American Airlines Announces First Routes for Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

American Airlines Boeing 787-9 will make its debut international flight between Dallas Forth Worth and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport on November 4. The aircraft will also operate between Dallas Fort Worth and São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport beginning November 4. American Airlines Boeing 787-9 features: 30 fully lie-flat, all-aisle access Business Class seats arranged in a 1-2-1 … Read more

Lockheed Martin Awarded $344M FAA Contract to Improve Airport Terminal and Runway Efficiency

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $344-million contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and deploy the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system. This key NextGen system will provide electronic flight strips as well as improved surface management tools that will allow streamlined operations in the air traffic control towers for busy airports. … Read more

United Airlines to Start Historic Nonstop Service to Havana

This fall, United Airlines customers will have a historic opportunity to board one of the first commercial flights to Havana, Cuba in more than a half century. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively awarded the airline nonstop flights to the Cuban capital from its global gateways in New York/Newark and Houston. By … Read more

Envoy adds two new E175s

Last week, Vice President, Embraer 175 Program, Captain Jim Winkley and other Envoy leaders traveled to Brazil to collect a very special plane: N234JW. “For his leadership and commitment to ensuring a smooth introduction of the E175 to Envoy’s fleet, I’m pleased to present Aircraft N234JW to Jim Winkley,” said Envoy President and CEO Pedro Fábregas. “This … Read more

Spirit Pilots Request Mediation to Facilitate Contract Negotiations

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments The Spirit Airlines pilots, as represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), have requested the services of the National Mediation Board (NMB) to facilitate negotiations for an amended collective bargaining agreement. The pilots have been in negotiations with Spirit Airlines management for 18 months and are 11 … Read more

Delta adds extra flight to St. Kitts and Nevis

The Nevis Tourism Authority announced that Delta Air Lines has just added a second flight to its St. Kitts and Nevis schedule between December 17 and January 7, 2017 in time for the peak holiday season. This new Wednesday flight is in addition to the weekly Saturday flight Delta operates from Atlanta to St. Kitts. The … Read more

United launches flights between San Francisco and Auckland

Beginning today, traveling between the West Coast and the South Pacific just got easier as United Airlines launches new nonstop service between its premier Pacific gateway at San Francisco International Airport and Auckland, New Zealand. United’s inaugural service to Auckland also marks the official start of the airline’s joint venture agreement with Air New Zealand. … Read more

Video: Warner Bros Pictures releases the first ‘Sully’ trailer

From Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, Million Dollar Baby) comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama Sully, starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Bridge of Spies, Forrest Gump) as Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson … Read more