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United's First 787 Revenue Flight is Today From Houston To Chicago

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 11/04/2012 - 10:58

United Airlines has launched its first revenue flight with the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner today, from Houston (IAH) to Chicago (ORD), flight number 1116.

The flight left IAH at 7:20am (central time) from gate E5 and is scheduled to arrive at ORD at 9:51am (central time) at gate C20.

United Airlines is the first airline in North American to get the all new airplane made from composite materials.

There was a slight difference between the published scheduled arrival time and the arrival time displayed on the display at the gate area, for yet unknown reasons.

TSA Unviels Document Scanners In Houston, I Made It Through Surprisingly Fast

Submitted by TAC 1 on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 11:49

[Opinion Article]

I recently was on a United Airlines flight from Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, IAH, to Orlando, MCO. I had heard about the TSA coming out with a new electronic machine that would verify identification documents presented at security checkpoints, but didn't follow the news to close to know where and when, or how they worked. I only knew it compared the name on the boarding pass to the one on the ID, something the TSA agent can also do.

Tropical Storm Debbie Not Causing Popular Texas-Florida Flight Corridor Disruptions

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 10:10

As tropical storm Debbie churns its way through the Gulf Of Mexico, it has so far not brought any major delays or flight disruptions and deviations.

Orlando International reports there have been no delays or cancellations on flights to Texas that normally flight across the Gulf of Mexico, and Miami is reporting the same. Tampa said it had a few minor delays, but they were due to rain at the airport hampering operations rather than flight delays as a result of the storm.

United To Cut Capacity At Houston, Lay Off Another 1,400 Due To Southwest International Expansion

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 09:43

Houston, Texas -

United Airlines has announced that it will lay off another 1,400 employees at its Houston hub, the carriers largest, after the city of Houston approved Southwest Airline's request to build and operate international flights from Houston Hobby airport.

United had vigorously opposed the building of a new international terminal at Houston Hobby airport saying that only one large metro area in the United States has more than one international airport, that being New York City, and that the air travel dynamics of New York are very different than that of Houston.

Frontier Airlines Is Moving Its Houston Operations To George Bush Intercontinental; Houston's Largest Airport

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 14:01

Frontier Airlines has announced that it is moving its Houston flight operations back to Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) starting July 11, 2012 after feedback from its passengers.

Frontier said that with its partnerships, it can offer its passenger better international connections at IAH than Houston's smaller Hobby Airport where Southwest flies into.

IAH is United Airlines' largest hub with non-stop direct flight across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

United Flight 1721 Hits Turbulance, 7 people injured While Flying From Tampa To Houston

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 17:28

Tampa, Fla. -

United flight 1721 earlier today encountered major turbulence while flying from Tampa (TPA) to Houston (IAH) and seven people suffered injuries.

The flight left Tampa had 151 people on board when it ran into turbulence while over the Gulf of Mexico, south of Lake Charles, Louisiana. A total of 7 people were injured, five passengers and two flight attendants. The airplanes itself, a Boeing 737-900, did not have any damage following an inspection after landing.

There are reports that up to 12 were hurt, but this has not been confirmed.