Alaska Airlines’ fleet of fuel-efficient Boeing airplanes is growing with the purchase of six Boeing 737-900 Extended Range aircraft, valued at $594 million, Boeing’s current list price. The new planes, four scheduled for delivery in 2016 and two in 2017, bring Alaska’s total jets on order to 79. Link
Korean Air is expanding its route network into China with four new services to second-tier cities, buoyed by increasing demand. Link
Well this is taking luggage handling incompetence to the next level. Link @henrywei @AmericanAir current unclaimed baggage at baggage service!!! Some of us are still waiting….7 hours in pic.twitter.com/Ra5t9C3U48— James Patrick Shay (@Muscling) February 21, 2015
Connecting travelers from around the USA and Central Florida, Peru becomes easier with the announcement of new service between Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Lima on LAN Peru, an affiliate of LATAM Airlines Group. Link
A Brazilian Airbus A321-200 operating as TAM airlines flight JJ-3307 had to return to Rio de Janeiro and perform an emergency landing after sustaining substantial damage upon entering an embedded thunderstorm wrought with hail. Hail and turbulence caused severe damage to the radome of this A321 #TAM yesterday!!Emergency ldg! Via tráfico aéreo pic.twitter.com/VcQbsmKqnC— ✈Monica-✈ (@vargasmoni)…
While the modern flyer can now enjoy everything from on-demand entertainment to gourmet meals and generous sleeping arrangements, life in the skies hasn’t always been this cozy — or convenient, or fun, or even healthy. Link
Boeing Co. has lined up buyers for 10 of the early, overweight 787 Dreamliners whose years in storage made them emblems of the jet’s factory woes and a drag on profit, people with knowledge of the plans said. The planes, dubbed “terrible teens” for their assembly struggles and their places near the start of the…
