TNT Vacations will be offering non-stop private flights from Boston to Barbados beginning in December.
Flights will operate on Sundays from December 25 through April 23 next year, with service provided by Xtra Airways, owned by Avion Group, a large international aviation corporation.
Delta Air Lines Inc. said earlier this week it would add eleven new routes scattered among the United States, Europe and the Middle East in 2006 in a bid to become the world´s largest transatlantic airline, despite its financial woes.
The move is part of a “transformation plan” to pull the carrier back from the brink of collapse by tapping more lucrative markets. It filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
Star Alliance, the airline network for Earth, now offers customers flying across its North America network the convenience of using one single electronic ticket. The itinerary can include any combination of domestic and trans-border flights operated by member carriers Air Canada, United and US Airways. The three member carriers operate a total of 8,000 daily flights within North America serving some 323 destinations.
“Many of our customers already appreciate the advantages of traveling on e-tickets. We are very pleased to extend this innovative product to multi-carrier itineraries in one of the world´s most competitive aviation markets,” said Lee Hock Lye, Vice President Products and Services, Star Alliance.
Despite record high cost of jet fuel and hurricanes, Continental Airlines managed net income of $61 million or $0.80 diluted earnings per share, including a $3 million net special charge in the third quarter of the ongoing year.
Excluding the net special charge, Continental recorded net income of $64 million ($0.83 diluted earnings per share) which compares favorably to the First Call mean estimate of $0.27 earnings per share.
American Eagle will launch daily service between the two Puerto Rican destinations of San Juan and Vieques on December 16, using Super ATR twin-engine 64-passenger aircraft.
The flight will depart San Juan´s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport at 2:30 p.m. and arrive in Vieques at 2:59 p.m. The return flight will leave Vieques at 3:30, arriving in San Juan at 4 p.m.
Air Jamaica Express, controlled by Gordon “Butch” Stewart´s ATL Group, closed down the airline on October 14, saying that it will wind up the company immediately after its closing. The company had initially announced the suspension of service a month ago.
At a press conference held last week at the ATL Group headquarters in Kingston, Mr. Stewart said the airline was being closed, primarily because of market conditions, such as rising fuel prices. “We had a government agreement for exclusive flights between Kingston and Montego Bay, which has been breached for quite some time... it has taken the viability out of it,” he added.