It seems that there's going to be some competition on London and Philadelphia as a new competitor moves in the route - currently dominated by US Airways/American Airlines and British Airways. And that new carrier... is Delta. A Delta 767-300ER landing at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Delta will operate the route daily from 7th April 2015, based … [Read more...]
Alaska Airlines to add a Seattle to Washington-IAD service
Alaska Airlines are adding a 4th flight to the between Seattle and the Washington DC area, with the addition of a daily flight to Washington Dulles International Airport. Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 taxing at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The daily return service begins in March 2015, with the following timetable offered: AS728 DEPART SEA 09:20 ARRIVE … [Read more...]
Finnair to add Chicago to its network
Finnair have been building and growing their network in Asia for some time. However, it has turned its eyes over to the west, and the United States of America, with the announcement of a new service between Helsinki and Chicago O'Hare International Finnair Airbus A330 at New York JFK - Image Economy Class and Beyond The route to Chicago will not have an aggressive … [Read more...]
Qatar Airways takes its Edinburgh route daily
Qatar Airways is to boost its recently launched service between Doha and the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Qatar Airways Airbus A330 Landing at Heathrow (sadly, I don't have a Qatar Airways 787 image on my personal files yet). Currently, the service operates 5 times a week between the two cities on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. This is to be … [Read more...]
British Airways plan double-daily A380s to Miami
British Airways is planning to change its operations to Miami with plans afoot to send a pair of Airbus A380s to Miami on a daily basis. British Airways A380 at London Heathrow - Image Economy Class and Beyond The new timings and flight numbers have been released, with the new timetable commencing in October 2015: BA207 DEPART LHR 09:10 ARRIVE MIA 13:55 BA209 DEPART LHR … [Read more...]
Aer Lingus adds Washington DC to its network, boosts Transatlantic network
Aer Lingus is continuing to plug away at it - working to boost its international network. This can be seen with the announcement of a boost of its Transatlantic network. Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200 at Dublin Airport. Image, Economy Class and Beyond Aer Lingus will add Washington DC to its network, whilst boosting capacity on departures from Dublin to New York, San Francisco, … [Read more...]
Air Berlin increases summer 2015 services to the USA
Air Berlin is going through change as we all know, and it's still trying to strengthen itself in terms of flights and income. One way its planning of doing it is to increase frequency on two of its routes from Düsseldorf to the USA, with two services being boosted for the Summer 2015 season. Air Berlin Airbus A330-200 at Chicago O'Hare International - Image Economy … [Read more...]
American Airlines to add Birmingham UK and Edinburgh
One of the things I continue to shout from the rooftops as loud as I can is the following statement: THERE IS MORE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM THAN LONDON I know for a lot of people, that is quiet a shock. But there is more to the United Kingdom than the Square Mile, The City of Westminster and the boroughs of Greater London. See - there's lots of place to the United Kingdom … [Read more...]
The Battle of London City to Dublin: Are there too many seats on this route?
An interesting battle has started at on the London City Airport to Dublin routing, with three carriers going toe-to-to-toe with FlyBe, British Airways and incumbent CityJet fighting over passengers on the route. So lets do a bit of background. The incumbent CityJet has been through the mill recently, but has gone on the attack with a 9 time a weekday service between the two … [Read more...]
United Airlines to go to Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Airlines varies some of its seasonal route, operating its Boeing 757-200 aircraft on odd and wonderful missions. For the summer 2015 season, they are going to deploy a two-class Boeing 757 between the airlines hub at Newark International Airport to Newcastle Upon Tyne Airport. United Airlines Boeing 757-200WL at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and … [Read more...]