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Hawaiian and Alaska Route Update: Alaska Air Group has announced that Hawaiian Airlines will take over select West Coast routes, including operating new nonstop flights from Seattle to Tokyo (Narita) and Seoul (Incheon), beginning in early 2025. The plan involves staging widebody crews on the West Coast. The airline hinted at further international expansion from Seattle.

Alaska Airlines completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines in September and is expanding its reach with Pacific routes and wide-body planes.

Alaska Air: New Seattle – Tokyo and Seoul Flights on Hawaiian Air: Alaska Air Group is marking a significant milestone in the integration of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines by introducing Seattle as a new global gateway. Starting in 2025, Hawaiian Airlines will offer new nonstop service with widebody aircraft between Seattle and Tokyo Narita, Japan (NRT), as well as Seoul Incheon, South Korea (ICN). Additionally, an […] SOURCE: Alaska Air: New Seattle – Tokyo and Seoul Flights on Hawaiian Air BY: eTurboNews | eTN #travelnews

How to manage a “credit” for not giving you something you paid for. “When you attempt to use a flight credit, Qantas transfers you into a special booking engine that displays airfares that are often significantly higher than the airfares offered on the exact same flights in the regular qantas.com booking engine.”

What does it take to connect continents in the early days of global aviation? British South American Airways (BSAA) set out to link the UK with South America and the Caribbean, achieving milestones like the first international departure from Heathrow in 1946. Advanced aircraft like the Avro Tudor represented the determination to expand air travel to far-reaching destinations. However, early aviation faced significant challenges. Accidents and mysterious plane disappearances revealed the risks of long-distance travel at the time. By 1949, BSAA’s difficulties led to its merger with BOAC, ending its brief, ambitious story. BSAA reminds us of the pioneering spirit and growing pains of aviation’s formative years. Though short-lived, it played a key role in shaping the global air travel networks we know today. 🌎 Discover more details: https://lnkd.in/d95XH_-v

Aer Lingus will begin flying from Dublin Airport to Indianapolis next May, presumably on the hashtag #A321XLR. This brand-new route will obviously be underpinned by financial incentives and perhaps a revenue guarantee agreement. It will be Indianapolis' only long-haul destination since Delta Air Lines ended hashtag #Paris CDG in 2020, which existed to feed transatlantic and fellow SkyTeam member Air France. The revelation comes shortly after it announced hashtag #Nashville service, which starts in April. The Irish capital will welcome the first-ever Las Vegas flight this week, while Delta will inugurate the first-ever hashtag #Detroit service in May. When Dublin's winter/summer US network across *all* carriers is considered, it will have non-stop flights to 22 airports. That's more than Amsterdam and Paris CDG (excluding limited charter flights to San Diego and Las Vegas).

The decarbonisation of aviation is advancing at a great pace. Great to see the early adopters for electric aviation trials. #aviationinnovation #decarbonisationtrials

The U.S. Department of Transportation has finalized its award of five new slots at Washington’s Reagan National Airport for flights beyond the airport’s 1,250-mile perimeter. Flights must begin within 90 days, or by March 17. - Alaska Airlines to San Diego - American Airlines to San Antonio - Delta Air Lines to Seattle - Southwest Airlines to Las Vegas - United Airlines to San Francisco #airlines #travel

I'm back from an awesome vacation with several new post ideas swirling around, - BUT FIRST - What airline do you prefer? I usually fly Southwest or United, but lately they've both left me wanting. Forbes compiled a list that proclaims Alaska, Skywest, and Spirit (?!?) as the top 3 "best" airlines. Delta ranks number 1 for reliability, and after getting home about 4 hours late last night thanks to multiple United delays (we even got standby on an earlier flight that ended up getting delayed longer than our original, already delayed by 2 hours flight!), reliability and being on time are certainly my top considerations to switch. So, what does everyone fly? And how is their frequent flyer program? #airlines #ontimeflights #airlinereliability