Discount carrier plans Minneapolis-London flights
Sun Country announced that it plans to offer weekly seasonal flights from Minneapolis to London-Stansted Airport.
Stan Gadek, Sun Country’s chief executive, said he believes the flights will be a first in that they will allow passengers to connect in Stansted to Europe’s two largest discount carriers, Ryanair Holdings PLC and easyJet PLC. “We think this is an interesting opportunity to pursue,” he said.
Flights will be operated using Sun Country Boeing 737-800s that carry 162 passengers in two classes.
Air Berlin cancels $1.7 billion Boeing 787 order
Air Berlin announced that it will cancel 10 orders for the Dreamliner worth $1.7 billion, because it was uncertain it will increase long-haul flights.
“We will continue to fly long-haul, but the bulk of our business is medium-haul,” a spokesman for the company said. He did not comment on whether Air Berlin will increase the number of its long-haul flights in the future.
The airline ordered the Boeing planes in 2007, when it planned to buy charter airline Condor from Thomas Cook (TCG.L). Air Berlin backed out of the planned takeover a year later, citing soaring oil prices and worsening economic conditions.
Airlines seek JFK exemption from pending tarmac delay rule
American Airlines followed Delta and JetBlue in petitioning the US Department of Transportation for a partial exemption from the tarmac delay rule.
New York JFK this month closed its longest commercial runway for four months of construction and repair work (ATWOnline, March 2). AA, DL and JB, the airport’s largest operators, say they will have to cancel numerous flights or incur millions of dollars in fines owing to inevitable delays caused by the closed runway and are seeking an exemption from the rule at the airport.
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