Delta leans into summer with expanded service to popular European destinations
Customers looking to get an early start to their summer 2023 vacation planning will find that Delta is expanding its service across the trans-Atlantic, with 8% more seats than summer 2022. The airline will offer seven new flights, including nonstop service to Geneva, Switzerland, for the first time since 1993, and long-haul service from Los […]
Zero-COVID policy has cost Hong Kong its aviation hub status – IATA
Hong Kong has lost its position as a global aviation hub due to China’s zero-COVID policy, the head of airlines group IATA said on Wednesday, warning the industry’s recovery from the pandemic would be slowed if Beijing continued its restrictions next year. Attending an International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference in the Qatari capital Doha, […]
United and Emirates Expand Market Presence Through New Agreement
United and Emirates announced a historic commercial agreement that will enhance each airline’s network and give their customers easier access to hundreds of destinations within the United States and around the world*. United will launch a new direct flight between Newark/New York and Dubai starting in March 2023 – from there, customers can travel on […]
Another freighter for LATAM Cargo
LATAM Cargo has announced the arrival of another freighter aircraft as it continues its fleet expansion. The carrier said that it had taken delivery of its fifth B767-300 freighter this year, which brings its all-cargo fleet to a total of 16 B767Fs. The freighter is the last the airline is due to receive in 2022. […]
Tropic Air Belize Adds Service To San Pedro Sula
Tropic Air Belize will launch flights to a second point in Honduras, connecting Belize City (BZE) with San Pedro Sula (SAP). The service to the city in northwest Honduras will be operated 2X-weekly from Nov. 15 using a 14-seat Cessna Caravan aircraft. Tropic Air is currently serving Roatan (RTB), an island off the coast of […]
Viva Aerobus To Open Sixth Base, Launches Three Routes
Viva Aerobus is to open a new base at Mérida International Airport (MID) in Mexico’s Yucatan state, which will become the airline’s sixth base in the country. The ULCC plans to station two aircraft at the airport from December, increasing to three from 2023. Three new routes are being launched, taking the total number of […]
Emirates carries over 10 million passengers this summer
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, carried more than 10 million passengers on nearly 35,000 flights to 130 destinations this summer. Having anticipated the strong return of travel demand, Emirates worked closely with its airport partners to operate as scheduled, minimise travel disruptions, and take customers to their planned holidays and trips to see friends […]
Norwegian celebrates 20th anniversary and more than 300 million passengers
On September 1st, at 14.00 CET in 2002, the very first Boeing 737 flight with Norwegian from Oslo to Bergen took off, marking the birth of the new airline. During the past 20 years, Norwegian has welcomed more than 300 million passengers on board. On the Oslo-Bergen route alone, the airline has carried 15 million […]
Frontier Airlines Adds 10 New Routes From Phoenix
US ULCC Frontier Airlines plans to launch 10 new routes from Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), including one route on which rival ULCC Spirit Airlines is also starting service. Frontier will begin service between PHX and Kansas City (MCI) from Jan. 12, 2023. From Feb. 19, 3X-weekly service on the route will kick in. Before then […]
Qantas announces direct Auckland–New York flights and upgrade to lounges
Qantas will recommence flights to New York, with a new service from Australia to the Big Apple via Auckland from 14 June next year*. The launch of QF3 and QF4 will see the flying kangaroo return to New York three days a week initially, after a three-year COVID-induced hiatus. Flights will be operated by its […]
