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Delta to add two new Cancun routes this summer

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) will add two seasonal routes to Cancun, Mexico this summer from June 6 through August 28. Baltimore/Washington – Cancun and Pittsburgh – Cancun will both be operated weekly on Saturdays with McDonnell Douglas MD-88s per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen/AirlinersGallery.com. McDonnell Douglas MD-88 N906DE (msn 53415) is pictured in action at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Delta aircraft slide show (current livery only):

http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-UnitedStates-1/Airlines-UnitedStates-1/Delta-air-lines

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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

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JetBlue Airways to add a new route to Grenada

JetBlue Airways (New York) today announced its intent to add another destination to its ever-expanding network in the Caribbean. Subject to receipt of government operating authority, flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND) will begin on June 11, 2015, with a twice weekly service on Thursdays and Sundays. Grenada will be JetBlue’s 90th destination and its 32nd destination in the Caribbean and Latin America. Flights will be available for sale following government approval.

JetBlue will serve the route with its 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-232 N503JB (msn 1123) arrives at the New York (JFK) hub.

JetBlue Airways aircraft slide show:

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

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Asiana Airlines to bring the Airbus A380 to New York JFK

Asiana Airlines (Seoul) will assign the Airbus A380 to the Seoul (Incheon) – New York (JFK) route starting on June 13 per Airline Route. As of July 14, the route will be exclusively operated with Airbus A380s.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A380-841 HL7625 (msn 152) arrives in Los Angeles.

Asiana Airlines aircraft slide show:

http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-Asia-1/Airlines-Asia1-AE/Asiana-Airlines

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Hawaiian reports GAAP 4Q net income of $11.1 million and $68.9 million net profit for 2014

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Honolulu), parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (Honolulu), today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2014.

GAAP net income in the fourth quarter of $11.1 million or $0.17 per diluted share. For the full year, GAAP net income of $68.9 million or $1.10 per diluted share.

Adjusted net income in the fourth quarter of $26.1 million or $0.40 per diluted share, an increase of $14.1 million or $0.18 cents per diluted share year-over-year. For the full year, adjusted net income grew to $97.1 million or $1.55 per diluted share compared to $46.6 million or $0.88 per diluted share in the prior year.

Operating revenue increased to $575 million for the fourth quarter and $2.3 billion for the full year. This resulted in an operating revenue per available seat mile (RASM) increase of 6.1%, year-over-year for the fourth quarter, and for the full year an increase of 5.6% year-over-year.

“2014 finished on a high note with the company posting much better results than a year ago,” said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian Airlines president and chief executive officer. “We served more customers than ever before, grew revenues, improved profitability and strengthened our balance sheet. I have our employees to thank for Hawaiian’s performance on the ground, in the air and in our financial statements. Their hard work helps overcome the advantage that our competitors generate through their massive size alone. 2015 will be another year of improvement as long as demand, fuel and industry capacity in our marketplaces remain as forecast.”

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2014 the Company had:

Unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $524 million.

Outstanding debt and capital lease obligations of approximately $1,050 million consisting of the following:
$714 million outstanding under secured loan agreements to finance a portion of the purchase price for 11 Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

$137 million outstanding under secured loan agreements to finance a portion of the purchase price for 15 Boeing 717-200 aircraft.

$102 million in capital lease obligations to finance the acquisition of an Airbus A330-200, two Boeing 717-200 aircraft and aircraft-related equipment.

$30 million outstanding under floating rate notes to finance the acquisition of two Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft.

$67 million of outstanding Convertible Senior Notes.

Fleet and financing

Retired $54 million of A330 bank debt.

Repurchased $15 million (principal amount) or 18% of convertible notes outstanding.

Executed a purchase agreement with Airbus for six A330-800neo aircraft with deliveries starting in 2019, replacing the previous order for six A350XWB-800 aircraft.

Entered into a new revolving credit facility that has availability of up to $175 million.

Added five new A330-200 aircraft and returned or retired two Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Fred Freketic/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-243 N382HA (msn 1171) prepare to depart from New York (JFK).

Hawaiian Airlines aircraft slide show:

http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-UnitedStates-2/Airlines-UnitedStates-2/Hawaiian-Airlines

 

Delta to resume New York (JFK) – Keflavik, Iceland flights this summer

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) will once again be offering nonstop daily flights between Keflavik International Airport (near Reykjavik) and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport for the 2015 summer season.

