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Air France to offer A380 flights to New York
Air France received their first Airbus A380 on 30 October 2009, arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Starting on 23 November 2009, the A380 will be operated on daily flights between Paris - Charles de Gaulle and New York - JFK, followed by Paris-Jo...
Continental to add Houston-Edmonton flights
Continental Airlines has announced plans to begin new non-stop service from its Houston hub to Edmonton International Airport beginning November 1. The daily flight is the 11th Canadian destination to be served by Continental and the airline’s four...
WestJet adds 11 new U.S. and international destinations
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet has unveiled its largest-ever seasonal non-stop flight schedule, featuring a record eight new international destinations and three additional U.S. destinations for the winter of 2009-2010.By late fall 2009, the Calga...
OpenSkies celebrates first anniversary
OpenSkies, the all-business-class airline, operating nonstop flights between New York (JFK) and Amsterdam (Schiphol) and between New York (JFK and Newark) and Paris (Orly), celebrates the first anniversary of its inaugural launch.Since OpenSkies firs...
Porter Airlines announces Toronto-Boston service
Canadian carrier Porter Airlines is adding Boston to its list of U.S. destinations beginning this fall, the company said this week.Starting September 14, Porter will offer three daily, nonstop roundtrip flights to Boston Logan International Airport (...
Emirates adds two new A380 routes
Emirates Airline started the world’s first A380 commercial services to Bangkok and Toronto on June 1. The launch of Emirates’ A380 operations – daily flights from Dubai to Bangkok and thrice weekly flights to Toronto – signals a new era of lu...
VivaAerobus shuts down Austin flights
VivaAerobus, the low-cost Mexican airline that began service out of Austin in 2008, is grounding its local flights citing a decline in revenue and passengers that followed the swine flu scare.After only a year in operation, the airline will stop its ...
American to launch direct flight to Madrid
American Airlines will launch its inaugural direct flight from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport to Madrid, Spain.On Friday, the carrier’s first flight to Madrid will transport Texas First Lady Anita Perry and a Texas trade delegation t...
Etihad to fly to Chicago
The national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, has officially confirmed that it will be launching new daily nonstop flights to Chicago-ORD from its Abu Dhabi hub effective September 2.Etihad will fly the route using a state-of-the-...
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Southwest to partner with Mexican carrier for international travel
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced Monday it is entering into a partnership with Mexican low-cost airline Volaris that will allow Southwest customers to book flights to Mexico.Under the code-share, the two carriers will be able to create compe...
