Airline News

Airguide Online, July 30, 2004

British Airways will shift its flights from the Berry Terminal to the McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metro Airport July 8 2004. BA currently operates daily 777 service between Detroit and London Heathrow. Jul 1, 2004

CanJet will launch fall and winter service to Orlando, St. Petersburg- Clearwater, Sarasota Bradenton and West Palm Beach. The new flights will begin Oct. 9 and 10 2004, three weeks earlier than in 2003. Jul 13, 2004

Cathay Pacific Airways will add several new audio and video products to its inflight sales catalog, Shop. Jul 1, 2004

Cathay Pacific Airways launched daily nonstop A340-600 service between Hong Kong and New York JFK. Jul 2, 2004

China Southern Airlines launched a commuter network from Guangzhou Baiyun using its new fleet of six ERJ-145s that will be based at the airport. The RJs will serve short-haul and medium-haul point-to-point routes. Short-haul routes will operate to destinations located "around the Guangzhou marketplace" including Beihai, Meixian and Zhanjiang. Medium-haul destinations include Changzhi, Lianyungang, Luoyang, Nantong, Nanyang, Xiangfan, Xuzhou, Yichang and Zhoushan. The carrier had been operating 737s on the routes but said it was unable to generate sufficient passenger loads. Jul 7, 2004

Continental Airlines ordered 35 Performance Improvement Program upgrade kits for the GE90-90B engines powering its 777s. Air France, Austrian, Kuwait Airways, China Southern and Saudi Arabian Airlines also have purchased GE90 upgrade kits. Jul 2, 2004

Continental Airlines will resume codeshare operations on 11 Copa Airlines flights this week. Beginning July 10, Continental will place its code on Copa services from Panama City to Guatemala City, Kingston, Lima, Los Angeles, Managua, Miami, Orlando, San Jose (Costa Rica), San Juan, Santiago and Santo Domingo. Jul 8, 2004

Continental Airlines began offering free wireless Internet service in all of its Presidents Clubs at airports in the US except Chicago, where it shares a club with Northwest Airlines. The company said it expects to expand the service to its international clubs by year end. Jul 13, 2004

Continental Airlines will launch daily nonstop service between Tucson and Newark Sept. 30 2004 using a 104-seat 737. The airline offered Saturday service between Tucson and Newark from last Dec. until May 2005. Jul 27, 2004

CSA Czech Airlines will launch a daily scheduled service between Glasgow and Prague Oct. 31 2004, operating 737-500s in a two-class configuration. Jul 12, 2004

CSA Czech Airlines will launch daily service between Glasgow and Prague Oct. 31 2004 using a 737-500 in a two-class configuration. Jul 14, 2004

Dba will base a 737-300 in Hannover and expects to launch service there by mid-Sept. 2004. The move is an effort to forestall the arrival of easyJet, which plans to bring service there, according to Reuters. So far, easyJet has postponed adding flights at Hannover after TUI and Air Berlin agreed to bolster service at the airport. The carriers also threatened to quit the hub as they said there were not enough passengers to cope with easyJet's arrival. Dba currently is in talks with Boeing and Airbus about adding 737-700s or A319s to its fleet, which it wants to increase to 24 aircraft by 2008, Reuters reported. Jul 30, 2004