Avianca Cargo adds Brussels freighter flights
Avianca Cargo has become the latest airline to add freighter flights to Brussels Airport as the hub continues to gain cargo volumes. The new Avianca service will fly to the Belgian hub twice a week – on Fridays and Sundays – utilising an Airbus A330F aircraft. The service will operate on a Bogota, Miami, Brussels, […]
Munich Airport Avianca Now Operating Nonstop Service from Munich to the Colombian Capital of Bogotá
South America is now a little closer to Munich. Celebrating a big occasion in grand style, Munich Airport marked the launch of Avianca’s new service to Bogotá with a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony. Munich is now the only German destination served non-stop by the Colombian carrier. In attendance at the event were Hernán Rincón, the CEO […]
JetBlue expands summer 2019 service to New England from New York airports
JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) has announced it will offer new summer season service from New York´s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Westchester County Airport (HP) to Massachusetts´ Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) beginning in June 2019, the company said. With new summer seasonal service from New York´s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Westchester County Airport (HPN). Westchester flights take off […]
Delta Adding Fourth Link to Los Angeles from Atlanta with New Burbank Flight
Delta announced plans to launch twice-daily service from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles next summer. The Atlanta-based carrier has said the new route will better connect Atlanta’s film industry with Hollywood as Burbank is located more conveniently to major film production studios such as ABC, Walt Disney Studios, Warner […]
Latin America-Caribbean airports face capacity challenges
The Latin America-Caribbean region experienced an economic recovery in 2017 after several years of weak performance. While passenger traffic growth rates showed resilience during this time – with results over 5% every year from 2010 – they moderated in 2016. Since then, there has been a return to strong growth with a year-over-year passenger traffic […]
Your Face is Your Boarding Pass: JetBlue Introduces Its First Integrated Biometric Self-Boarding Gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU), in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), today announced the roll-out of its first fully-integrated biometric self-boarding gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Customers flying to select international destinations from Terminal 5 at New York-JFK can now board even faster with a dual lane biometric self-boarding […]
Direct flight from Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale starts Feb. 13
Silver Airways announced today that it is starting daily nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Pensacola International Airport beginning Feb. 13, 2019. To celebrate the new nonstop service, Silver is offering introductory fares from $89 available at silverairways.com for a limited time for travel between Feb. 13 and and May 22, 2019, for […]
Argentina has another international air terminal: El Palomar, formerly a military airport
The Argentine government has reclassified the El Palomar air terminal in the province of Buenos Aires as an “international airport,” responding to requests from aviation firms.The decision was confirmed via a resolution from the National and Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), issued in the Argentine Official Gazette. The text said the move came as a result […]
JetBlue inaugurates route from Boston to Cuba’s capital
A JetBlue flight from Boston landed in Havana on Saturday, as the U.S. airline expanded its routes to Cuba despite a drop in American visitors amid tensions between the countries. The plane with more than 120 passengers on board was received with flags from both countries at the Jose Marti airport in Cuba’s capital. “From […]
JetBlue Launches Another New Caribbean Mint Route
The island of Saint Lucia is the latest to benefit from JetBlue’s expansion of its Mint premium cabin service in the Caribbean. JetBlue launched its newest Mint route to the region this week with a new flight from Boston Logan to Saint Lucia’s Hewanorra International Airport. Mint, JetBlue’s new premium cabin, includes fully lie-flat seats […]
