Frontier Airlines launched non-stop service between its main hub at Denver International Airport and Sioux City, Iowa on Friday. The twice daily flights will initially be served by a 76-seat Embraer E-170 which will ultimately be replaced by a 74-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
The morning flight from Denver will depart at 10:35 am and arrive at […]
The $800 million MGM Grand Detroit is due to open today in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The property, co-owned by MGM Mirage and Partners Detroit L.L.C, is the first luxury casino built in a major metropolis outside of Las Vegas. Key features in the MGM Grand Detroit include: 400 rooms and suites ranging from 510 to […]
Delta announced plans to offer increased choice on 14 new international routes from JFK, including nine transatlantic destinations not served by any other U.S. major airline — Edinburgh, Malaga, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Amman, Lagos, Dakar, Cape Town and Nairobi, the last two via Dakar. In addition, the Atlanta-based airline is introducing an improved schedule for […]
Alaska Airlines plans to launch in-flight wireless internet service next year. The airline announced at a conference in Toronto that it will test a Row 44’s broadband service on a Boeing 737 in the spring, and if it goes well, it will be installed on its entire fleet. The Row 44’s technology is designed to […]
JetBlue Airways announced starting of seasonal nonstop flights between Charlotte Douglas International and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The once-a-day return service will begin January 10 and end April 30, 2008. Raleigh and Richmond, VA, also will get seasonal nonstop flights to Fort Lauderdale. The low-cost airline will offer promotional rates starting at $69 one way, for […]
An Atlanta developer announced plans to build the longest and highest indoor ski dome in the world. The $1 billion Mount Pegasus project would cover 400 acres southeast of the intersection of Georgia 400 and Ga. 53 in Dawsonville. The ski park would have two indoor hockey rinks, five ski runs of varying difficulties, a […]
photo by kpishdadi
United Airlines recently announced that, “as part of its continuing effort to offer customers choice, flexibility, and low fares,” it will start charging passengers who purchase nonrefundable economy tickets for US/Canada flights $25 to check a second bag (the first one is still free). Exempt from the fee are passengers who have Premier […]
photo by Cubbie_n_Vegas
The man that brought you Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, Virgin Blue, Virgin Nigeria and others is preparing to do it again.
Billionaire Richard Branson has announced plans to start an airline in Russia, tentatively called Virgin Russia. He plans to take advantage of the oil-fueled Russian economy, which has given the average Russian more […]
(click on both to enlarge)
Irish discount carrier Ryanair is facing a bit of trouble after recently running two advertisements. The first features French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his girlfriend, French singer Carla Bruni. “With Ryanair,” thinks Bruni in the advertisement, “all of my family can come to my wedding.” This is a reference to the […]
photo by striatic
According to United Airlines CEO Glenn Tilton, if United had to leave Star Alliance in order to finalize a merger, it was prepared to do so. “You can assume that absolutely everything goes into the mix of consideration,” he said in a Chicago Tribune article published […]