Aviation

As some of you may know, I am a huge Commercial Aviation fan. I love the airport and airlines. Some of you may know, that it has been a sad week for the airline industry. Three airlines went down in one week. Only one of these closing airlines is affecting DFW airport (our home airport). The three airlines were: Aloha, American Trans Air (ATA), and the Ultra Low-Cost Columbus, Ohio based Carrier Skybus. The only airline that is affecting DFW is ATA. Sadly, it will be ending a route from DFW to Chicago's Midway Airport. Hopefully, when the Wright Amendment is repealed in the coming years, we will receive a route to Chicago Midway on Southwest Airlines. Some other interesting airport news, is that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has begun new nonstop service to Amsterdam (the only one offering this service nonstop from DFW). Some other carrier news is that British Airways and American Airlines have transitioned their London service from Gatwick to Heathrow. This is bittersweet news for me. The reason for this, is that we will only now have one nonstop airport choice if we ever go to London, because I believe that the last nonstop Gatwick flight will depart around April 12th. Also, if we need to connect on British Airways, we might have to take a bus around London to Gatwick, since BA has different destinations served from both airports. Anyways, hopefully we can get some more airline service to new destinations nonstop from DFW.