With airlines working around the clock to ramp up service as quickly as possible, there are also new airlines emerging that hope to take advantage of the pent-up demand to get out of town. With COVID-19 cases reduced to levels not seen since nearly a year ago and multiple vaccines available to anyone who wantsContinue reading “New Airline Promises Travel Will Be ‘ez’ as a Breeze”
Monthly Archives: May 2021
JetBlue Announces JFK/London Service to Both Heathrow and Gatwick Airports
Just because this blog is named “iFlyMSP” doesn’t mean that I don’t often take note of exciting new services offered from other airports. And the May 19 long-anticipated announcement of JetBlue’s first transatlantic non-stops from JFK International Airport to not only close-in London Heathrow Airport, but also to London Gatwick on the south side ofContinue reading “JetBlue Announces JFK/London Service to Both Heathrow and Gatwick Airports”
Iceland Here We Come!
At long last, we’ve done it. After booking, cancelling, rebooking, cancelling again, rebooking a third time and cancelling a third time, we’ve decided to change destinations for our long awaited next trip overseas. So, instead of discovering my wife’s family’s Austrian roots this year, we’re jetting off to Iceland in September. Given that Iceland nowContinue reading “Iceland Here We Come!”
Airlines Decimated by Pandemic. Time to Start a New Airline? Hello, Avelo Airlines
The U.S. airline industry has twice been bailed out by Congress in the last year due to a lack of customers from the coronavirus pandemic, so the first new startup carrier in 15 years has decided that now is the time to begin service. Crazy? Maybe. Questionable timing? Without question. But inaugural service by newContinue reading “Airlines Decimated by Pandemic. Time to Start a New Airline? Hello, Avelo Airlines”
MSP-Based Sun Country Announces 18 New Minnesota and Wisconsin Routes
Banking on its successful IPO which raised $218 million in March, hybrid low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines (SY) has announced plans to expand its footprint close to its home base at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). As has been the focus since inception as a charter airline in 1982, all of the new routesContinue reading “MSP-Based Sun Country Announces 18 New Minnesota and Wisconsin Routes”
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