Following a joint meeting with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Alan Bersin and TSA Administrator John Pistole, Delta Air Lines said that it is launching a customer and employee outreach campaign touting the benefits the DHS Global Entry program offers international travelers re-entering the United States.
Tiara Air expanded its air service between Bonaire and Aruba, adding non-stop morning departures to the current schedule of afternoon flights each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The morning flights will create better schedules for connections in Aruba to the U.S., and allow travelers in Aruba to take day trips to Bonaire.
Air Canada will begin daily, nonstop service between Toronto and New Orleans starting Oct. 30. The new route will be operated with a 75-seat, Jazz CRJ 705 aircraft. It will be the only nonstop, daily service between Toronto and New Orleans. It is part of Air Canada’s continued expansion of transborder flights out of Toronto.
Continental Airlines has installed new flat-bed Business First Seats on 25 aircraft and complete other additional amenities. The carrier’s flat-bed seats made their operational debut in November 2009 and are being installed on aircraft used on long-haul international routes. Currently, the seats are being installed on Continental’s Boeing 777 and 757-200 fleets, with 11 777s and 14 757-200s completed.
Delta Air Lines has put hundreds of domestic and international destinations on sale for travel this fall, with savings on 21-day advance purchase tickets to many popular destinations. Tickets must be purchased no later than July 29, with all travel completed by Nov. 17.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its international debut landing at the Farnborough Airport over the weekend in support of the Farnborough International Airshow that begins Monday. “It’s an honor to showcase the 787 here at the Farnborough Airshow,” said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of the 787 program, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “I can’t think of a finer stage on which to present this highly anticipated airplane.”