Articles tagged “regional”

SOTC Travel has introduced three new regional languages to its website - Hindi, Gujarati and Tamil, in addition to English - in order to target the growing customer market within…

The larger regional jets will bring lots of efficiencies to American Eagle and other carriers as they better match markets and aircraft. But, despite the changes, American Eagle has a horrendous customer service record that larger regional jets won't fix.

After a dozen years as CEO and a disastrous public offering, the time is indeed ripe for Flybe CEO Jim French to hand over power to another executive to see if he can be more successful at resurrecting the airline.

Smaller airports are using all kinds of strategies to lure airlines into starting service there. Airlines understandably are driven toward finding profitable routes, and that means it is an uphill battle for these smaller airports.

The unprofitable SAS has gone through many restructuring and cost-cutting initiatives, and although it must retain Norwegian Air to compete in the short-haul market, puddle jumpers are an asset worth dumping.

The Pinnacle-Delta deal is another sign of U.S. airline consolidation in which it is no longer economically viable for regional carriers to run small jets for multiple airlines.

Air Pacific's rebranding as Fiji Air is inspiring, but it's hard to see a non-bumpy path to success for a leader who can't manage labor. Just ask Tom Horton.

Delta's super-expansion at JFK and LGA put it in a New York state of mind. The airline already is the dominant slot-holder at LaGuardia, and JFK will help with Delta's Virgin Atlantic investment, as well as for regional jets.

Cities like Memphis should look to examples like Trenton and Frontier Airlines: You don't have to pretend you cater to a business clientele when a solid leisure travel community will do.

AMR is flexing its muscles here as this action follows American's victory over its pilots union in U.S. federal court last week.