Air Jamaica was found in the year 1968 and had its operations from the year 1969 and it mainly linked Miami and New York with Montego Bay and Kingston. Jamaica was a major part of the Air Canada airline in those days and had a minor share which provided logistical help and maintenance.

Later during the 1970s Air Jamaica spread rapidly. There were many flights that were added to Montreal and Toronto in Canada and also to Puerto Rico and to Philadelphia. Then in the early 1980s Air Jamaica had it its Boeing 747-100 and in the 1990s, the airline continued expanding and dominated the Bahamas region which was till then occupied by the British Airways. Then Delta Airlines and Air Jamaica had a code share agreement by which routes to airports in Phoenix opened out. Then new routes were introduced to London, Frankfurt, Santo Domingo, Ft. Lauderdale and London. In the year 1994, Air Jamaica, was privatized partially with around 25% being held by the government and 5% by the employees of the airline. Airbus equipment was purchased and Air Jamaica had the Airbus A 340. Also it had the frequent flyer program, the feeder service and also Sky Writings which was an inflight magazine for the airline.

However in the year 2004, the Jamaican government faced a lot of losses and took back all the ownership of Air Jamaica. Gordon Stewart was the last owner in the private category and the Jamaican Government started to think of privatizing the airline in the year 2007. So we had the Delta Air lines, the China national Aviation Holding Company, the Virgin Group, the Emirates Group, and the Iberia Airlines who were interested investors.

Then in the year 2010, the Caribbean Airlines took over the Air Jamaica fleet and opened a new centre at the Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport. The entire transition took around six months. This take over made Caribbean airlines the largest in this region and Caribbean Airlines formally became the national Jamaican airline in the year 2011.

Thus the airlines of Jamaica and Caribbean started operating together in the year 2011. They came under the IATA code of “BW”.

Today Air Jamaica has services from Montego Bay and Kingston to more than 7destinations in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. In the year 2010, Trinidad and Tobago Airlines Limited took over the airline but the owners decided to keep the “Air Jamaica” name intact till the time they hold the company.

Officially started since the year 2010, the new airline is today under the Caribbean Airlines Limited where the Jamaican Government has around 16% shares. The Caribbean Airlines has the option of a renewal annually and the grand opening of the airline at the Norman Manley International Airport was held on January 14, 2011.

The aircraft has a sticker of the Caribbean Airlines logo as also the national flags of Trinbagonian and Jamaica.

Air Jamaica today is a nascent airline and has come a long way in the history of airlines in this part of the world.

This airline holds a Civil Aviation Authority which belongs to the United Kingdom. The licence is a Type A Operating Licence. The airline has permissions to carry the cargo, passengers, and mail in the aircraft which has 20 or more seats.

This company has been existing since the year 1982 and then got converted as DHL Air in the year 1989 and has around 270employees . Elan Air used to operate all the freight charters for DHL and for this it used the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy along with the Ahandley Page Dart Herald. Then the airline go the Merchantman freighter of the Vickers Vanguard. There were three such freighters when the DHL Air became recognized in the year 1989.

The DHL Air Fleet has some aircrafts as of the month of August in the year 2009. The aircrafts that were a part of the fleet are the 22 Boeing 757-200SF and the 3 Boeing 767-300F . Today the DHL Air Freight Service carries around 12 % of the total market worldwide. Scheduled flights and chartered planes are used and the carrier is owned. DHL Air First puts the Urgent Air Freight on the first flight that is available.

Economical Air Freights is normally rated economically so that there could be monetary advantage. There are particular transit times and it is useful for time sensitive cargo and for important cargo too. Then there is Day Definite Air Freight which gives a comfortable fast service with a particular budget. Use the schedule consolidation so that there could a definite transit time.

DHL’s Multimodal Freight Transport today transports goods from Asia by ocean to all the transit hubs in Dubai, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Then DHL puts this material onto the other countries by flight. These countries include Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Europe. Ocean freight is around half faster than the air freight. Air freight is double times more expensive than the ocean freight. All the custom documentation is taken care of by the DHL. Ocean and air easily moves the freight fast and it does it within a budget.

Heavy Goods Air Freight has a specified delivery system. It does it in a predetermined set of days. The pricing is inclusive of all other charges. But there are no restrictions for size or weight.

