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STORIES Dec 02, 2023 A Competition With Dallas and Houston: Can Austin Airport Meet the City's Growing Population and Influence? Austin is becoming one of the most important cities in the US due to its rapid population growth and large tech industry. However, Austin lags behind other large US cities in airport infrastructure and international connectivity. Austin currently has a disadvantage over other major tech hubs, and even Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston in Texas, in these two areas. We will look deeper at how Austin is improving its aviation industry for the city to achieve its true potential. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Nov 12, 2023 A Tribute to the Texas Raiders One Year Later The "Texas Raiders" B-17, owned by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) started it's life as a Boeing PB-1 AWACS Registered as 44-83872 this PB-1W was among the last 20 B-17s built by Douglas under license with Boeing. It came off the production line in Long Beach, California on July 12, 1945 and entered service with VX-4, located at NAS Patuxent River in the United States Navy nine days later on July 21. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 29, 2023 The Haunted Crash Site of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 On August 2, 1985, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar operated by Delta Air Lines crashed short of runway 17L (now 17C) at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The cause? Mother nature herself. The flight was a scheduled service from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles with a stop in Dallas. What was seemingly a normal flight would turn deadly in seconds. Read More →
NEWS Oct 22, 2023 EVA Air Sponsors NBA's Houston Rockets, Resumes Daily Flights to Houston EVA Air has resumed daily nonstop flights between Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) near Taipei and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The airline also signed a multi-year partnership deal with the NBA's Houston Rockets to celebrate the return of daily service. EVA Air has offered nonstop flights between Taipei and Houston at various frequency levels since June 2015. Read More →
ROUTES Jul 16, 2023 All You Need to Know About Southwest's New Routes to Orlando Major American Low-cost airline Southwest is launching four new routes to Orlando, Florida. Read More →
NEWS Apr 21, 2023 American Airlines Employee Dies Following Jetbridge Accident in Austin An employee of American Airlines passed away following an accident at Austin airport. Police stated that the employee's vehicle hit a jet bridge. Read More →
ROUTES Mar 01, 2023 Avelo Airlines to Launch New Routes From Burbank and Orlando Avelo Airlines is taking off from three new airports in May, launching service to Colorado Springs, Brownsville, and Charlottesville. The new routes seek to better connect SpaceX employees to key operational sites and augment the airline's point-to-point network. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Feb 26, 2022 Southwest Airlines Considers DFW for Future Growth Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has a history of avoiding busier hub airports. Despite this, ever since the mid-2000s, the carrier has begun adding some of America’s busiest airports to their network. Comments from one of Southwest’s former executives revealed there could be more of these additions in the future, more specifically in their hometown of Dallas. Read More →
ROUTES Feb 09, 2022 American Airlines Continues to Delay Dallas-Tel Aviv Flights American Airlines has pushed back (again) one of its most exciting new routes: DFW to TLV. The route is now scheduled to start in June, almost three years to the day that the route was announced. Read More →
ROUTES Feb 04, 2022 Allegiant Airlines' Spring Expansion Allegiant Airlines has announced the addition of nine new routes to its network, with the first to begin operating this Spring. Read More →