Category Transport Issues
Eurowings plans Fort Lauderdale service – battle with the pilots union to ensue?
Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has been long rumored to be starting service to Fort Lauderdale from its Cologne/Bonn hub. Eurowings is a low-cost leisure oriented airline who does not offer the same level of service on board as mainline Lufthansa. According to a report Eurowings will begin service to Boston, Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale in […]
Brevard County getting nonstop Toronto link
Porter Airlines, Canada’s 3rd largest airline will begin Saturday-only nonstop service from Toronto’s close-in airport, Billy Bishop to Melbourne in December. Flying Porter which gives a premium experience when compared to Air Canada or West Jet has become fashionable among business people in major east coast American \cities. Florida is Canada’s largest international market and […]
Florida to Scandinavia flights increasing rapidly
Last month Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced new service to Miami that will begin in October 2016. Nonstop service will be offered to Copenhagen and Oslo. SAS is the state carrier for Norway, Denmark and Sweden. This continues a growing trend of flights to/from Florida to Scandinavia as Visit Florida’s efforts appear to be paying off […]
FDOT begins construction work on Florida’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange
Last week ground was broken on Florida’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) on the Sarasota/Manatee county line. 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 the first in the state to […]
The need for High Speed Rail in Florida more critical than ever
In the last few days, the conversation about High Speed Rail (HSR) and its potential future in the United States has reached a new level. After several months of discussion in the media and think tanks, two fellows at the Brookings Institution penned this outstanding editorial for Business Insider which summarized the findings of a […]
Emirates beginning Orlando service in September
Emirates of Dubai, which is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, will begin service to Orlando on September 1, 2015. The airline which has recently been embroiled in controversy thanks to Delta’s CEO for alleged links to terrorists has also been cited by European and American activists as being subsidized by the Government of […]
JetBlue and Silver to partner on intra-Florida flights
JetBlue, the largest airline at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and the second largest at Orlando International Airport will place its B6 code on several Silver Airways flights within Florida beginning at the end of March. Not included in this codeshare are flights between Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale as well as flights between Fort Lauderdale and […]
Delta reducing Cincinnati to Florida flying
Delta Airlines, long and drawn out dismantling of its once large hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) will continue this summer with further cuts to Florida flying. All Delta flights to Jacksonville from CVG will be discontinued, while Fort Myers flying will be Saturday-only during the summer months. Orlando-Cincinnati flights are being reduced to […]
JetBlue starting Daytona Beach service
Great news for Daytona Beach International Airport – JetBlue Airways who the airport has long courted will begin nonstop service to New York (JFK) in February 2016. With the addition of Daytona Beach to the JetBlue network, perhaps Melbourne which has recently rebounded after losing most air service between 2001 and 2009 is next for […]
Mass Transit in Florida getting a needed boost
Public transit has never been sexy in the state of Florida. For years the commuter car culture dominated the thinking of state planners despite the efforts of the political leadership in every major urban area. The opposition to high-speed rail from statewide Republicans and Palm Beach County Democrats (who represent the urban county with the […]
The Florida Squeeze 