Hello Everyone! Sorry about the lack of content yesterday and again today (I don’t count this as content). I have been sick (don’t worry, not serious) and been resting and not able to keep up on the blog. No worries, I am expecting to be back in action tomorrow. I miss talking about airlines. Cheers, […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
The journey from rumors that Allegiant Air was to add Boeing 757-200s during the summer 2010 to their fleet to now receiving ETOPS and Flag Carrier Status status from the Federal Aviation Administration has been long. Last summer, it was a let down for Allegiant, when the FAA gave them authorization to fly the new aircraft […]
Directly from Virgin America’s Press Release: San Francisco ’“ June 11, 2012 ’“ Virgin America, the award-winning U.S. airline, announces today that it is requesting U.S. Department of Transportation approval to place the Virgin Australia code on Virgin America services from Los Angeles to Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington D.C. […]
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, with NYCAviation.com, recently took an Amtrak train ride from Portland to Seattle and wrote a review to compare the experience to a flight. Here is his review in his own words: AMTRAK REVIEW Cheers: On-time, spacious, crazy low price Jeers: Equal to driving time; three times as long as a flight Coming off […]
Horizon Air, which operates Capacity Purchase Agreement flights for sister carrier Alaska Airlines, is the eighth largest regional airline and is based in Seattle, WA. Recently, their own Horizon livery disappeared and was replaced by Alaska’s Eskimo, but the airline still retained a nice collection of unique liveries. On May 31st, Alaska showed off their newest livery: San Diego State […]