Then there is Life Sciences Air Freight which gives overnight services at the door step across the country of Europe. You can ship things without worry as there are cut off times for late deliveries. DHL has a very good network of supply chain and also tracks down the IT Shipment. Delivery is normally done in a day or by next noon. Pharmaceutical goods thrive under these facilities that are controlled by temperature. Here again goods are shipped with a lot of care and there are no restrictions for size or weight. Dangerous materials are given a lot of attention and are shipped without any accident.

There are facilities which give the ideal facilities for transit of perishable goods too and there are also facilities for proper tracking technology and also handling things in a prioritized way. There are facilities for a chartered plane and this is handled by the Freight Aircraft Charter. This is there at least once a day. There are situations where the cargo is oversized and for items for materials that are launched newly.

SpanAir has a specific network of passengers within the countries of Europe and Spain and extends to West Africa. There are worldwide charters that fly the airlines for tour companies. With El Prat airport as its main centre, there are other smaller airports in Madrid and in Palma de Mallorca which cater to SpanAir.

SpanAir has around 3161 employees. Around January 25, 2011 the company saw a financial situation which was in great emergency. The government of Catalonia approved the loan of around10.5 million Euros so that the airline could be saved. Since then the revenue of SpanAir has improved and the company has undergone a lot of cost cutting and the government has always been supportive of the airline.

Established in the year 1986, the airlines began its operation sometime in the year 1988. This was a joint effort between the Vaiajes Marsans and Scandinavian Airlines and started its operations with European Charters. There are long haul flights to the United States of America, Dominican Republic and Mexico. These were launched in the year 1991. Then the domestic flights followed in the year 1994 in the month of March. There were long haul flights that the airlines flew with the aircrafts of Boeing 767 300ER to Washington and also to Buenos Aires sometime in the late 1990s. Then SpanAir joined the Star Alliance on May 1 2003.

The SAS Group Scandinavian Airlines Systems owned around 94% of the company and announced the sale of its shares in SpanAir. This divestment was however cancelled in the year 2008 as the SAS was not able to sell for a rate that was a little low by the standards of SpanAir. In the year 2009 on January 30 there was a euro bid from some investors from Catalonia which was led by the Consorci de Turisme de Barcelona. Then the Catalana d’Inciatives was accepted thus making SAS a minority shareholder.

There were reports of the staff planning a strike with respect to the viability of the company when the Madrid crash occurred. In the year 2009, the airline wanted a public input on a new emblem. The winner was then officially confirmed in the year 2009.

SpanAir has started to apply the new identity of corporate to the aircraft in June 2009.

The new head office of SpanAir is the SpanAir building or the Edifici SpanAir in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona.

Earlier the head office of SpanAir was in the SpanAir Building inthe Palma De Mallorca Airport. In the year 2008, SpanAir said that Palma de Mallorca would be the head office and that it would take its office to Barcelona.

In them year 2009, in May Barcelona was the registered domicile for SpanAir. The airline started searching for a headquarters in Barcelona. In the same year around June 200 employees staged a protest outside the Palma offices against the hasty time frame to move the headquarters.

SpanAir with all its comforts and conveniences comes across as a greatly pleasurable way of traveling in this part of the world. Passengers like to travel by this flight and enjoy the pleasures of traveling in this international airline which spans so many countries.

Today Skywest also has the A320 Airbus which is a great carrier to fly anywhere to Australia and beyond. The Turbo-pop aircraft is suitable for running on the unsealed runways and it is greatly helpful in remote locales. If you have your own plane at your convenience wouldn’t you like to avail it and be able to determine your destinations, schedules and levels of in flight service?

Skywest has facilities of a greatly organized Charter team that gives you ideal consultation and manages projects and co-ordinates all your charter requirements with a permanent principle of giving you maximum efficiency always.

Then there is the global frequent flyer program there are opportunities by which you would earn Velocity Points for each mile that you fly by these Skywest flights. There are schemes which give you velocity points for each time you buy a flight ticket with Skywest Airlines. All the points are given on a per mile basis and it depends on the type of rate that you purchase and the entire cost varies.

Located in Perth, the Perth airport is around 25 minutes drive from the city and lies on the Great Eastern Highway. Other vehicles are Taxi, car and shuttle and the normal public transport. So Skywest Airlines travelers can access the airport through such transports.

Skywest Airlines has its departures and arrivals in the Terminal 3 and it shares its terminal with Alliance Airways, Tiger Airways and Virgin Australia. The Airlines has the departure check in time as an hour before departure. The check in formalities close half an hour before departure.

Animals are not allowed on the SkyWest flight and they should be lodged with the Skywest Freight directly and these pets would be carted as freight.

