Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Want to be first to fly on the new Delta A220? You’ll need to be awake bright and early on 31 January as the first flight departs New York’s LaGuardia Airport at 6am. Several other departures are also on the schedule that day.
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Delta’s first A220 flights now on sale
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
The first Delta Air Lines A220 flights are now loaded into the schedule and on sale for travelers. The carrier intends to base the fleet initially at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport and serve routes focused on business travelers, with Boston and Dall…
JetBlue pushes TATL further away, teases “Junior Mint” cabin
JetBlue spent the past several years teasing the idea of transatlantic flying. The company believes its Mint business class service could clean up in a market that sees high fares and relatively limited competition. Alas, it remains a dream in many way…
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Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
JetBlue spent the past several years teasing the idea of transatlantic flying. The company believes its Mint business class service could clean up in a market that sees high fares and relatively limited competition. Alas, it remains a dream in many way…
Skipping an inaugural: Cathay Pacific’s first flight from Dulles
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Can it still count as a trip report if I didn’t actually go? Cathay Pacific’s first flight from Dulles is about to land in Hong Kong and I was supposed to be on board. Fortunately I did not make that trip.
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Hawaiian to Boston: New longest domestic flight
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Hawaiian will soon operate a new longest domestic US flight. The carrier will launch service 5x weekly between Honolulu and Boston starting on 4 April 2019. The 5,095 mile flight is the longest domestic US route, besting the Honolulu-JFK service by jus…
Hawaiian to Boston: New longest domestic flight
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Hawaiian will soon operate a new longest domestic US flight. The carrier will launch service 5x weekly between Honolulu and Boston starting on 4 April 2019. The 5,095 mile flight is the longest domestic US route, besting the Honolulu-JFK service by jus…
Austrian Airlines Business Class LAX-VIE – Another great OS flight!
Written by roberto.cusato82@gmail.com @ Airways and Travels
Flight OS81, LAX-VIE 03:15p-12:05p+1 Business Class, Seats 4H&K Being 777-200 I had the pleasure to fly Trans-Atlantic on Austrian twice in the past 12 months, and I was very excited to fly them again given how good my experience had been before. Both my previous flights had been on a 767 – this was my …
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Read MoreAmerican, JAL bring CES 2019 closer to Tokyo with non-stop flights
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Adding extra flights to the schedule for the annual CES show in Las Vegas is a relatively common move. Demand is high and travelers are willing to pay higher than average prices to be at the massive technology conference so the airlines tend to enjoy n…
American, JAL bring CES 2019 closer to Tokyo with non-stop flights
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Adding extra flights to the schedule for the annual CES show in Las Vegas is a relatively common move. Demand is high and travelers are willing to pay higher than average prices to be at the massive technology conference so the airlines tend to enjoy n…
The first Hi Fly A380 lease customer is not who we expected
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Reports out of Denmark this afternoon have a special addition to the Hi Fly A380 wet lease charter schedule. The first flight will operate on Wednesday for an unlikely customer. Thomas Cook Scandinavia reportedly chartered the aircraft for a one-off se…
The first Hi Fly A380 lease customer is not who we expected
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Reports out of Denmark this afternoon have a special addition to the Hi Fly A380 wet lease charter schedule. The first flight will operate on Wednesday for an unlikely customer. Thomas Cook Scandinavia reportedly chartered the aircraft for a one-off se…
Missed turn in Narita causes Air Canda 787 five hours delay
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Upon arrival into Narita Airport this afternoon Air Canada’s flight 005 from Montreal received instructions to vacate runway 16L on to taxiway B-7. The crew read back that instruction and proceeded to miss the turn. Instead, the 787 found itself in a c…
Live from Toulouse: A first look at and in the A220
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Call it the CSeries with a new paint job if you will, but Airbus unveiled the new branding for the A220 line this week in Toulouse and it is a pretty darn nice looking aircraft. Here are some photos from the unveiling at Toulouse on Tuesday.
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Watch the Royal Air Force mark their 100th birthday.
Written by Trevor @ Saverocity
10 July 1918, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force came into existence. And you may ask, how did the Royal Air Force mark their 100th birthday? With one of the
DLD 198: The AA +UA + Rolls episode
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Does it feel like this trio of topics come up too often? Maybe if they weren’t always doing silly things we’d venture out more. But not this week. Because American, United and Rolls-Royce continue to dig themselves into holes. Ouch.
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Taxes v Tourism: A battle for the Bahamas airports
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Can the Bahamas pay for the necessary and significant airport upgrades without raising taxes or passenger fees? It seems that’s unlikely. And so the growth of the island nation’s tourism sector is at risk. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Hear…
DLD 198: The AA +UA + Rolls episode
Written by Seth Miller @ Dots, Lines & Destinations
Does it feel like this trio of topics come up too often? Maybe if they weren’t always doing silly things we’d venture out more. But not this week. Because American, United and Rolls-Royce continue to dig themselves into holes. Ouch.
Come fly with Moxy!
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
JetBlue. WestJet. Azul. Serially successful airline entrepreneur David Neeleman sits poised to try again, reportedly raising $100 million to launch a new carrier in the United States. So, are you ready to fly with “Moxy”?
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Come fly with Moxy!
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
JetBlue. WestJet. Azul. Serially successful airline entrepreneur David Neeleman sits poised to try again, reportedly raising $100 million to launch a new carrier in the United States. So, are you ready to fly with “Moxy”?
The post Come fly with Moxy! a…