In the span of two days Frontier’s new owner Republic has expressed a direct interest in the CSeries while United has reportedly invited Bombardier and Embraer to chat about its potential narrowbody order next year according to the Airline Business Blog.
Month: December 2009
AirTran to Establish a Second Hub in Milwaukee
Midwest Airlines Further Expands Codeshare Program with Frontier Airlines
Continental and United Airlines Propose to Tap In To Growing Global Market
Republic Airways Considering Bombardier Regional Jets for Frontier Airlines fleet
IATA: International Passenger Traffic Improving
Southwest Adds 41 Additional Roundtrip Flights to 2010 Summer Schedule
US Airways Takes Airbus Delivery
Southwest Reports Higher Traffic
Southwest Airlines reported that its November traffic has jumped 11.7% over
the same month last year. Load factor, or the percentage of available seats
filled with passengers, in September rose to 76.5% from 63.2% in the prior-year
period. Southwest said paying customers flew 5.88 billion miles last month, up
from 5.26 billion in November 2008.