Delta Expands Service To Latin America With New Routes
Delta Air Lines is resuming passenger flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The service will operate four times weekly aboard a Boeing 767-400 aircraft, which features new Delta One and Delta Premium Select classes. Delta provides ready and convenient access to Delta […]
WestJet Becomes The Fifth Carrier To Resume 737 MAX Flights
WestJet operated today its first commercial flight using a Boeing 737 MAX since March 2019. The airline’s flight WS115 departed from Calgary to Vancouver. The airline became the first Canadian carrier to bring back the MAX and the fifth worldwide. The MAX came back: where will it fly? Onboard WestJet’s first commercial Boeing 737 MAX […]
Lufthansa will soon depart on its longest passenger flight with polar explorers on board
On February 1, 2021, Lufthansa will be departing on the longest passenger flight in the history of its company, marking one of the most unique flights the airline has ever carried out. On behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, the Lufthansa Group’s most sustainable aircraft, […]
Venezuela reopens flights to Panama and Dominican Republic
Venezuela’s civil aviation authority said on Monday it is reopening flights to Panama and the Dominican Republic that it shut last month due to coronavirus pandemic. Last year, Venezuela allowed flights to Turkey, Mexico, Bolivia, Panama and the Dominican Republic, but weeks later halted air service to the latter two countries as part of its […]
Statement on Closure of UK Travel Corridors
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recognizes that the UK government is taking the steps it considers necessary to protect public health. While we understand this decision, it is of course deeply disappointing to see all travel corridors shut down, and universal testing and quarantine requirements imposed on all arrivals. Airlines understand and support the […]
Emirates expands its operations in the Americas in line with increased passenger demand
Emirates has announced it will resume non-stop services to Seattle (from 1st February), Dallas and San Francisco (from 2nd March), offering its customers seamless connectivity via Dubai to and from popular destinations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The addition of these three destinations will take Emirates’ North American network to 10 destinations following […]
Westjet Cuts Routes, Capacity As New Protocols Hit Demand
WestJet is suspending 24 routes and dialing down capacity, citing a drop in bookings following Canada’s new COVID-19 pandemic testing protocols for international passengers. The Calgary-based carrier said it will remove about 30% of its planned February and March capacity, leaving it down 80% year-over-year. The cuts include 160 weekly domestic departures and 70 international […]
Air New Zealand starts flights on third quarantine-free Australian route
Air New Zealand has expanded the number of quarantine-free routes it flies to Australia, although airlines are still waiting for a two-way travel bubble to emerge before a significant rebound in the New Zealand-Australia market can occur. From Jan. 7, Air New Zealand will begin quarantine-free flights from Auckland (AKL) to Brisbane (BNE), the third […]
Eastern launches new South American route
Eastern Airlines has launched a 2X-weekly flight between Miami International (MIA) and Asunción (ASU), adding direct service to Paraguay’s capital city. The route will operate using a 226-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft and is the first of two new services being started by the carrier in January. Later this month, the airline is planning to begin […]
SKY Airline takes to the air from Santiago to Bogota
SKY Airline began Santiago to Bogota on 2 January, its first route to the Colombian capital. The 4,231-kilometre service uses A320neos and is currently operated three-weekly. It’ll increase to once-daily from 28 March. Flight 700 leaves Santiago at 0936 and arrives into Bogota at 1340 after a flight time of around five hours and 20 […]