Skywest Airlines operates with the main aim of getting the passenger safely to the allotted destination on time, during each flight. Skywest in fact measures the Ontime Performance, with respect to flights that depart on time the maximum delay being a quarter of an hour.

Skywest operates with a combination of Fokker 100 and Fokker 100 jet aircraft and the Airbus A320 Aircraft. The Airbus 320 has a maximum capacity of around 180 passengers and is the world’s first aircraft series with side stick controls and fly by wire methods.

There are also special service offered by the Skywest Freights for these unaccompanied pets or animals but these operate between Perth and Kalgoorlie, Albany, Kunnurra, Darwin, Broome, Geraldton and Esperance.

These pets that travel on the flight need not to be lodged and booked through the Australian Air Express or the AAE.

Presently SkyWest Freight does not sell animal crates neither does it hire them. Pet containers having met the IATA regulations would only be accepted. The maximum weight that is allowed with the cage and the animal is around 50 kg. If the total weight is anything more than this, then it is required that prior arrangement is made towards this.

Larger dogs sometimes do not fit into the crate. Huge crates could be then hired from organizations that help in such arrangements.

In this manner SkyWest Airlines looks into the convenience and comforts of all the requirements of passengers and provides great travel pleasures.

With passenger revenue of around 9.7 billion dollars, this has the Air Canada Express as the regional air service. It was from the Canadian Federal Government’s Trans Canada Airlines or the TCA that was formed in the year 1936 that the national airline originated.

Then in 1965, the airline was renamed as Air Canada. In the year 2001, the airline took over the Canadian Airlines and in 2004 after having filed for bankruptcy protection, the Air Canada got restructured under the ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. By the year 2006 more than 34 million had flown Air Canada and the airline had celebrated its 70th anniversary.

Today Air Canada has a proud fleet consisting of the Boeing 767, the Airbus A330, the Boeing 777 jetliners with the wide body used for long routes, and the Airbus A 320 family aircraft, and also the A321, the A 319, and the A 320 and also the Embraer E170/E190 family aircraft. The operating divisions of the carrier are the Air Canada Jetz and the Air Canada Cargo. The Air Canada vacations give vacation deals to more than 90 places across the world. Thus there are more than 1,370 scheduled flights every day that traverse the world with the regional partners.

The Air Canada airlines went through a makeover in the year 2006 which was called the Project XM or the Extreme Makeover. Thus new cabins were installed in all the aircrafts and new Boeing 777 were delivered. So today there are new horizontal fully flat Executive First Suites and personal AVOD in the economy class and the executive class. There are larger AVOD equipped with Senhieiser headphones in the Executive First Class. Interactive games XM Radio Canada is made available at every seat. There are USB ports to recharge all the electronic devices and also for using game controllers with 120 Volt AC plug in all the seats in all the classes.

The Air Canada Centre is today a seven storey building that serves as the main headquarters of Air Canada and is situated in the Montreal Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport and also in Saint Laurent in Montreal.

Air Canada Cargo is today the company’s division for carriage of freight and offers more than 150 places where cargo is shipped. There are departure points to send cargo to the European destinations in the Eastern Canada departure points. Then there are direct services to Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris. There is a new cargo terminal in Toronto which has the best kind of conveyor and inventory systems.

You also have Air Canada Vacations which is a branch of Air Canada providing leisure travel packages , tours, cruises, excursions and car rentals and also giving services to destinations across the world like South America, North and Central America, Caribbean, Europe and South Pacific.

So pack your bags and fly via Air Canada.

Found in the year 1988 on the first of July this was a result of the restructuring of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The airline after this got and also merged with many domestic airlines and then it became one of China’s “Big Three” airlines. The other two airlines are Air China and China Eastern Airlines. Today China Southern Airlines is a member of the Sky team. The logo of this international airline is a red kapok that on a blue vertical tail fin.

In the year 2010, China southern Airlines had around 76.5 million domestic passengers and also international travelers. The airline had a great profit of around 5.8 billion Chinese yen.

Today China Southern Airlines has flights to around 169 countries inclusive of the code share regions. There is a strong presence of this airline the major market of domestic regions and the main hubs are the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and also the Beijing Capital International Airport. The main cities of travel are Changchun, Dalian, Changsha, Shenyang, Urumqi, Zhengzou, Wuhan etc. China Southern Airlines encourages development of Urumqui and Chongquing which would be soon the main hubs here.

