Category Transport Issues
Emirates Fort Lauderdale launch: Why FLL and not Miami?
Emirates inaugural Fort Lauderdale service landed at the airport on Thursday a little before 11:00am local time. Since Emirates announced service to Fort Lauderdale instead of Miami in October, the conversation and question marks as to why one of the world’s largest international airlines would opt for the smaller of southeast Florida two major airports […]
Southwest likely to announce major Fort Lauderdale international expansion targeting jetBlue soon
Southwest Airlines appears likely to announce a major Fort Lauderdale expansion in the near future. In 2014, Southwest was the world’s second largest airline in terms of passengers carried but the completed 2015 American Airlines-US Airways merger (which created the world’s largest airline) and new labor agreements that will push up costs in addition to […]
Controversial Spirit Airlines Florida presence growing rapidly
Much has been made about the business practices of Ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit Airlines in the last few years. Spirit has become in some circles synonymous with a poor quality product – but on the flip side al a carte pricing empowers many who normally cannot afford to fly or take a vacation the opportunity […]
Norwegian Airlines beginning Orlando-Paris and increasing Fort Lauderdale-Paris service
Orlando has been without a direct link to Paris since Air France stopped flying to the city several years ago but beginning on July 31st, Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin once-weekly Boeing 787-800 “Dreamliner” service from Orlando to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport. Effective July 30, the airline will also increase its current weekly Fort […]
Scheduled flights to Havana from Florida begin next week
We’ve spent a great deal of time talking about air service to Cuba as part of the remarkable diplomatic breakthrough the Obama Administration made with Florida’s southern nation. The first scheduled flight (Jetblue flight 387) from the United States to Cuba in 54 years departed Fort Lauderdale and landed in Santa Cruz on August 31. […]
Cuba flights from Florida off to a rough start
The initial exuberance about the US-Cuba aviation deal led to a rush of applications by US airlines to fly to Cuba. 75% of the new flight allocations were made from Miami or Fort Lauderdale, but airlines who rushed to fill the void are already feeling the pinch. Yesterday, American Airlines downgraded multiple flights from Miami […]
Emirates beginning Fort Lauderdale service – A big bang felt around the industry?
Few international airlines serve as many destinations as Dubai-based Emirates Airline whose route map is littered with dots from all corners of the globe. On Tuesday, the airline announced it would add daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Dubai with connections to just about any locale around the globe. While rumors have been floating […]
The Call To Rebuild America
Every month the number of jobs added to the economy gets a lot of publicity. Recently, the economy has added about 200,000 jobs a month which sounds and feels good combined with headline unemployment of 5 percent. But there is a story these numbers do not tell and a darker reality that is less […]
Virgin Atlantic doubling Orlando-Belfast nonstops
Coinciding with Northern Ireland’s remarkable progression to the knockout stages of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France and the Brexit vote, Virgin Atlantic will double nonstops next summer from Belfast (International) to Orlando. The route will now operate twice weekly. The Virgin route to Orlando is one of only two transatlantic routes from the […]
Flashback Friday: 30 years of Metromover
Thirty years ago the Miami Metromover began operation. The free operation began service in May 1986 and now has three distinct loops that move passengers around Downtown Miami and adjoining areas with ease. The system is the largest and most successful downtown people mover system in the United States – a clear testament to the […]
The Florida Squeeze 