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Emirates Partners With Alaska, Launches 2 New Non-Stops From U.S.
Alaska Airlines and Emirates Airline have announced a new frequent flyer program partnership.
With the new partnership, Emirates Skywards members will accrue miles when flying Alaska Airlines, and Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members will be able to earn miles when flying Emirates. Both carriers will offer double miles March 1 through May 31, 2012.
Starting March 1, Emirates will also launch a new daily nonstop between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Dubai …
ANA to Launch 787 Dreamliner Routes to San Jose and Seattle
San Jose and Seattle will be the first destinations in the United States to see the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. ANA, the aircraft’s launch carrier, will begin service from Tokyo’s Narita airport to both locations some time in 2012.
ANA will be the only airline operating a San Jose-Tokyo route.
The first commercial Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight was in October of this year and the aircraft started to fly its first regular route, …
JetBlue and Singapore Airlines Partnership Announced
JetBlue Airways and Singapore Airlines announced an interline agreement that allows passengers to book a single ticket for flights to and from the U.S. to Frankfurt, Singapore, and connecting destinations. Passengers will have a single check-in for their flights and bags will be automatically transferred at the connecting airport.
Singapore offers daily non-stop flights from Newark (EWR) to Singapore with an all-business-class service to its hub at Changi International Airport in …
The Transcontinental Flight Turns 100
The transcontinental flight, or transcon, turned 100 today. The Vin Fiz Flyer (pictured), a Wright EX biplane, was named after a grape-flavored soft drink of the time. It departed Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn at 4:30 p.m. on September 17, 1911 and landed in Long Beach, California on December 10. It was piloted by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, who navigated across the U.S. by following a train, the Vin Fiz Special, which …
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Sets World Records for Speed and Distance
Boeing’s new 787-8 Dreamliner established two world records in the course of one around-the-world flight. On December 6, the aircraft left Boeing Field in Seattle on an eastbound flight to Dhaka, Bangladesh, setting the distance world record for its class (440,000-550,000 lbs.) with a flight of 10,710 nautical miles (19,835 km). The previous record holder was an Airbus A330 that flew 9,127 nautical miles (16,903 km) in 2002.
The aircraft continued …
Delta Cutting International Routes
Delta Air Lines announced it will discontinue several routes from Atlanta and New York. The canceled routes from Atlanta are Athens, Greece; Copenhagen, Denmark; Moscow, Russia; Prague, Czech Republic; Shanghai, China; and Tel Aviv, Israel. Flights from New York that are being halted include Manchester, U.K.; Budapest, Hungary; and Berlin, Germany.
The Atlanta-Shanghai route had been cut back and then discontinued in 2009, but resumed last year with just two flights …
