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JetBlue Airways is coming to Charleston, South Carolina

JetBlue Airways (New York) will serve Charleston International Airport (CHS) with twice daily nonstop service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and a daily flight from Boston’s Logan (BOS) starting on Thursday, February 28, 2013. CHS will become the airline’s 76th destination.

JetBlue’s schedule between New York and Charleston:

JFK to CHS:	CHS to JFK:
Depart – Arrive	Depart – Arrive
8:10 a.m. – 10:23 a.m.	11:00 a.m. – 12:41 p.m.
2:59 p.m. – 5:18 p.m.	5:55 p.m. – 7:43 p.m.
– Flights operate daily beginning Feb. 28 , 2013 –

JetBlue’s schedule between Boston and Charleston:

BOS to CHS:	CHS to BOS:
Depart – Arrive	Depart – Arrive
9:35 a.m. – 12:06 p.m.	12:45 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
– Flights operate daily beginning Feb. 28 , 2013 – – All times local –

JetBlue’s flights from Charleston will be operated with its 100-seat Embraer ERJ 190 fleet.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N193JB (msn 19000017) in the Harlequin tail design climbs away from the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

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Frontier starts nonstop Colorado Springs-San Diego service

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) yesterday (September 18) expanded its service from Colorado Springs Airport with the launch of nonstop service to San Diego. This new service joins existing Frontier nonstops from Colorado Springs to Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Seattle.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s San Diego service:

Colorado Springs-San Diego (Sept. 18 to Nov. 15, 2012)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

COS-SAN

2:32 p.m.

3:40 p.m.

Tue, Thurs, Sun

A319

SAN-COS

4:20 p.m.

7:22 p.m.

Tue, Thurs, Sun

A319

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American may eliminate 11,000 positions

American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) has sent notices to more than 11,000 employees they could lose their jobs as part of its Chapter 11bankruptcy reorganization according to this report by Reuters. AA is also cutting flights by one to two percent for the rest of September and October.

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Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) N411AA (msn 49322) arrives at Las Vegas. More DC-9-82s and DC-9-83s are likely to be retired.

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LOT Polish Airlines announces the first Boeing 787-8 routes

LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw) today officially announced the launch dates for its new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner intercontinental service. The inaugural flight from Warsaw to Chicago (O’Hare) will be on January 16, 2013, followed closely by Toronto (Pearson) on February 1 and New York (JFK) on February 3. Beijing will begin one month later on March 3, 2013.

LOT is offering three classes of service on the new aircraft, Economy Class, Premium Club (Premium Economy) and Elite Club (Business Class). All three classes will enjoy comfort beyond their expectations as well as the professional and friendly service of the Elite Fleet Crew.

With the introduction of a new class, Premium Economy, which will be referred to as Premium Club, LOT has fares starting as low as $1,342 from New York and Chicago to Warsaw. LOT’s new Business Class, referred to as Elite Club, have fares starting as low as $3,787 from New York to Warsaw and $4,087 from Chicago to Warsaw. Sample fares include all taxes fees and surcharges.

In addition, according to Airline Route, from December 2012 to January 2013 (subject to aircraft deliveries), LOT will introduce the new Boeing 787-8 on select European cities prior to the above regular long-range schedule. The Star Alliance member is also planning to retire its Boeing 767-300s by March 2013.

Image: LOT Polish Airlines.

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Alaska Airlines launches nonstop Seattle/Tacoma-San Antonio flights today

Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) is launching daily nonstop flights between Seattle/Tacoma and San Antonio, Texas, today (September 17).

Alaska Airlines started service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in 2005 and to Austin and Houston in 2009. The dominant carrier along the West Coast, Alaska Airlines now serves 16 destinations east of the Rocky Mountains.

Summary of new flights:

Start date	City pair	Departs	Arrives	Frequency
Sept. 17	Seattle-San Antonio	12:30 p.m.	6:35 p.m.	Daily
Sept. 17	San Antonio-Seattle	7:25 p.m.	9:55 p.m.	Daily
All times are based on local time zones

The flights will be operated with Boeing 737-800 aircraft, accommodating 16 passengers in first class and 141 in the main cabin.

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Emirates SkyCargo starts new freighter service to Osaka and Seoul

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates Airline (Dubai), commenced a new freighter service from Dubai to Japan and Korea on September 7.

The new service will operate one flight per week and serve the growing demand for air freight to and from Kansai International Airport and Seoul Incheon International Airport. Flight EK 9891 – using a Boeing 777F freighter with a cargo capacity of more than 100 tons – will depart Dubai every Thursday at 22:30 and arrive at Kansai at 12:40 the following Friday, and depart Kansai at 14:40 and arrive at Inchon at 16:10 same day.

Flight EK 9892 from Incheon to Dubai will depart from Incheon at 18:15 every Friday and arrive at Dubai at 22:45 on the same day.

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Interjet is coming to Orange County on October 11

Interjet (ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V. dba) (Mexico City) will add Orange County (Santa Ana), California on October 11 with daily service to both Guadalajara and Mexico City.

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California Destinations: Sometimes airlines can be space challenged to produce a geographically correct route map. No, Los Angeles has not shifted to northern California.

Germania establishes Gambia Bird in Africa

Gambia Bird (Banjul) is a new airline in Gambia in western Africa. According to Airliners.de, in cooperation with AJW Aviation, the new airline will lease two Airbus A319s from Germania. Gambia Bird is planning to serve Dakar, Conakry, Freetown and Lagos. Later the company, hopes to expand to Europe. Germania will retain a 90% ownership in Gambia Bird. The first Airbus A319 has been painted at Norwich.

According to a report by ATW, Gambia Bird is now planning to launch operations on October 15, 2012 from Banjul with weekly flights to London (Gatwick) and Barcelona and also from Freetown to London (Gatwick). The new airline is also planning four-times-weekly service from Banjul to Dakar, twice-weekly to Freetown, Monrovia and Lagos as well as once a week service to Conakry and Accra.

The airline has the following statement on their website:

“Flights will commence later in summer and the airline will connect Banjul to other West African Airports but also link Banjul to Europe. The schedule will be published soon.”

Copyright Photo: Matt Varley. The pictured Airbus A319-112 D-ASTA (msn 4663), formerly painted in Germania livery, has emerged from the paint shop at Norwich, pending delivery.

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Volaris is coming to Sacramento

Volaris (Mexico City) is adding Sacramento, California to its route map with new twice-weekly service from Guadalajara starting on November 15.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Airbus A319-132 N503VL (msn 3491) arrives at Los Angeles in the special Cuernavaca livery.

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SkyWest Airlines to start Denver-Laramie service on November 4

SkyWest Airlines (St. George) operating for United Airlines, will operate twice-daily Denver flights to Laramie, Wyoming starting on November 4. The United Express flights will be operated by SkyWest Airlines utilizing the 30-seat Embraer-manufactured EMB-120ER Brasilia.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia N584SW (msn 120352) completes its final approach into Los Angeles International Airport.

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