Delta goes head-to-head with American and JetBlue with 4 new Boston and New York routes

On Friday, Delta Air Lines announced a significant expansion in both Boston and New York, including four new routes and upgauged service, along with expanded VIP departure services and more. The move comes just months after the launch of the nascent Northeast Alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue that’s largely focused on boosting connectivity and adding new service to — you guessed it — Boston and New York. (thepointsguy.com) Ещё...

J.D. Power: Airline satisfaction reaches all-time high during pandemic; Delta ranks on top

In 2020, about 60% fewer people flew on commercial airlines in the U.S. as the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a virtual shutdown. But the people who did fly were happier than ever with their airlines, according to J.D. Power. (thepointsguy.com) Ещё...

This Clever Seat Could Be The Economy Class Of The Future

When Adient Aerospace took over LIFT by EnCore, it didn’t just rebadge the economy class seat. Adient undertook an extensive re-engineering of the seat to make it the very best economy product on the market. The end result was Adient Ovation, a seat that is set to be a crowd-pleaser not just for passengers but for airlines as well. The artist formerly known as LIFT Adient Aerospace was born out of a joint venture between Boeing and automotive seat maker Adient. The notion of bringing the… (simpleflying.com) Ещё...

Eviation prepares to fly Alice, its stunning luxury electric plane

Israeli/American company Eviation is preparing for the first test flights of its gorgeous Alice, an all-electric 11-seat luxury plane with an impressive 506-mile (814-km) range from a single charge of its huge 820-kWh battery pack. The company says it's just taken delivery of its first electric motor, one of three Magnix Electric Propulsion Units the Alice will use to power its three variable pitch pusher props, one on a pod at the end of each wing and a third on the tail. The latter is… (newatlas.com) Ещё...

Frontier Airlines Accelerates Airbus A319 Retirements

Frontier Airlines is accelerating the retirements of its older and smaller Airbus A319s. Initially scheduled to depart the fleet by the end of 2021, Frontier will remove those aircraft early in favor of the Airbus A320neo aircraft. The final Airbus A319 will now depart a few months early, in the third quarter of 2021. (simpleflying.com) Ещё...

Delta’s Quarantine-Free Italy Flights Open To Leisure Travel

Another border is open again when flying on Delta Air Lines. (simpleflying.com) Ещё...

Cairn Energy sues Air India to enforce $1.2 billion arbitration award

Business stuff with Air India; found this claim in lawsuit / article as significant --- The lawsuit argued that the carrier as a state-owned company, is "legally indistinct from the state itself". "The nominal distinction between India and Air India is illusory and serves only to aid India in improperly shielding its assets from creditors like (Cairn)," the filing said. --- Will be interesting to see how this ends up. (finance.yahoo.com) Ещё...

U.S. Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers At The Gate

U.S. airlines may need to start weighing passengers in order to comply with FAA rules. For safety reasons, carriers need to calculate an aircraft’s weight and balance, and it has to be within allowable limits for the plane. However the assumptions they’ve been using for passengers are outdated. Americans are getting fatter, and the federal government wants airlines to find out how much fatter their passengers have gotten, at least for smaller aircraft. (viewfromthewing.com) Ещё...