The airline with the most nonstop destinations from Logan International Airport, today announces plans to kick off service to yet another new destination from Boston this year. Beginning June 19, 2009, JetBlue will offer year-round service to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — the value airline’s 31st destination from Boston —...  Read More »

Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong’s dominant airline, on Wednesday posted a bigger-than-expected USD$1 billion second-half net loss, a record, and warned that the year ahead will be “extremely challenging.” “Passenger and cargo demand are expected to remain weak and, if fuel prices remain at their present levels, further losses...  Read More »

As business travel bookings plummet in the economic recession, US airlines are looking hungrily at the summer travel season for a bump in their leisure bookings. That may be wishful thinking, however. Carriers must fight the uphill battle of persuading people to hand over cash for vacations at a time when job losses mount and personal investments in...  Read More »

Enhanced inflight program gives option to use your own headset. Continental Airlines has enhanced its audio/video inflight entertainment. You can use your own headset at no charge on board a Continental operated flight and enjoy feature films or short-subject programs. If you need a headset, they can be purchased for $1 or one Continental Currency coupon...  Read More »

Passengers headed to Bogota, Colombia, now have a choice of flights with Continental’s new nighttime service from Houston, complementing the airline’s daily morning service between the two cities. Passengers will be able to finish a day’s work in the U.S., then catch the new daily flight, which departs Houston at 11:59 p.m., arriving...  Read More »

Two Continental Connection partners, CommutAir and Gulfstream International Airlines, launched service to points in the Midwest and Northeastern United States, adding eight destinations to Continental’s route map. Gulfstream initiated flights between Continental’s Cleveland hub and Lewisburg, West Virginia; Dubois, Bradford and Franklin/Oil...  Read More »

US low-cost carrier JetBlue has launched a new daily flight between Orlando and the capital of Columbia. The flight, which originates in New York, offers a one-stop same-plane route to El Dorado International Airport following its launch on January 29th. From February 1st, the New York-based airline began a new non-stop flight to Nassau in the Bahamas,...  Read More »

In May 2009 new Airbus A380 is expected to operate flights from Australia to the UK and the United States. London-Sydney-London will operate along the route from June, 7th. New services from Australia to Los Angeles will be launched on June 9th. John Borghetti, the airline’s executive general manager, said: “The response from our customers...  Read More »

Air traffic will be halted on Monday evening at Paris’s three airports following warnings a strong storm is heading towards the area, the French civil aviation authority said. All flights in the area will be canceled from 8:00 pm on Monday until 10:00 am on Tuesday (1900-0900 GMT), it said in a statement. The French weather office has warned...  Read More »

US transportation investigators said that in both engines of a US Airways jet that fell into the Hudson river (NY) last month. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), both engines of the aircraft were damaged and contained “organic material”. Previously, it was stated that bird remains were found in the right engine,...  Read More »