Thus ends the first week of the Flight Wisdom Briefing. How are you enjoying it so far? Comments are open, as in Twitter. If you are interested in submitting a commercial aviation related story to the Briefing, please contact us. We'll be back next week with new briefs and we'll keep tweaking it to...
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We've decided to try a little experiment here at Flight Wisdom. We're going to record our news and service roundups that you can subscribe and listen to in your favorite podcast software. The new service, which we are calling the Flight Wisdom Briefing, will, if popular, come out at least once a week, if...
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This week in Routes...Southwest to start Philly-Boston, United adds service in 13 markets, and more.
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Enjoy the latest in airline service changes.
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This is not the first time this has happened, and that is sad. Today, a US Airways regional flight, flight 3079 operated by Chautaqua Airlines, from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Louisville, Kentucky was diverted to Philadelphia over a religious issue.
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The Irish government is demanding answers after an unsuspecting passenger carried high-grade explosives on a flight to Dublin as part of a botched training exercise. Slovakian Agents planted RDX explosives in the bag of a 49-year old electrician without his knowledge. The explosive was one of eight items planted by the Slovakian authorities in...
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We haven't been writing enough lately. That does happen sometimes when real life interferes with this(which is unfortunately a hobby). Here's what we've been reading about. If Pat Kiernan of New York City based station NY1 can make a name for himself reading the newspaper and running Pat's Papers online, we can try to...
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This week's latest in route developments.
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When Southwest says, "It's On," they truly mean it. After losing the fight to take over Frontier, Southwest Airlines is simply going to take over Denver without their help.
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We’d talked about Northwest Florida – Panama City International Airport before. It is a new airport being constructed to replace the old Bay County Airport. When it opens on Memorial Day, the old airport will close.
Delta is currently the only carrier serving Panama City, offering regional service to Memphis...
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Southwest Airlines announced today they are coming to the rescue of St. Louis, MO, which lost a great deal of service when American Airlines cut deep into what was once a major hub for TWA, which they absorbed. Beginning in May of next year, they will add the following routes:
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Welcome to another additional of roundup. Today we have some continuing news and route developments. Remember, for more details/information, a link appears to a press release or other story inside each notice.
This week, AirTran announced increases to its winter Florida schedule. Daily flights will be added to both Orlando and Ft. Myers,...
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This is a busy month for us, and it is often hard to keep up on things. So we want to try to catch up on some route developments over the last few days we may have missed.
Matching competitor AirTran, Delta Air Lines will inaugurate mainline service on December 18th from Atlanta to Key...
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Saying something about 9/11 is almost obligatory, especially for a commercial aviation blogger. The scope of the tragedy was nearly unimaginable at the time...that such a thing could happen. Our hearts continue to go out to those who lost loved ones that day and we will never forget the sacrifice of those who rushed...
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We haven't done a service roundup in a while. Mostly because there hasn't been as much news in this area as there once was. Airlines don't announce discontinuance as much as they do inauguration. But this week had some interesting developments.
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JetBlue inaugurated service today from its focus city at Boston’s General Edward Logan Airport to Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport. In honor of this inauguration, which is in direct competition with Southwest Airlines, JetBlue is offering a one-day only $9 each way sale. The offer ends September 9, 11:59 p.m. MDT and is for...
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JetBlue announced earlier this week an increase of its service to Jamaica.And we don’t mean Jamaica, Queens. JetBlue has applied to add two new Montego Bay routes, to both Boston and Orlando. The airline will also add service on its existing route from New York-JFK to Montego Bay to eleven flights weekly, and will...
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Jetblue and Virgin America decided to announce San Francisco to Ft. Lauderdale service.
Jetblue will begin service on November 17th, with a redeye flight leaving San Francisco 11:30PM and arriving 7:50AM, returning at 7:15PM and arriving at 10:35PM. In between, JetBlue can deploy the plane on its east coast network. Connections will be...
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Effective December 17th until April 12th, US Airways will add seasonal nonstop service from Phoenix to Montego Bay, Jamaica. The flights will operate four weekly flights on Airbus A319s. It is the first nonstop destination in the Caribbean from their Phoenix hub. They already serve Montego Bay from Philadelphia...
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We’re slowly inching toward our goal of reaching 1000 posts. We hope you’ve been enjoying our increased efforts.
Air Canada yesterday inaugurated service from Montreal to Fort-de-France, Martinique. The service will be offered on Saturdays until August 29th, and then will recommence on a year-round basis on December 5th.
Alaska Airlines inaugurated service on...
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New service is proudly announced, but cancellations are usually not. One day, we discover that a flight we recall is no longer on the books. Of late, many flights are being cancelled, airlines are slashing capacity.
Air Canada launched its Portland, Oregon to Calgary, Alberta service yesterday. The service, operated by 50-seater CRJs, operates once...
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We spun off Infrequent Flier to provide basic travel tips and advice, allowing Flight Wisdom to be, as its tagline says, “News, Thoughts, and Advice on Air Travel and the Travel Experience.” Today, we’re testing out a new theme at Infrequent Flier. We like to mix things up every so...
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US Airways flight 4423 was scheduled to leave Lynchburg, VA for Charlotte Airport at around 2:30PM yesterday, but was delayed due to an Act of God.
God in this case was a 23-year old man who was overheard talking on his cell phone(we wonder what service provider He uses) commenting that the plane...
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