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Delta to increase operations at Paris CDG for the summer season

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) is increasing its flight options from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for the summer 2015 season. The airline will restart nonstop flights from Paris CDG to both Philadelphia International and Pittsburgh International airports, both effective May, 11, 2015. These flights start after Delta adds a third daily flight to Boston’s Logan International Airport on March 29, complementing the existing daily Delta and Air France service. With the addition of these flights, Delta will operate up to 13 peak-day departures between Paris CDG and the United States during the summer months.

Delta’s services between Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Boston will be operated in conjunction with joint-venture partner, Air France-KLM. The airline will use a 167-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft (above) on flights to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and a 245-seat Boeing 767-400 aircraft on the Boston route.

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New video from JustPlanes: Boeing 747-400 crosswind landings at Boston

New Video: Boston Logan International Airport

New video from JustPlanes.

Southwest Airlines increases the number of nonstop destinations from Dallas Love Field to 50

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) today published 16 additional flights, including service to eight new nonstop cities, from Dallas Love Field. The new routes will begin on August 9, 2015. With this latest service enhancement, Southwest will offer a total of 180 weekday departures to 50 nonstop destinations from Dallas Love Field.

Beginning August 9, 2015, the carrier will start once-daily, nonstop service between Dallas (Love Field) and:

Boston (Logan)

Charlotte

Detroit

Omaha

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Raleigh/Durham

Salt Lake City

Also on August 9, Southwest will offer additional nonstop service between Dallas (Love Field) and Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Houston (Hobby), Little Rock, Chicago (Midway), and Seattle/Tacoma. Finally, Southwest will upgrade the Saturday-only nonstop service between Dallas and Charleston, South Carolina, that is scheduled to begin on April 11, 2015, to daily service on August 9.

Southwest is able to expand at DAL due to the end of the Wright Amendment and the sublease of two additional Love Field gates from United Airlines in the newly rebuilt 20-gate facility, which is a collaborative effort between the City of Dallas and Southwest Airlines.

Airfield construction continues with additional taxiway capacity scheduled to open in mid-March and mid-July and additional ramp space scheduled to open in late August and in November of this year.

Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Southwest continues its fleet modernization efforts to replace its Boeing 737-300 and 737-500 Classic aircraft with more fuel-efficient and longer-range aircraft with winglets. Boeing 737-8H4 N8653A (msn 37037) with the Aviation Partners Boeing Split Scimitar Wings arrives at Baltimore/Washington (BWI).

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Southwest to add flights from Columbus, Ohio to both Boston and Oakland

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has extended its flight schedule through October 30, 2015. The new schedule will bring more nonstop service and new destinations beginning August 9, 2015, for travelers flying Southwest in Santa Ana/Orange County, Washington, D.C. (Reagan National), and Columbus, Ohio.

The carrier will add service to both coasts from Port Columbus International Airport with the airport’s first daily nonstop flight to/from Oakland, and twice-daily service to/from Boston Logan International Airport.

Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-3H4 N644SW (msn 28329) in the new 2014 livery arrives at Baltimore/Washington (BWI). Southwest is gradually replacing its older Boeing 737s.

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Hainan Airlines to fly to China from Boston and San Jose, California

Hainan Airlines (Haikou and Beijing) today announced it plans to begin three new nonstop routes between the United States and China. Service will be inaugurated from Silicon Valley’s Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport to Beijing on June 15, from Boston’s Logan Airport to Shanghai’s Pudong Airport on June 20, and as previously reported, from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong on June 22.

Mainland China’s only certified Skytrax five-star airline will operate two-class Boeing 787 Dreamliners on between San Jose and Beijing five days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with early afternoon departure times. Service between Boston and Shanghai will operate thrice weekly: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with afternoon times. Between Seattle and Shanghai, using a two-class Airbus A330-200, the airline will operate four days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, with midday departure times.

From Boston, flights will depart at 4:25 pm (1625) and arrive Shanghai at 7:35 pm (1935) the following day. Return flights will depart Shanghai at 11:45 am (1145) and arrive Boston at 2:25 pm (1425) the same day. Flight time is 15 hours ten minutes westbound and 14 hours forty minutes eastbound.

The new flights from San Jose represent the first ever nonstop service between Mainland China and Silicon Valley. Flights will depart San Jose International Airport at 1:10 pm (1310) and arrive Beijing at 4:40 pm (1640) the following day. Return flights will depart Beijing at 2:30 pm (1430) and arrive San Jose at 11:10 am (1110) the same day. Flight time is 12 ½ hours westbound and 11 hours 40 minutes eastbound.

Cargo service is offered on all flights.

Service on the existing Beijing routes to and from Boston, Seattle/Tacoma and Chicago (O’Hare) will increase to daily on May 1, 2015. Hainan Airlines also operates daily between Toronto, Canada and Beijing.

Copyright Photo: TMK Photography/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B-2728 (msn 34938) departs from Toronto (Pearson).

