1967 twin-engine jet-powered airliner family
The good: From May 5th to August 21st, American Airlines will be offering a nonstop service between Charlotte (CLT) and San Jose, CA (SJC). The flight to California leaves Charlotte…
Effective June 8, 2017 on a 160-seat Boeing 737-800. Yes, that is a ways out, and yes, it’s very early for an airline to make such a route announcement. And…
Boeing is close to starting development work on a new airliner. Per Flight Global: Despite spending months pleading for patience, Boeing executives are now telling employees a launch decision for…
Come September 13, United Airlines will offer two nonstops a day between Charlotte and Denver (DEN). This is a route that United has flown before, mostly recently in 2008. There…
AirBerlin was suppose to be the secret cavalry that would bring air service to Germany even if Lufthansa drops its CLT-Munich flight and/or US Airways/American Airlines ends its CLT-Frankfurt flight.…
The audit report on Charlotte Douglas International Airport that City Manager Ron Carlee ordered is out, and the results are predictable. The report found weak oversight — imagine that —…
Bookmark this as a reference to what air service levels were like early in the American Airlines/US Airways merger integration. US Airways and American Airlines fights from Charlotte for Thursday,…
The UPoR had a story out on Friday saying that “Charlotte Douglas passenger numbers rise, but flights fall” from January through April. One alleged highlight: “The airport said that since…
For reference purposes, with the impending US Airways/American Airlines merger. US Airways fights from Charlotte for Thursday, June 27, 2013: US Airways flights by aircraft type: Widebody: 10 (3 A330-300,…
Yes, they made good money last quarter, but that doesn’t come as a big surprise. Much more interesting is the airline’s fleet plan for 2013. US Airways is getting five…
OK, now look at the information in the previous post. Notice all those flights on Boeing 737-300s and -400s. Those are old aircraft, dating back to 1991 or earlier (-300s…
This is a big, big deal that will have a lot of impact on how we fly. What happened: Delta Air Lines has an agreement in principle to sublease the…