Remember ExpressJet and its attempt to sell service under its own brand? Or perhaps you remember them through their relationship with Continental?
Well, now, SkyWest has announced that Atlantic Southeast Airlines, one of its brands, will buy ExpressJet. The new acquisition will be based at ASA’s home in Atlanta and will continue to serve both United and Continental hubs…probably good because both are merging themselves.
Image by Kevin Boydston via Flickr Passengers on a Continental Express flight from Houston to Minneapolis spent the night on a regional jet parked at Rochester MN Airport. The plane was operated by Expressjet, and Chris Elliott rightly asked who was in charge. The plane is branded Continental, it was sold by Continental, yet operated…
Image by Getty Images via Daylife To start off the New Year, let’s remember those that are no longer with us…Every year, the Cranky Flier has a summary of airlines we have lost…Here’s his list and our summaries. If you aren’t interested, skip past it. There are more thoughts below. AlpiEagles – Didn’t have much…
In a comment to a previous post on the Contract of Carriage of ExpressJet, the following was posted by Cecil Guerrero: I have vouchers worth $390 and I cannot take a flight anywhere! All flights are suspended. Can someone help me get a refund? I canceled flight to Spokane and was not informed flights to…
ExpressJet announced last week that it would suspend flying of several at-risk operations. ExpressJet and Delta have agreed to terminate their agreement for ExpressJet operations under the Delta Connection banner on September 1st. ExpressJet will cease its branded commercial operation under its own banner on September 2nd. The 39 aircraft currently used for these flights…
Jetblue announced nonstop service between Orlando and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Service will be daily beginning March 6th. Service will be operated by Jetblue’s E190 aircraft. Delta will offer Saturday seasonal service beginning February 16th from Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado to Atlanta. Delta partner Skywest will operate the flights using CRJ700 regional jets. Seems a…
Midwest Airlines has added the option to purchase a customized Travel Guard single-trip travel insurance policy specifically for Midwest customers during the ticket purchase process on the Midwest Airlines website and through their other distribution means. We love trip insurance….it protects you from the horror stories we often collect about horrible situations that have happened…
ExpressJet, an airline we hope to fly someday, is expanding once again. ExpressJet announced service to three new cities in time for the holiday season. We’d love to fly ExpressJet, if not for the fact they don’t come to the Northeast under their own brand. Perhaps someday we’ll find an excuse. Until then, we continue…
A friend of the blog and occasional commenter recently flew ExpressJet from New Orleans to Austin. We asked for them to send us their opinion… This weekend I took a flight from New Orleans to Austin using ExpressJet. To start with, I prefer discount airlines as they are more efficient and timely than the premium…
Security officials at Cairo airport were horrified when the search of a 22-year old passenger’s carry-on revealed live snakes, baby crocodiles, and chameleons. Transporting live reptiles out of the country is illegal in Egypt and the animals were confiscated. The Saudi man claims he was unaware of the ban and was transporting the reptiles for…
We’re catching up on our backlog of exciting news…While we do that…why don’t you head over to our new spinoff, Infrequent Flier, for a bit of sage advice…namely Don’t Book with Cheapoair. Cathay Pacific announced a third daily flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Hong Kong to begin November 15th. Currently, they operate one…
It is a question we often ask ourselves…Perhaps a few bits of info should give you pause… The body of an Asian male in his 50s was found in the nose gear wheel well of a United 747 yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Counting the most recent victim, the FAA has tallied 75 stowaway…
Northwest has exited bankruptcy…its shares have started trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning. Unlike Delta, Northwest has kept a low-profile during bankruptcy and is moving forward with plans to eliminate its oldest and most costly planes now that it has exited. However, Northwest employees are less than happy with the situation…as new…
The organization that runs LAX Airport(LAWA) has lost the lawsuit brought against them by several airlines involving the increasing of maintenance and operation fees to airlines not under a long-term lease. The Cranky Flier has a great synopsis of the situation. “Sounds like they’re just trying to get the airlines in T1/T3/TBIT to cover some…
This begins the first of our continuing series…dissection of a Contract of Carriage and general rules. We previously reviewed Jetblue’s Contract after its Bill of Rights amendment. We will revisit that in a later installment. Today we tackle ExpressJet. Their contract of carriage can be found here. Here are some interesting notes. The change fee…
American Airlines will increase its service to Colombia effective December 13th. This includes new daily service between Miami and Barranquilla. In addition, American would add a second daily flight from Miami to Medellin on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. American will also add service from JFK to St. Lucia three times weekly beginning November 15th. American…
Qatar Airways will be launching a national advertising campaign in the United States today, with service to New York on June 26th, and to Washington on July 19th. Continental Airlines will be moving up the start of Newark to Mumbai service to October 1st due to positive market response to the proposed flights. Aer Lingus…
American Airlines announced service from New York’s JFK Airport to St Kitts and Nevins..which they describe as a twin island paradise. Service will start Wednesdays and Sundays effective November 18th…with a Boeing 757 aircraft. American is also recalling 200 flight attendants it furloughed. Former TWA flight attendants, who were the first to be furloughed due…
American Airlines is insisting it needs gynecological records, as well as psychological records of the daughter a woman killed on American Airlines 587, which crashed on November 12, 2001 in Queens. A hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow. Only six passenger cases from the crash are left unsettled and there seems to be no reason…
US Airways and Northwest Airlines have received temporary liquor licenses from the state of New Mexico and are once again selling alcohol on flights to and from the state. Expressjet, which just opened its service, plans to sell alcohol in the air before it gets its license, taking the same view as other carriers that…
Midwest Airlines continued its rollout of 50-seater regional jets operated by Skywest Airlines as Midwest Connect with the inauguration of service onboard these jets from Milwaukee to Columbus, OH and on select flights between Milwaukee and Minneapolis/St. Paul and Philadelphia. Midwest’s new route between Kansas City and Seattle/Tacoma launched today. The flights operate as Midwest…
Expressjet launched its new service operated under its own name, as opposed to operating for a larger carrier today with the launch of service from Kansas City, Omaha(Eppley Airfield), Austin, Boise, LA/Ontario, Spokane, and Tucson. Further service will commence over the coming weeks/months. As part of its rollout, the company is offering nonstop service in…
Virginia Buckingham of the Boston Herald this week wrote a misleading article accusing Jetblue of a bait and switch. She had a bad experience on a flight and blames Jetblue for the situation. We felt the need to correct her misleading statements and errors. Buckingham flew from Washington-Dulles to Logan and comments, “Instead of the…
On Monday, April 2, Expressjet and LA/Ontario International Airport will join together to announce the beginning of scheduled service, which is considered the largest expansion in the airport’s 84 years. United’s service from Washington-Dulles Airport to Rome will be beginning this weekend. Flight 966 will depart Dulles on April 1, and return as flight 967…
intends to connect to more of upstate New York. Delta will be adding 22 Delta Connection flights, operated by Big Sky Airlines using 19-seater Beechcraft 1900D aircraft, effective April 8th. The flights will connect customers in Albany, Massena, Ogdensburg, and Watertown to Boston, with additional nonstop service between Albany and Watertown with continuing service to…