American Airlines is returning its mainline service to Cleveland, after leaving over five years ago in September 2004. Effective April 5, 2011, AA is replacing its four daily American Eagle flights (three CRJ and one ERJ) between Dallas (DFW) and Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) with three daily MD80 flights. The timetable is as follows: Eastbound AA [...]
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American Airlines Resumes Mainline Service to Cleveland
Published by November 21st, 2010 in Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Cleveland, Continental Airlines, Dallas, Mergers, United Airlines and USA. 2 CommentsLatin America’s New Giant: Which Alliance?
Published by August 16th, 2010 in Airlines, Alliances, American Airlines, Aviation Policy, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Europe, LAN Airlines, Mergers, Oneworld, SkyTeam, South America, Star Alliance, TAM and USA. 0 CommentsOn Friday, Brazil’s largest airline TAM and neighboring rival, LAN, announced that they would merge their corporate entities in a KLM/Air France-type model. Each airline will maintain its existing brand, but its management and ownership will be one organization. This would create a South American giant, with LATAM Airlines being the name of the new [...]
USDOT Awards New Brazil Routes
Published by August 8th, 2008 in Airlines, Amazon, American Airlines, Atlanta, Aviation Policy, Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Delta Airlines, Fortaleza, Manaus, Miami, Salvador, South America, TAM, Uncategorized and USA. 0 CommentsToday, the US Department of Transportation approved American Airlines’ and Delta Airlines’ applications for new service into Brazil. This is a follow up on our previous post on US-Brazil. Service on the newly available 21 frequencies for US carriers is planned as follows: –AA daily service Miami-Salvador-Recife-Miami (eff Nov 02) –AA 3x weekly service Miami-Belo [...]
Northeast Brazil – US Update
Published by July 30th, 2008 in Airlines, Amazon, American Airlines, Atlanta, Aviation Policy, Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Delta Airlines, Fortaleza, Manaus, Miami, Photos, Salvador, Spirit Airlines and USA. 2 CommentsItapua Beach in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil’s Northeast. If their request pending before the US Department of Transportation is approved, which seems likely, then American Airlines will offer daily non-stop service to this city from Miami beginning this November. A few days ago we wrote about the new routes that airlines have applied for with [...]
Brazil and the Amazon
Published by July 25th, 2008 in Airlines, Amazon, American Airlines, Atlanta, Aviation Policy, Azul, Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Delta Airlines, Fortaleza, Ft. Lauderdale, Gol, Manaus, Miami, Salvador, Spirit Airlines, TAM, USA, Varig and Virgin Atlantic. 0 CommentsGetting to Brazil and around the country is becoming easier, as a lot has been happening on the Brazilian front lately. First, a new airline and the intentions for a second, have been announced, and by successful industry veterans. Second, the US-Brazil bilateral has been approved, increasing the number of weekly flights from each country [...]
Check the Code Share Flights
Published by April 12th, 2008 in Air France, Airline Operations, Airlines, American Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Cheap tickets, Delta Airlines, Discount travel, Flight numbering, TAM, United Airlines and US Airways. 0 CommentsIts getting tougher to find great fares. The price of oil continues to rise and airlines (including low cost carriers) continue to drop out of the market. In only the past few weeks, we’ve seen four airlines announce they have ceased, or will soon cease, operations: Aloha, ATA, Skybus, and Champion Air. And late Thursday [...]
44 Seats to Yourself
Published by March 21st, 2008 in Airlines, American Airlines, Chicago O'Hare and Heathrow. 0 CommentsIt’s always nice on long flights when the one or two seats beside you are empty. You can stretch out, eat the fine airline dinner, then pass out across all the seats and wake up fairly refreshed on another continent. Well imagine each passenger getting not two or three seats each, but an average of [...]
187 Flights Late over 80% of the Time
Published by February 14th, 2008 in Airlines, Airports, American Airlines, Chicago, Chicago O'Hare, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and USA. 0 CommentsLast month we reported on the US domestic flights that arrived late over 80% of the time during the month of November 2007. “Late” is defined as arriving at a destination more than 15 minutes beyond the scheduled arrival. (Given the fluff built into many timetables, then, being “late” means you really are late.) We [...]
The Obsession with Mergers
Published by January 28th, 2008 in Air France, Airlines, American Airlines, Aviation Policy, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Employment, KLM, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and USA. 0 CommentsMerger madness is in the air, with rumors that Delta and Northwest and close to making a move, with other discussions pointing towards a Delta-United or a Continental-United combo. Delta is a hungry for a merger, and if successful, other airlines may follow suit. United is also appears keen on a merger with someone. But [...]
Continental Saves the Day: $50 Fuel Surcharge Craziness
Published by January 15th, 2008 in Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and USA. 0 CommentsLast Friday, United Airlines raised its fuel surcharge from $20 to $50 roundtrip for most of its flights. We all know that fuel prices are getting out of hand, but a $50 surcharge is tremendous. No doubt, United hoped that all the other airlines would match the increase, thus keeping the pre-surcharge competition balance in [...]
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