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Spirit Airlines to add nine new cities from Atlanta

Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) is building up again its presence at Atlanta with nine new routes. The ultra low-fare airline just issued this statement:

Spirit Airlines continues its dramatic growth in 2015. Today the carrier known for its crazy low fares will add additional service to and from nine new cities from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Spirit is thrilled to announce the following new daily, nonstop routes from Atlanta:

Atlanta to Cleveland, Las Vegas, and Orlando beginning May 7, 2015

Atlanta to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Tampa beginning June 18, 2015

Atlanta to Los Angeles beginning August 20, 2015

Atlanta to Boston and Fort Myers beginning September 10, 2015

With these additional routes, Spirit Airlines will operate nonstop flights from Atlanta to 15 cities. Current routes from Atlanta include: Atlantic City, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, and Houston.

Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A319-132 N503NK (msn 2470) arrives in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood.

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JetBlue Airways to add three seasonal routes from Boston

JetBlue Airways (New York) today announced three new seasonal, nonstop flights from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass (MVY).; Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PAP) (subject to receipt of government operating authority); and Sacramento, California (SMF). JetBlue will provide the only nonstop routes from Boston to both Port-au-Prince and Sacramento.

The new service to Port-au-Prince service will launch on June 17 and operate through September 5, 2015, with flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays (subject to receipt of government operating authority). The Haiti service will complement JetBlue’s existing daily flights from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and twice daily service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

Service from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard will also launch on June 17 and operate daily through September 7, complementing JetBlue’s existing summer seasonal service from Boston to Nantucket.

The new Sacramento service will launch on June 18 and operate four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Last year, the JetBlue introduced nonstop service from Boston to Detroit; Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Georgia.; Liberia, Costa Rica; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; and Saint Lucia.

Service to Cleveland will launch on April 30, 2015.

JetBlue’s summer seasonal service to Bermuda and Nantucket will resume May 14.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-232 N807JB (msn 5312) in the Barcode scheme arrives at Los Angeles International Airport.

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JetBlue Airways and Icelandair to codeshare

JetBlue Airways (New York) and Icelandair (Keflavik) have today (February 6) filed an application with the U.S. Government to enter into a bilateral codeshare partnership that will offer customers easy connections between the two airlines’ networks with a focus on gateways in Boston, New York (JFK) and Keflavik (near Reykjavik).

Under the proposed codeshare, the JetBlue ‘B6’ code will be placed on seven Icelandair routes between the U.S. and Keflavik International Airport (KEF), and eight routes to Scandinavia and Continental Europe available nonstop via the Keflavik hub (subject to receipt of government operating authority):

Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
Anchorage, Alaska (ANC)
Birmingham, United Kingdom (BHX)
Boston, Massachusetts (BOS)
Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH)
Glasgow, United Kingdom (GLA)
Helsinki, Finland (HEL)
Manchester, United Kingdom (MAN)
Newark, New Jersey (EWR)
New York City, New York (JFK)
Orlando, Florida (MCO, later 2015)
Oslo, Norway (OSL)
Seattle, Washington (SEA)
Stockholm, Sweden (ARN)
Washington DC. (IAD)

The Icelandair ‘FI’ code will be placed on JetBlue flights to allow connections beyond JetBlue’s focus cities Boston and New York (JFK) to:

Austin, Texas (AUS)
Baltimore, Maryland (BWI)
Chicago, Illinois (ORD)
Detroit, Michigan (DTW)
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida (FLL)
Los Angeles (LAX)
Orlando, Florida (MCO)
Newark, New Jersey (EWR)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PHL)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PIT)
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (RDU)
San Francisco, California (SFO)
Tampa, Florida (TPA)
Washington D.C. (DCA and IAD)

The airlines have successfully partnered on an interline basis since 2011.

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman/AirlinersGallery.com. New York (JFK) will be the biggest connecting point for the two carriers. Airbus A320-232 N635JB (msn 2725) arrives at the JFK base.

JetBlue Airways aircraft slide show:

http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-UnitedStates-2/Airlines-UnitedStates-2/JetBlue-Airways

Major snowstorm to hit the U.S. Northeast the next two days closing airports and canceling flights

The National Weather Service has issued this statement and forecast for the Northeast United States:

The stage is being set for a major nor’easter to affect parts of the Northeast Monday through Wednesday. This system will be responsible for heavy snowfall and strong winds, with blizzard conditions possible along coastal areas from New Jersey to Massachusetts. Blizzard Warnings are in effect along the coast from central New Jersey to the Canadian border.

The heaviest impact area will be around the Boston area (see map above).

This will cause a major impact to all airlines operating in the area with most airlines canceling flights in advance and rebooking passengers without the usual fees.

According to USA Today, as of 6:15 a.m. EST, 1,851 flights have already been canceled today and another 1,707 for tomorrow. This is likely to rise.

According to Reuters, Delta Air Lines has already canceled about 600 flights for Monday, January 26 due to a “historic” blizzard expected to hit the East Coast.

Read the full report from USA Today: CLICK HERE

More from The Weather Channel: CLICK HERE