Starting May 2, the U.S. airline has scheduled a Boeing 757-200 aircraft on the route, which is operated in conjunction with Deltaโ€™s joint venture partners Air France and KLM.

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 757-232 N651DL (msn 24391) arrives in New York (JFK).

Delta Air Lines aircraft slide show (current livery only):

http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-UnitedStates-1/Airlines-UnitedStates-1/Delta-air-lines

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Etihad Airways adjusts its North American schedules to increase connectivity

Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi) has announced a number of schedule changes to the airline’s flights between its Abu Dhabi hub and Toronto (Pearson), New York (JFK), and Chicago (O’Hare), which will start on Sunday, March 29, 2015.

The move will provide convenient schedule options for passengers travelling from Canada or the US to the UAE, enhance overall connectivity for flights to and from the Indian Subcontinent (ISC), and establish new connections to key markets such as Dhaka, Kathmandu, and Kolkata.

The new times also all connect with key Etihad Airways’ ISC destinations which include Colombo, Delhi, Karachi, Lahore, and Mumbai.

The three flights a week Toronto service, flight EY 141, will now depart at 2.50 am rather than the current time 10.25 am and the daily EY 151 flight to Chicago will move from a 9.30 am departure to 3.40 am.

Return flight EY 140 from Toronto will arrive at 12.05 pm, and EY 150 from Chicago will arrive in Abu Dhabi at 12.20 pm, which will allow for faster connection times through the hub at a non-peak period.

The new schedule will see the return flight from New York, EY 102, will now depart JFK three hours later than it currently does to ensure its arrival in Abu Dhabi to meet the early afternoon bank of flights to the ISC.

Passengers on the retimed outbound Chicago flight will continue to be processed through United States Preclearance at Abu Dhabi Airport, following the recent expansion of the facility’s hours of operation to include early morning flights to the US.

US Preclearance allows passengers to conveniently pass through all required checks including US customs, immigration and security while in Abu Dhabi before they board their flight, enabling them to avoid queues on arrival in the US and arrive as domestic passengers.

Passengers on all Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States, which also includes Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York JFK, and Washington DC, are processed through US preclearance.

The schedule changes for Toronto and Chicago have been made in conjunction with Etihad Airways’ key partners, Air Canada and American Airlines in North America, and Jet Airways in India.

The partner airlines will implement new codeshare flights as well as re-accommodate guests who are affected by the new schedule.

Toronto, Chicago, and New York JFK (EY101 / EY102) flight schedule changes are from March 29, 2015:

Copyright Photo:ย Etihad Airways Boeing 777-3FX ER A6-ETR (msn 39687) with the promotional Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Formula 1 markings taxies at London (Heathrow).

Etihad Airways aircraft slide show:

http://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-Asia-1/Airlines-Asia1-AE/Etihad-Airways

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Japan Airlines to introduce the “JAL Sky Suite 787” on its 787-9s in July, announces its schedule and aircraft plans

JAL-Japan Airlines (Tokyo) has announced it will introduce the Boeing 787-9 with an all-new cabin interior, called JAL SKY SUITE 787 (SS9), on the Tokyo (Narita) – Jakarta route (JL725/JL726) from July 2015.

JAL SKY SUITE 787 logo

The SS9 will adopt a similar three-class configuration as the airlineโ€™s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, called JAL SKY SUITE 787 (SS8) aircraft, which were first introduced in December 2014. SS9 will offer fully-flat JAL SKY SUITE seats in its Business Class and spacious JAL SKY PREMIUM seats in Premium Economy. In Economy Class, JAL SKY WIDER II seats will be installed. JAL will also maintain its existing 2-4-2 configuration in the SS9โ€™s Economy Class, which achieves approx. 5cm wider for each seat width than the common configuration of JAL Economy Class seat on Boeing 787s. Additionally, the seat pitch was increased approximately 5 cm to provide more space and comfort during every journey.

JAL 787 Seating Configurations (LRW)

 

 

JAL 787 Seating Map (LRW)

The company also issued this statement on its upcoming schedules and fleet plans:

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JAL Group (JAL) on January 21 announced its flight frequency and fleet plans on both international and domestic routes for fiscal year 2015 (ending March 31, 2016).