Presently the airline has services to around 65 international places and all the cities here are interlinked with the help of this airline. Beijing, Dalian and such regions are interlinked by China Southern Airlines. The network is so big that today it is the largest Chinese airline to Australia.

In the year 2004, China Southern Airlines had an understanding with the airline alliance Sky team. This was the 11th member of the Sky Team and thus became the first Chinese airline to be a part of the global airline alliance.

China Southern Airlines has code share agreements with Asiana Airlines of Star Alliance, Garuda Indonesia of future Sky team, Japan Airlines of One World, Malaysia Airlines of future One world Member and also the Pakistan International Airline.

With comfortable and convenient facilities, and the best kind of travel luxury, China Southern Airlines is a force to reckon with and a flight to be in.

In the year 2008, on October 29, Delta got the Northwest Airlines and formed the largest airline with regard to scheduled passengers. Today it is the second largest with regard to passenger traffic. United Airlines stands first with regard to the fleet size.

This airline was initially formed as Huff Daland Dusters Incorporated in 1924 in Georgia in a place called Macon. The company then shifted to Louisiana to Monroe in the year 1925 and slowly began to carry passengers sometime in the year 1929. The company was then bought over by Collet. E. Woolman who then named it as Delta Air Service. The headquarters then was Monroe. Slowly the airline grew in terms of routes and also added on many other airlines under its folds. Jets came in place of propeller jets sometime in the 1960’s and then the airline entered the international competition. Gradually flights to Europe and then to the Pacific started sometime in the eighties. The logo of the Delta Air lines are two 3D triangles. The logo is very similar to the swept wing design of the DC-8 airplanes.

Delta has other subsidiaries like the Delta the mainline of Delta Air, and then there is the Comair which is a regional component of Delta Air lines, then the mesaba airlines which is another regional component of the airline in the northwest. Compass Airlines is another important regional component of the Delta Airlines.

With the corporate headquarters in a campus in the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Delta Air lines today is preferred by all and the flyers surely appreciate the comforts and conveniences of the airline.

Today there are more than 12,000 employees in the Twin Cities and has not only corporate support but also functions well in the regional sector too.

Domestic First Class is very comfortable and has drinks, free snacks, and alcohol with a lot of comfort seating and convenient facilities. There are high power ports on the seats and these make it a great luxury.

Then there is the economy class comfort existing since June 2011 where the seats have more recline and greater comfort.

The International Economy Class is available on all flights of Delta Airlines. The seats tilt backwards while reclining and are very comfortable. These new model seats have made the airlines more popular of late.

The Domestic Economy class is another flight that is available for all those who want a good flight yet with basic luxuries. Food is available on flights of 1500 miles.

With many comforts and conveniences and a great history, the Delta Air lines today has landed with a lot of popularity.

Today it is Italy’s biggest airline and also is the nineteenth largest airline in the entire world. Alitalia is an Italian combination of the world Italia and wings. It means when Italia has wings. In the year 2008, some Italian entrepreneurs decided to found a company for the benefit of purchasing the trademark of the redundant Alitalia. Thus the Compagnia Aerea Italiana or the CAI was formed. The Intesa Sanpaola is an important bank in Italy which helped the entrepreneurs in this brilliant venture. These think thanks decided to combine the defunct Air One and the Linee Aeree Italiane and create a functional airline for all. It was decided that the only thing that would be retained is the Alitalia trademark. Thus the merged company came into being with the trademark of Alitalia. This happened in the month of August 2008.

Thus began a new Alitalia in 2009 in the month of January. The Compagnia Aerea Italiana sold one fourth of the shares to Air France- KLM. Air France in the meantime made arrangements to have a provision to be able to purchase additional shares after four years in the year 2013. Both the French and the Italian boards were agreeable to the entire sale process.

Alitalia today has its head office at Piazza Almerico da Schio and has Roberto Colanninno as its chairman. Rocco Sabelli is the chief executive officer.

Alitalia has flights that are operated by Air One Smart Carrier and has more than 90 destinations under its wings. Out of these there are 28 domestic flights and more than 40 countries covered by this well administered airline.

Alitalia has four categories – The Classica, the Classica plus, the Ottima and the Magnifica.

The Classica is the economy class of the Alitalia airline. This gives the passengers free drinks, a light meal and a snack. There are personal television screens and benefits change for the better if it is a long flight.

Then the Classica Plus is the premium economy class of the airlines. The service is similar to Classica but the passengers get more legroom and an increase in baggage capacity.

