Category Transport Issues
Southwest begins service to four international cities from Fort Lauderdale today
Southwest Airlines begins service today from its new International Concourse A in Fort Lauderdale to four cities – Belize City, Cancun, Grand Cayman and Montego Bay. The five gate international concourse was previewed on Thursday by The Miami Herald. Each route will be served daily initially with Cancun moving to three times a day beginning […]
Norwegian increasing flights between Florida and London this winter among other service increases
Travel to the US might be feeling a “Trump slump” but fast-growing Norwegian Air Shuttle who has become a major transatlantic player in recent years. Today the airline announced many new routes and also loaded additional flights from Fort Lauderdale and Orlando to London this winter. Norwegian will now serve London-Gatwick 4 times a week […]
Spirit Airlines CEO addresses customer service
In the last few months on this site we’ve discussed the efforts of Ultra-Low Cost Carrier (ULCC) Spirit Airlines, based in the Fort Lauderdale area to change its image. Fliers in 17 countries throughout the Americas choose Spirit more for low fares than for service but the reputation of the carrier was so poor in […]
Frontier adding Orlando-Providence and Islip flights
Frontier Airlines, an Ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) announced this past week it will begin flights from Orlando to two new destinations – Islip, NY and Providence. Both routes are currently flown by Southwest Airlines, who Frontier is competing hard against in Orlando, Las Vegas, Denver and other points. Frontier’s business model is similar to Spirit […]
What we are reading: Miami-Dade’s SMART plan in Trump budget jeopardy
The long-held goal of expanding Miami-Dade’s rapid transit system countrywide might suffer a fatal blow thanks to President Trump’s budget according to The Miami Herald. In 2002, Miami-Dade voters approved an expansion for Metrorail presumably countywide but because of cost overruns and other debts, the train system was only lengthened slightly to Miami International Airport […]
Southwest Airlines Fort Lauderdale Gateway taking shape
We’ve spent a lot of ink here speculating about what sort of success Southwest Airlines might have with its late entry into the international market from south Florida. With established players American Airlines (from Miami) as well as JetBlue and ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit Airlines from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) dominating origin and destination traffic […]
Nation’s largest Diverging Diamond Interchange opening Sunday in Sarasota
The nation’s largest Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) will open Sunday at Exit 213 off I-75 at University Parkway according to The Bradenton Herald. The interchange between I-75 and University Parkway (Exit 213 for those of us that drive up and down I-75 between the Tampa Bay area and South Florida regularly as I do) will be […]
Southwest Airlines dipping toe into saturated south Florida – Costa Rica market (UPDATED)
Southwest Airlines will begin nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to San Jose Costa Rica on November 5, 2017. Southwest will become the third airline to serve San Jose nonstop from Fort Lauderdale (along with JetBlue and Spirit) and the fourth from south Florida (American flies from Miami). Southwest will also begin Fort Lauderdale-Punta Cana service […]
JetBlue boosting Florida-Mexico services
JetBlue Airways is adding additional service from Fort Lauderdale and Orlando to Mexico City beginning September 6. Currently the airline serves both routes once a day but will be boosted to twice-daily. The additional flight from Fort Lauderdale will be served with a Airbus A 320 aircraft. JetBlue’s additional flight eases the void left when […]
Spirit Airlines labor issues threaten to derail airline’s progress
After a day of chaos that saw several flight cancellations and short tempers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Reuters report via Florida Trend) The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that Spirit Airlines has obtained a court order against pilot-induced flight delays. Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has done much in the last 18 months to improve its record […]
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