Belgian flag carrier Brussels Airlines is to introduce four more aircraft for its East African customers.
This is in a review of its operations in the region that will see the line take on competition from Nairobi and Entebbe.
In the realignment that takes effect from December 16, Entebbe will get two new direct flights to Europe per week while Rwanda and Burundi will get an additional service each.
source: NationMedia.com
JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU), in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox, today announced it has been named “‘The Official Airline of Springfield'” — the hometown city of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson — to celebrate the summer theatrical release of The Simpsons Movie. In honor of America’s favorite animated family of comedy, the low-fare, high-frills airline will unveil its first-ever specialty aircraft, christened “‘Woo-Hoo, JetBlue!'” and featuring an image of Homer along with a permanent logo of the airline’s new Springfield status.
source: CNN
After generating nationwide buzz with its $10 cross-country fares, ultra low-cost carrier Skybus is apparently ready to test its formula on international flights. The Columbus, Ohio-based carrier has applied to the Department of Transportation for the permission to begin flights to both Mexico and the Bahamas. In one of its federal filings, Skybus says it “‘plans to operate nonstop scheduled air service six days a week [Monday through Saturday] between Columbus and Nassau [in the Bahamas], and between Columbus and Cancun, commencing on or about Oct. 1, 2007. For this service, Skybus plans to utilize Airbus A-319-100 aircraft, currently in its fleet, with either 144 or 156 seats.'”
Spanish low-cost airline clickair inaugurated its Malta-Barcelona route yesterday with the arrival of the airline’s first flight at Malta International Airport. The airline will operate the route on a twice-weekly basis until October, after which it will review its plans.
But, as Clickair chief executive officer Alex Cruz said yesterday, “‘Continuity is our goal and by design we wish to remain in all the markets we have entered.'”
Clickair, despite being just a little over one year old, is Barcelona’s biggest operator in terms of routes offered and is the biggest operator out of Seville in terms of both routes and passengers.
source: The Malta Independent
The German budget airline Germanwings starts flights between Dortmund and Istanbul last week. The company will also launch flights between Dortmund and Vienna, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Faro. Germanwings already flies to Istanbul from Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin. It will add Ankara, Ä°zmir, Antalya to its destinations later in the summer.
source: turkishdailynews.com.tr
JetBlue Airways, the fastest-growing airline at Boston’s Logan International Airport, this week kicks off another round of expansion with the launch of service to two new cities: San Diego and Aruba.
The award-winning low-fare, low-cost airline’s newest service to California begins today while its new Caribbean service starts Saturday, June 30. JetBlue now offers its affordable fares and friendly service to 27 nonstop destinations from its Boston focus city.
source: Rush PR News
JetBlue Airways announced plans to commence a new service between Syracuse and Fort Lauderdale, effective 01-Nov-07. The airline will operate once daily service on the route year-round, providing Syracuse with its only non-stop link to South Florida.
The Syracuse-Fort Lauderdale route announcement comes a day after the airline announced plans to add a new service between Buffalo and Fort Lauderdale, also effective 01-Nov-07.
From Syracuse Hancock International Airport, JetBlue currently operates four-times daily to New York/JFK and once daily to Orlando.
source: peanuts.aero
Allegiant Air, the low-cost airline serving Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, announced Wednesday morning that it will be adding no ns top service from Greenville to Las Vegas. For a limited time, tickets to Las Vegas will cost about $89 each way.
Allegiant Air’s main hubs are Orlando and its headquarters city of Las Vegas. The airline serves 56 other cities, though flights in many are scheduled only two days a week.
The addition of the Las Vegas flight follows the addition in January of flights to the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla., area.
source: wyff4.com
Southwest Airlines sees stronger passenger traffic this summer than predicted earlier this year, Gary Kelly, chief executive of the low-cost airline, said Wednesday.
However, he told analysts during a Webcast presentation from the New York Stock Exchange, the airline will trim capacity growth in the fourth quarter to 6% from its earlier forecast for 8% growth as well as plans to expand routes by 6% in 2008.
Kelly said the airline will trim some unprofitable flights, and add routes that are more profitable. “‘Our greatest opportunity lies with the business customer,'” Kelly said.
The Dallas airline, which last year overtook American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp. (AMR), as the largest carrier of domestic air passengers, this year is facing rising costs for fuel and labor – the greatest expenses for all airlines – and stiffer competition.
source: CNN
Ryanair Holdings PLC, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, said Tuesday that it expects the European Commission to block its euro1.48 billion (US$1.9 billion) hostile takeover bid for fellow Irish airline Aer Lingus PLC.
It claimed the decision — to be made before July 4 — was politically motivated and was designed to appease the Irish government.
Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said he planned to challenge an EU refusal to approve the takeover at the EU courts.
source: BW
