I know I just wrote about Southwest yesterday, but the news keeps coming. This time, it’s not a new city but rather, putting a couple of existing cities on steroids. Both St Louis and Denver are growing. One of these, I like a lot. Wanna guess which one?
You’re probably …
There is a lot of route news for Florida fans this week, but the biggest of all is that Southwest has announced its newest city . . . Panama City. No, this is not the airline’s first foray into Latin America. It’s the other Panama City. The one on the …
July Premium Traffic Shows Gains – BNET
It’s premium traffic monitor time again, and traffic is still in the tank. But it’s not quite as bad, so that’s good.
Delta’s SkyClub Promotion Slightly Misses the Mark – BNET
Delta offered club access to some elite members for a day. Good …
US Airways’ Charlotte to Honolulu Flight Might Just Work
At first glance, the new US Airways flight from Charlotte to Honolulu seems pretty awful, but it may actually end up being smart.
Alaska Fills the Void in the Austin to San Jose Market
American pulls out and a couple days …
Virgin America Unit Revenues Fall More Than 20 Percent
Virgin America’s revenue for the first quarter fell dramatically.
Virgin America Makes Progress on Costs
Revenues don’t look great, but costs are definitely looking up.
American Ends Austin – San Jose Flights
American is killing its nerd bird flight. It’s a …
United Removes Website Hold Feature
United is no longer allowing you to hold reservations booked online. Did they really need to ditch that?
Skepticism Surrounds Potential United Aircraft Order
United is talking about ordering new airplanes, but few believe the airline is revealing its true motivation. There are plenty of …
Starting on July 1, Continental will begin thrice weekly service between LAX and San Salvador, El Salvador. Normally, I wouldn’t think twice about a simple route addition like this, but I find myself wondering if this is the beginning of something more.
This particular route is an interesting one. There …
After some fits and starts, it appears that Jet America (or JetAmerica, they write it differently in different places) is actually going to get up and running. You can stop checking the calendar. It’s not April Fool’s Day. This airline is actually planning a Toledo base.
I honestly couldn’t …
You would think that adding service to Minneapolis/St Paul, Boston, and New York/La Guardia would be enough for Southwest this year, but you’d be wrong. At the airline’s annual meeting yesterday, CEO Gary Kelly 
announced that Southwest will head to Milwaukee this fall. This is an old school, traditional move …
Did anyone else catch the press release yesterday announcing that American was starting nonstop service from LAX to Roswell, New Mexico? Yeah, I didn’t think so. This seems like a route that is guaranteed to fail, right? Not so fast.
There’s a lot of traffic going between LA and …
Delta Bumps Up Los Angeles – Las Vegas Flying Again
First they were cutting back, now they’re growing. What’s going on here?
Airlines Respond to H1N1 Influenza A Differently
Reactions around the world to the “swine” flu have been very different depending upon the region. See what everyone is up …
I just realized I accidentally didn’t publish this last week. Sorry!
JetBlue Challenges Southwest at BWI
The focus is on Boston and Southwest and JetBlue start throwing down with new flights to new destinations.
Swine Flu May Present Third Major Hurdle for Airlines
If it’s not fuel or a poor …