Ottima is the short business class category of Alitalia and has a better catering service than the Classica and the Classica plus. More baggage is allowed here and there are access facilities to the lounges in the VIP area of the airport.

Magnifica is the category of Alitalia which is the ultimate superior class and enjoys all the luxuries and benefits. Seats are better, service is better and the baggage allowance is certainly generous. The legroom here is also superb.

With all this in tow, fly Alitalia and feel the joy of flying with wings.

Southwest airlines originated from the Air Southwest Co. which was started by Rollin King along with Herb Kelleher. This Air Southwest Co. was an attempt to provide the air service in the state of Texas.

In the year 1971, Air southwest Co. underwent a change in name and came to be known as Southwest Airlines. It is operable from Dallas and Texas. Customers began to be served by this airline sometimes in the month of June in the year 1971. It serves the cities of Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. The aircraft that is used is the Boeing 737.

Herb Kelleher the founder of the Southwest Airlines learnt the techniques of the California based Southwest Airlines and developed a particular kind of culture in the airline. The theme was predominantly to attract customers with the idea of introducing them to the concept of long legs but shorter nights. There was a committee which was tasked with selecting the air hostesses and flight attendants. The selection had the concept of long-legged female flight attendants and thus they called important people in managing the working of the airlines. Then the airlines gave them a further boost by dressing them up in  go go shoes and hot pants. Thus these flight attendants were showcased as long legged dancers or majorettes and this culture seeped into the overall culture and tradition of the airlines.

Southwest Airlines entered into a contract with Pratt and Whitney in the year 2008 and agreed for a supply of the Ecopower water pressure system of washing which would ensure that the airline could get the grime and other substances off the turbine of the airplanes’ engines while it is in stationary position. This use of the Ecopower system had the potential of increasing the fuel efficiency of the aircraft.

Southwest Airlines saw further growth when in the year 1995, it had a website. In fact it was one of the few airlines in those days to have a website of its own. It was initially named the “Southwest Airlines Home Gate” and then it became Southwest.com. It allows passengers to know about the schedule, it has a route map and also gives all the company information. Today it is the first website for online revenue. It is also the largest site pertaining to airlines with the most special kind of visitors. In the year 2006, around seventy percent of the bookings and around seventy three percent of the revenue came from bookings that were done on the Southwest.com.

Dallas Love Field is the headquarters of Southwest Airlines and is located in the city of Dallas, Texas. The earlier headquarters was in the Regal Row Building in the year 1820.

With slogans like “Just Plane Smart” and “Somebody up there loves you” and the “Low Fare Airline”, Southwest Airlines has come a long way to becoming the favourite of all flyers.

Originally a part of the United Express Service, the airline has grown over the years. In the year 2010, the Continental Airlines group had its board of directors approve the stock swap deal . The decision was taken along with the UAL Corp. It was decided that the two would be combined to form the world’s largest airline. This was with respect to revenue passenger miles. It was also decided that it would be the second largest in the size of fleet and also in destinations. The first in destination is the Delta AirLines.

The logo would be the logo of the continental Airlines and the headquarters would be in Chicago. After all these decisions, the combined airline was to take on the name of the United Airlines and thus started this majestic airline on its journey across the world. Today it is the largest transport catering to New York, at the Newark Liberty International Airport. Today in 2011, the Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco and the Denver airports have rebranded the airline. Washington has also started rebranding the United Airlines counter.

The parent company of the new airline carrier will be known by the name of United Continental Holdings Inc. It would be Jeffery Smisek who would be the CEO and Glenn Tilton the non executive Chairman.

The U.S. Department of Justice also got the amount of US$ 3 billion approved for the merger. The share holders also joined in the approval and thus the entire thing got sealed in the month of October in the year 2010.

This is one of the oldest airlines in the commercial sector. A part of the earlier Varney Air Lines mail service it was Walter Varney who founded the Continental Airlines in Boise in Idaho. His chief pilot was Tanner Lee Lueders. He flew the first flight to  the railroad mail at Pasco in Washington. It was a Swallow biplane and it flew from the headquarters in Boise in Idaho . This was sometime in the year 1926.

Today the United Airlines is flying around 73 destinations and has around 41 international destinations across 25 countries. The continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, America and the region of Oceania is covered by the airline. Today along with Air France, Delta Air lines, British Airways, Emirates Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Korean Air, Qatar Airways, Qantas ,South African Airways and the Singapore Airlines, this is one of the few airlines which flies across around 6 continents.