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Airline adds winter flight from KCI to Florida

Travelers will have another option to escape the Kansas City area's dreary winters as Spirit Airlines Inc. plans a new seasonal route to Florida. The discount carrier (Nasdaq: SAVE) is offering flights to and from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood Inter.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 9th, 2018

Opinion: Leadership will be defined in times of uncertainty

In 1982, an Air Florida flight departed Washington National Airport and, seconds after takeoff, crashed into the 14th Street Bridge that separates Virginia from the nation’s capital. The crash into the Potomac River occurred amid a snowstorm where ice a.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 20th, 2020

An airline is offering Tony Robbins" Boeing 737 private jet featuring an onboard shower for charter. Take a look inside.

Silver Air Silver Air recently inducted a Boeing Business Jet 737-700 into its private jet fleet in March.  Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, the 18-seat apartment-size jet will be available for private charter in the spring.  Silver .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 19th, 2020

I"m a flight attendant. My co-workers are starting to test positive for coronavirus

More than 100 flight attendants on one airline have tested positive for the coronavirus. Have airlines done enough? More than 100 flight attendants on one airline have tested positive for the coronavirus. Have airlines done enough?.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesApr 15th, 2020

Turkish Airlines extends flight cancellations until May 20

Turkish Airlines has extended the cancellation of international flights to May 20 from May 1 over the coronavirus outbreak, the airline said on Tuesday, adding that domestic flights would remain suspended until April 20......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 14th, 2020

Two carriers suspend passenger flights from Boeing Field

One airline and a public charter flight operator have stopped flying. There's no indication when they'll resume......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 9th, 2020

Alaska, American Cut More Capacity As Airlines Try To Preserve Cash

Alaska Airlines' parent company on Monday dialed back its flight schedule even further and said it had applied for federal worker-protection grants, amid more signs that the airline industry is under extreme financial duress. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 7th, 2020

Delta extends coronavirus-related travel changes up to 2 years

With Delta taking flight changes and cancelations at a much higher rate than new bookings, the Atlanta-based airline is exhibiting more flexibility for re-bookings. Delta Air Lines Inc. said Friday it will allow customers who have had their travel p.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 3rd, 2020

A Delta flight attendant describes what it"s like flying during the coronavirus pandemic with near-empty planes and "ghost town" airports

Screenshot/Delta As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, the airline industry cont.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 3rd, 2020

Roadblocks go up on Georgia border, and coronavirus patient found on flight to Jacksonville

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday announced the creation of an Interstate 95 checkpoint on Florida's northern border to screen motorists traveling from the New York City area, in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Saturday's announ.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 30th, 2020

American Airlines cuts flight schedule further, keeps one flight to Hawaii

American Airlines Group Inc. announced late Friday additional capacity cuts.The airline said it will suspend 60% of its capacity in April as compared to the same period in 2019, and is plannin.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 27th, 2020

American Airlines flight attendant dies of COVID-19, highlighting risks that airline workers have faced while helping get passengers home (AAL)

Nick Oxford/Reuters An American Airlines flight attendant has died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the nove.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 27th, 2020

EU lawmakers back suspension of airline slots rule until October

European lawmakers overwhelmingly agreed on Thursday to suspend until Oct. 24 a rule requiring airlines to use at least 80% of their flight slots to keep them the following year so as to ease an industry crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 26th, 2020

See how quickly DIA"s flight cancellations increased due to COVID-19

The airport's two largest airline passenger carriers have canceled many flights......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 26th, 2020

Air Canada lays off 5,000, France tries to save food supply

Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes amid plunging demand......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsMar 23rd, 2020

Airline and flight reviewing YouTubers say views have cratered due to coronavirus and it"s threatening their livelihoods

Reuters The spread of the coronavirus and an influx of travel bans have left YouTube content crea.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 22nd, 2020

Trump"s private club, Mar-a-Lago, has been closed temporarily due to the spread of coronavirus. Take a look inside the exclusive resort that the public doesn"t get to see.

Gustavo Caballero/Stringer via Getty Images Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida, is often called "the Winter White House." It now numbers among the Trump properties that have been tempora.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 21st, 2020

Taking flight: Retired airline pilots trade their captain’s seats for piano, organ benches

The halls were filled with students clutching their music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music earlier this month. Between classes, James Cannon, a pianist, and Bert Nelson, an organist, compared notes on the pieces they were .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 20th, 2020

Air Canada to lay off over 5,100 employees due to virus outbreak: union

Air Canada will temporarily lay off more than 5,100 employees as it attempts to check the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the union representing the Canadian airline's flight attendants said on Friday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 20th, 2020

Hawaiian Airlines to temporarily reduce flight schedule by 40%

Hawaiian Airlines will reduce its flight schedule by nearly 40% in April as closures, cancelations and government restrictions in response to the coronavirus impacts travel, the airline announced Wednesday. Domestically, the flight schedule reduction w.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 19th, 2020

EasyJet launches winter sale in coronavirus rebooking push

EasyJet launched an early sale on cut-price winter 2020-21 flights, even as the airline industry heads into a deepening coronavirus crisis that threatens to ground most of the British low-cost carrier's planes......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 18th, 2020