In regards to the airlineโ€™s international network, Japan Airlines FY2015 fleet plans include newly added Boeing 787-9s, which will be configured with the airlineโ€™s latest cabin interior (JAL SKY SUITE) from July 2015, in addition to the airlineโ€™s current JAL SKY SUITE 767/777/787 configured aircraft. The airline will concurrently expand the availability of aircraft featuring JAL SKY WIDER seats in Economy Class on more international routes in order to further deliver improved service to customers.

Furthermore, JAL will increase flight frequency from 3 to 4 round-trip flights weekly between Tokyo (Narita) and Moscow to meet an increase in business travel demand.

In regards to the airlineโ€™s domestic network, JAL will adjust its flight frequency plan on select Japan-domestic routes to meet seasonal demand primarily to and from Tokyo (Haneda), which will result in the reintroduction of continuous summer operations of six domestic routes to provide enhanced customer convenience. Additionally, the airlineโ€™s well-received JAL SKY NEXT service will mainly expand onto more domestic routes to and from Haneda.

# The following plans and schedules are subject to government approval.

1. Expanding JAL SKY SUITE Aircraft onto More International Routes

JAL will introduce the Boeing 787-9 with latest cabin interior (indicated as โ€œSS9โ€ in JAL Flight Schedule) onto its international network in FY 2015. The new aircraft will be configured with fully-flat JAL SKY SUITE seats in Business Class, spacious JAL SKY PREMIUM seats in Premium Economy and the well-received JAL SKY WIDER II seats in Economy Class. JAL SKY SUITE aircraft will be available as indicated on the following routes:

Route

Effective Period

Flight No.

Aircraft

Remarks

Narita – Paris

March 29, 2015 ~

JL415/416

787-8

JAL SKY SUITE 787 (SS8) (*3)

Narita – Helsinki

June 1, 2015 ~

JL413/414

787-8

JAL SKY SUITE 787 (SS8) (*3)

Narita – Jakarta

July 1, 2015 ~

JL725/726

787-9

JAL SKY SUITE 787 (SS9) (*4)

Narita – Delhi

March 29, 2015 ~

JL749/740

787-8

JAL SKY SUITE 787 (SS8) (*3)

Narita – Honolulu

March 29, 2015 ~

JL784/783

767-300ER

JALSKY SUITE 767 (SS6)

JL786/785

Narita – Manila

March 29, 2015 ~

JL741/742

767-300ER

JAL SKY SUITE 767 (SS6)

June 1, 2015 ~ (*5)

JL745/746

# The schedule for launching the new service is subject to change due to the delivery of aircraft. For latest information, please visit JAL website.
(*3) Premium Economy service will be provided in line with the introduction of SS8 on these routes.
(*4) First Class service will not be available in line with aircraft type changing from JAL SKY SUITE 777 (SS7) to SS9 on this route and SS8 will be operated on this route every Thursday only.
(*5) JL746 will start to be operated by SS6 from June 2, 2015.

2.

Other Aircraft Type Changes Route

Narita – Frankfurt Haneda – Bangkok

Haneda – Ho Chi Minh City Narita – Ho Chi Minh City Narita – Sydney Haneda – Beijing

Haneda – Seoul (Gimpo)

Haneda – Taipei (Songshan)

Kansai – Shanghai (Pudong)

Kansai – Taipei (Taoyuan)

Effective Period

Flight No.

Aircraft

Remarks

March 29 ~ October 24, 2015

JL407/408

787-8 to 777-300ER

(*5)

March 29(*6) ~ June 30, 2015

JL033/032

777-200ER to 787-8

(*7)

July 1, 2015 ~

787-8 to 777-200ER

March 29, 2015 ~

JL079/070

767-300ER to 787-8

March 29, 2015 ~

JL759/750

March 29, 2015 (*8) ~

JL771/772

777-300ER to 777-200ER

(*9)

March 30, 2015 ~

JL021/022

767-300ER to 787-8

March 30, 2015 ~

JL091/092

767-300ER to 787-8

JL093/094

March 29, 2015 ~

JL097/098

777-200ER to 767-300ER

March 29, 2015 ~

JL891/894

767-300ER to 737-800

March 29, 2015 ~

JL813/816

767-300ER to 787-8

(*5) First Class Service will be available in line with introduction of SS7 on this route.
(*6) JL033 will start to be operated by 787-8 from March 30, 2015.
(*7) Premium Economy service will not be available on this route during March 29 and June 30, 2015. (*8) JL772 will start to be operated by 777-200ER from March 30, 2015.
(*9) First Class service will not be available in line with aircraft change on this route

(*10) JAL maintains codeshare flights (operated by Korean Air) between Kansai and Seoulโ€™s Gimpo, and between Kansai and Seoulโ€™s Incheon.

