Alaska Airlines has conducted water-landing and evacuation drills that could lead to FAA approval for flights to Hawaii. The Seattle-based airline hasn’t said it intends to fly to Hawaii.
source: Kirotv
Frontier Airlines has received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand its Mexico service by offering non-stop service to Cabo San Lucas (SJD) from Kansas City (MCI). With seasonal operation of one flight per week, the service is planned to begin Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. The new route represents Frontier’s third Mexican destination from Kansas City, complementing Frontier’s six flights between Kansas City and Denver (DEN). Frontier currently operates service between Kansas City and Cancun and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
source: Infozine
Low-cost airline EasyJet stepped up the challenge to Spanish carriers like Iberia on Thursday by naming Madrid as a base for domestic flights and a hub for southern Europe.
The airline is already the second biggest international carrier to Spain behind Iberia, shuttling 7.5 million people there last year, and from mid-February 2007 it will operate domestic flights from Madrid’s Barajas airport.
EasyJet, which is recruiting new pilots and cabin crew for the Madrid operation, said it would announce new routes in September. It already flies from Madrid to five airports on the European mainland and four in Britain, and from 11 other Spanish airports.
source: Reuters
