Delta Air Lines will launch Los Angeles service to Nashville (daily, April 8), Seattle, (3X-daily, April 8), San Jose (4X-daily, July 1), Spokane (daily, June 10), San Jose (July 1) and seasonal service to Boston (daily, June 10), Anchorage (18X-weekly, June 21) and Bozeman (weekly, June 22). Turkish Airlines will operate 4X-weekly Istanbul-Marseille service June 4-Oct. 25. American Airlines will fly daily Chicago O’Hare-Dusseldorf 767-300ER service from April 12.
US airports continue to change rapidly as new technologies affect both landside and airside operations, airports seek to tap new revenue sources and managers hope to control costs by looking at energy alternatives.
There’s much at Lufthansa (LH) for its rivals to envy. An industry innovator, LH is founder of the Star alliance, a move that sparked the shift to global alliances. LH’s leadership in the advancement of training, safety, environment and aircraft technologies is second to none. It’s the largest European operator of the Airbus A380 and the launch customer of the Boeing 747-8.
Southwest Airlines will launch daily Des Moines-Las Vegas service; daily Jacksonville-Chicago service; daily Atlanta-San Diego service; daily Nashville-Pittsburgh service and 2X-daily Fort Lauderdale-San Juan service Sept. 29. It will also restart seasonal daily Jacksonville-Las Vegas service as well as seasonal daily service from Orlando to Indianapolis and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
November marks two significant events in the ATM calendar—both aimed at generating benefits for airspace users. The first is the implementation of the ICAO Flight Plan 2012 (FPL2012), a revised flight plan format aimed at further exploiting the onboard capabilities of modern aircraft. The second is the 12th ICAO Air Navigation Conference that will bring together the aviation community to gain consensus, obtain commitments and formulate recommendations for building a harmonized global air navigation system for international civil aviation.
Emirates will transfer its cargo fleet from Dubai International Airport to Dubai World Central Airport (DWC), president Tim Clark told ATW on the sidelines of the ITB tourism fair in Berlin.