Category Transport Issues
Initial Cuba-Florida flights awarded by US Government (UPDATED)
The US has approved flights from secondary cities in Cuba to six airlines beginning potentially as early as this fall reports Reuters and the AP. The awards included flights from Miami on American as well as from Fort Lauderdale on JetBlue, Southwest and Silver. “For avid travelers – that means 155 weekly trips,” Transportation Secretary […]
Flashback Friday: 1967 Jacksonville Expressway System
The Jacksonville Expressway system was the first in Florida. Below are images from a 1967 Jacksonville expressway system map of mine.
Delta add Fort Lauderdale-Seattle & Miami-Salt Lake City nonstops: Southern Florida strategy continues to be confusing
Delta announced on Monday that it is adding winter only nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle/Tacoma. In recent years Delta has employed a confusing strategy between whether or not Miami International (MIA) or Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) is the primary focus city in the region, splitting traffic between the two in a way that […]
Flashback Friday: 100 Years of Dixie Highway
For many Florida residents of visitors the number of roads called “Dixie Highway” or “Old Dixie Highway” might simply be highly confusing. The highway or at least the early concepts of the highway turn 100 this year, with 1916 having been the critical year for the creation of the road. Carl Fisher’s vision for Dixie […]
JetBlue bringing premium Mint service to Florida
JetBlue Airways premium product “Mint” which is offered on dedicated new A321 aircraft to Florida, with new service between Fort Lauderdale and California beginning in 2017. Ironically all seven new Mint routes announced today by the company are served by either Alaska Airlines or Virgin America. JetBlue attempted to take Virgin America over in the […]
Miami or Fort Lauderdale?: American and Southwest duel on Cuba service in official government documents
The thawing in relations between Cuba and the United States has provided another front in the continent-wide battle between Dallas-Fort Worth area airlines. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines depending on the metric you use are two of the five largest airlines on the planet and both want to serve Havana with multiple daily flights from […]
Several airlines apply for Florida-Cuba flights
With the thawing in relations between the United States and Cuba, several US-based carriers have applied to fly routes within the new 110 daily frequencies that will be allowed between the US mainland and the island of Cuba. Here is the full list of applications received by the American government from US airlines involving Florida cities. […]
Report: Norwegian to add Fort Lauderdale to Paris nonstop service
Norwegian Air Shuttle is considering starting Paris (Charles De Gaulle) to Fort Lauderdale nonstop flights according to published reports in the French press. Paris is the most underserved major European city from Florida with nonstop flights only to Miami (on American, XL Airways and Air France) and no service to secondary points in the state. Air […]
Scheduled Florida-Cuba flights coming soon – but more needed
Today the United States and Cuba will reportedly hammer out a bilateral agreement to resume commercial flights between the two nations. Reports indicate 110 flights per day will be permitted between the two countries which sounds like an awful lot, but without “open skies” and the desire of almost every major US airline to fly […]
JetBlue adds Fort Lauderdale-San Diego nonstops
JetBlue Airways, Fort Lauderdale’s largest carrier is adding new nonstops to San Diego in May. It will be the first nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to San Diego. The airline will also add new nonstop service to Quito, Nashville and Barbados in the next few months from Fort Lauderdale. JetBlue will be the first airline […]
The Florida Squeeze 