Today, November 30th, Continental Airlines and United Airlines will merge into a single operating certificate (SOC) issued by the FAA. Though much of the new, combined airline is a rebranded CO—even the new operating certificate is essentially CO’s legacy certificate—the “Continental” name and call sign (along with United’s certificate) will cease to exist, at 6:00am [...]
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Farewell “Continental” Call Sign
Published by November 30th, 2011 in Aviation Policy, Continental Airlines, Flight numbering and United Airlines. 0 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 [...]
At Last, a Passenger Bill of Rights
Published by December 21st, 2009 in Airlines, Aviation Policy, USA and Weather. 0 CommentsThe US Department of Transportation today announced what has been called by many advocates as a ‘Passenger Bill of Rights’, placing a time limit for domestic flights that airlines may hold passengers on board without food and on the tarmac before takeoff. Here at AirlineCity, we applaud this executive action (which does not require the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
TAAG Angola Airlines
Published by January 13th, 2008 in Africa, Airlines, Angola, Aviation Policy, Aviation Safety, Europe, Lisbon, Photos and TAAG Angola Airlines. 0 CommentsI was just listening to some very fine music from 1960′s Angola, and thought that for today’s article, I would post an Angola-related photo. And what could be more appropriate for AirlineCity than an image of the national carrier? Here’s a shot I took of a TAAG 747 at Lisbon (LIS) in February 2006. Unfortunately, [...]
US Domestic Flights Arriving Late More than 80% of the Time
Published by January 7th, 2008 in Airlines, Airports, American Airlines, Aviation Policy, Chicago O'Hare, Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, LaGuardia, New York City, Newark, United Airlines and USA. 0 CommentsToday we present the list of flights that arrived late (defined as arriving late at least 15 minutes) more than 80 percent of the time, for the month of November 2007. Twelve flights make the list. And what do they all have in common? Not surprisingly, a New York City airport. Of the 12 flights, [...]
NASA’s Disappointing Release of Data
Published by January 2nd, 2008 in Aviation Policy, Aviation Safety and USA. 0 CommentsOn Monday, NASA released the data from its three-year, $11.5MM “National Aviation Operations Monitoring System” study, with information from 24,000 interviews with airline pilots. However, the data was only released as a response to Congressional pressure, and not in the interest of improving aviation safety in the United States. As such, NASA ensured that all [...]
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