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Oneworld Introduces Oneworld Events for Meeting Planners
Oneworld announced a new service, oneworld events. The new offering provides benefits for organizers and attendees of conventions, conferences, exhibitions, and special events. Requests for the service are accepted as early as five years in advance, and up to three months before the event date.
Oneworld events offers event organizers a centralized process for working with members of the alliance as well as the ability to earn and redeem credits for …
JetBlue Announces Boston-Philly Route
JetBlue Airways said it would begin offering service to from Boston to Philadelphia starting on Thursday. This is the first time JetBlue is offering service to and from Philadelphia.
The airline will operate five daily non-stop flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport. Flights will depart Boston at 6:40 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 11:35 a.m., 3:15 p.m. and 6:10 p.m., arriving at 8:08 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 1 p.m., 4:48 …
US Airways Resumes Seasonal Service to Shannon, Ireland
US Airways announced it has resumed summer service to Shannon in Ireland.
The flight will operate daily from May 23 through September 6.
Daily flights will depart from Philadelphia International Airport at 9:05 p.m. and will arrive at Shannon Airport at 8:40 a.m. the following morning. Flights from Shannon will depart at 11:35 a.m. and arrive in Philadelphia at 2:05 p.m.
The service will operate on 176-seat two-class Boeing 757-200 aircraft. The aircraft …
KLM and Pegasus Enter Into Codeshare Agreement
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Pegasus Airlines announced that the two airlines have entered into a codeshare agreement.
The agreement allows KLM to market service from Istanbul or Izmir to Amsterdam under KLM flight numbers. Passengers on these flights can transfer at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to flights to any one of KLM’s 150 destinations.
The two airlines also announced an interline agreement which allows passengers to travel on a single KLM ticket …
Aeromexico to Add Embraer 175 Aircraft to Fleet
Aeromexico announced it will add three Embraer 175 aircraft to its fleet. The airline will deploy two of the planes on routes beginning in June.
The aircraft are outfitted with 86 seats in one class in a 2-2 configuration. Aeromexico plans to gradually replace its Embraer 145 aircraft with the Embraer 175s.
The airline will be the first in Mexico to operate the aircraft.
Two of the aircraft will begin operations on June …
United Adds 40 Additional Embraer 175 Jets to United Express Fleet
United Airlines said it will add 40 Embraer 175 aircraft to its United Express fleet. The announcement is part of a capacity purchase agreement for SkyWest Airlines, which will operate the new planes under the United Express brand.
SkyWest said Tuesday it will purchase the 40 aircraft, which seat 76 passengers and expects deliveries to take place in 2014 and 2015. This order is in addition to 30 Embraer 175 aircraft …
