wash., and Las Vegas. The thrice-weekly service between the two cities will expand to include a fourth weekly flight starting Aug. 3. Travelers can earn double Mileage Plan miles on the new flights from June 25 through July 31, 2009. To qualify, customers must first register at www.alaskaair.com. Jun 24, 2009
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines announced it will inaugurate daily service between San Jose, Calif., and Austin, Texas, starting Sept. 2, 2009. The new flight will be available for purchase starting Thursday, June 25, at alaskaair.com. Jun 22, 2009
American Airlines
American Airlines posted the ONYC Challenge 10,000O to its friends in New York, one of the airlineOs focus cities. In ONYC Challenge 10,000,O American is reaching out to New Yorkers to become a fan of AmericanOs Facebook page. When the number of AmericanOs New York Facebook fans reaches 10,000, the airline plans to offer a Facebook-exclusive promotion. www.aa.com Jun 26, 2009
American Eagle
American Eagle Airlines announced that it will add a fourth daily flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) in Mobile, Ala., beginning Aug. 1. American Eagle will operate the service with 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jets. For more information, visit www.aa.com. Jun 24, 2009
American Eagle
American Eagle Airlines announced today that it will add a second flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Tallahassee, Fla. (TLH), beginning Aug. 1, 2009. American Eagle will operate the service with 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jets. Jun 24, 2009
Boston Logan International
Work on the centre-field taxiway project at Boston Logan International airport is on hold following a near miss between a construction worker's Ford Explorer and a departing US Airways Airbus A320 on 18 June. The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), operator of the airport, suspended the project pending an investigation. Two other investigations are under way, one by the US National Transportation Safety Board and one by the US Federal Aviation Administration's root cause analysis team. According to the NTSB's preliminary report of the incident, US Airways Flight 27, en route to Phoenix with 84 passengers and five crew members was cleared to depart Boston's Runway 15R at about 06:30 that morning in clear weather conditions. Jun 24, 2009
British Airways
British Airways will press ahead with the launch of its new business class-only service between London City and New York JFK, setting Sept. 29 as the date of the first flight. There will be a daily return service except Saturdays when LCY is closed, and flights will increase to twice-daily from mid-October. Tickets go on sale today. "In the harshest trading environment airlines have experienced, we believe it is more important than ever to embrace the future and innovate. That is what this historic new route is all about," CEO Willie Walsh said. British Air will designate the outbound and return flights with the BA001 and BA002 numbers previously used for its transatlantic Concorde services. It will operate A318s fitted with 32 lie-flat seats on the route. Weekend lead-in leisure fare starts from GBP 1,901.10 (USD 3,135) return, BA said, while the lead-in business fare starts at GBP 4,912.10 and the fully-flexible business fare at GBP 5,625.10 Jun 23, 2009
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines said it has taken steps to ensure that proper procedures are followed after two unaccompanied girls were placed on wrong Continental Express flights over the weekend. An 8-year-old College Station girl erroneously ended up in Fayetteville, Ark., and a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl was mistakenly sent to Newark, N.J., after boarding planes operated by ExpressJet, which is under contract with Continental. Houston-based Continental said in a statement Tuesday that the mix-up was a "miscommunication among staff." Jun 22, 2009
Delta Air Lines, Boeing
A Delta Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing in southern California Tuesday night after an engine had to be shutdown. The FAA said that the Boeing 757 was about one-hundred miles east of Ontario, Calif., when the pilots experienced a strange engine vibration at about thirty-three thousand feet, prompting the pilots to shutdown the engines. The cause of the vibration is under investigation, but aerial television footage shows damage to the engine. Jun 24, 2009
Delta Air Lines, Boeing
Officials say a Delta airliner landed safely in Ontario after it was forced to shut down one of its engines. The flight from Atlanta with 190 people on board was able to land at its intended destination of Ontario shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Delta Air Lines spokesman Carlos Santos said today the plane experienced a mechanical problem with its right engine but was able to land safely. He says the company will investigate to see what happened. A Federal Aviation Administration official says the pilots of the Boeing 757 declared an emergency after shutting down their right engine when it was giving off heavy vibrations. Jun 24, 2009
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