Flight No.

Route

Dep. Time

Arr. Time

Aircraft

Details

Effective Period

JL441

Narita โ€“ Moscow

10:45

15:00

787-8

Increase from 3 to 4 weekly flights (Additional flight on Monday)

March 29 ~ October 24, 2015 (Mo, We, Fr, Su)

JL442

Moscow – Narita

17:15

08:35+1

Flight No.

Route

Details

Effective Period

Remarks

JL971

Osaka (Kansai) โ€“ Seoul (Gimpo)

Suspension of JL971/974 daily round-trip operation

March 29, 2015 ~

(*10)

JL974

Seoul (Gimpo) โ€“ Osaka (Kansai)

Domestic Network
1. Continuation of Seasonal Operations

Route

Details

Effective Period

Itami – Matsumoto

1 daily flight

August 1 ~ August 31, 2015

Itami – Memanbetsu

1 daily flight

July 18 ~ July 20, 2015 and July 25 ~ August 31, 2015

Sapporo (New Chitose) – Izumo

4 weekly flights

August 1 ~ August 31, 2015 (Mo, We, Fr, Su)

Sapporo (New Chitose) – Tokushima

3 weekly flights

August 1 ~ August 31, 2015 (Tu, Th, Sa)

Nagoya (Chubu) – Kushiro

3 weekly flights

August 1 ~ August 31, 2015 (Tu, Th, Sa)

Nagoya (Chubu) – Obihiro

4 weekly flights

August 1 ~ August 31, 2015 (Mo, We, Fr, Su)

3. Flight Frequency Changes

Route

Details

Effective Period

Haneda – Sapporo (New Chitose)

16 daily to 17 daily flights

March 29 ~ October 24, 2015

Haneda – Okinawa (Naha)

12 daily to 14 daily flights

March 29 ~ October 24, 2015

Itami – Sapporo (New Chitose)

3 daily to 4 daily flights

March 29, 2015 ~

Route

Details

Effective Period

Haneda – Itami

16 daily to 15 daily flights

March 29, 2015 ~

Haneda – Izumo

6 daily to 5 daily flights

March 29, 2015 ~

Kansai – Sapporo (New Chitose)

4 daily to 3 daily flights

March 29, 2015 ~

Copyright Photo: Fred Freketic/AirlinersGallery.com. While JAL awaits the delivery of its first stretched Boeing 787-9, the company continues to expand 787-8 operations. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner JA835J (msn 34850) taxies onto the runway at New York (JFK).
Video: Sam Chui. Flying on JAL First Class from Tokyo to London on Boeing 777-300 ER JAL Suite:
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JetBlue Airways flight 1295 aborts its takeoff at New York JFK to avoid a taxiing Caribbean Airlines flight 526

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JetBlue Airways (New York) flight 1295 from New York (JFK) to Austin, Texas with an Airbus A320 was ordered by FAA Air Traffic Control (ATC) to avoid its takeoff on runway 22 at JFK International Airport late Saturday night (January 17). The order was given to avoid a possible collision with a taxiing Caribbean Airlines flight 526 operated with a Boeing 737-800. According to this report, the Caribbean flight “taxied across” the JetBlue’s takeoff path. The two aircraft never came any closer than 2,800 feet. The JetBlue flight taxied back to the gate.

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JetBlue Airways adds an extra flight from Boston to Phoenix for the Super Bowl

JetBlue Airways (New York) has announced it is kicking off extra flights between Boston and Phoenix for the Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

JetBlue has added additional flights between Phoenix (PHX) and Boston (BOS), increasing capacity to its already sold out schedule. In addition to its normal schedule of daily BOS-PHX service, seats are now available on the below new flights:

Copyright Photo: Fred Freketic/AirlinersGallery.com.ย JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 N652JB (msn 3029) in the Dots livery taxies at JFK International Airport.

JetBlue Airways aircraft slide show:

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