As expected, Hawaiian made cuts to interisland flying this week to help improve B717 reliability, and Alaska lent a B737-800 to do some of the flying as a temporary solution
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United Gives Up on Chicago Small City Expansion
As part of that rapidly escalating fight between American and United in Chicago, United had filed plans to serve 10 small cities that were American’s domain… but now they are gone before they were to start
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Air Transat is All But Gone From the US
Air Transat spends most of its summers flying east and west with winters heading south to warm weather spots, but the US is now just about off that destination list with only one winter route remaining
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WestJet Starts to Replace Lost Cuba Capacity
Cuba flying was more than 5% of WestJet’s capacity, but with the struggling nation now effectively off-limits to tourists, WestJet has started to find new places to fly
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Delta Moves Into Manila
Delta is going to add its sixth destination in Asia with new 3x weekly service from LAX to Manila, growing to 1x daily in Jun
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Southwest’s Hawaiian Operation Shifts Again
In this new spring break schedule, Southwest has reduced Hawaiian interisland flying and focused its mainland efforts in fewer places, trying to create adequate connectivity with fewer flights
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Southwest Rallies Around Five Key Airports
Southwest extended its schedule from ending Mar 10 to Apr 5 this week, and it is focusing this schedule on growing five key markets in the face of competitive threats
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LEVEL Shrinks Again
IAG’s LEVEL subsidiary has had a tough go since it started flying long-haul, low-cost in 2017, and now it looks like it may be running out of steam as departures have dropped this year
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