Research Points to Low Risk for COVID-19 Transmission Inflight
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated the low incidence of inflight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020 there have been 44 cases of COVID-19 reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated with a flight journey (inclusive of confirmed, probable and potential cases). Over […]
American Airlines Plans Move to Beijing Daxing International Airport in March 2021
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) is moving flights to the biggest airport in the world: the new Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) when service returns from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) on March 27, 2021. Flights will operate on a Boeing 787-8 and will be available for purchase on Monday, Oct. 12. “Moving to Daxing International […]
San Francisco joins Qatar Airways’ network
Three years after first announcing its intention to begin flights to San Francisco, Qatar Airways looks set to make good on its promise. The airline will launch 4X-weekly flights between Doha (DOH) and San Francisco (SFO) from Dec. 15. Service will be operated Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays using an Airbus A350-900 with 36 business-class […]
Aeromexico Resumes Service Between San Francisco and Guadalajara
Delta Air Lines and its Joint Cooperation Agreement (JCA) partner Aeromexico today (last Friday) resumed service from San Francisco International Airport to Guadalajara with three weekly flights. San Francisco offers a fascinating past reflected in its Victorian architecture and streets built on more than 50 hills that can be explored through its legendary streetcars. San […]
Spirit Airlines to resume service to Haiti’s north coast
ULCC Spirit Airlines will resume service between Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FLL) and Cap-Haitien, Haiti (CAP) from Dec. 3. Spirit originally operated the route between the city on Haiti’s north coast and its Florida base in 2018, but dropped the service earlier this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spirit will be the only airline serving […]
Avianca resumes the Quito-Bogotá route
This Friday, the first flight of the Avianca airline flights arrived at the Quito International Airport from Bogotá, once the Government of Colombia lifted the restrictions on international passenger flights in that country. The Quito-Bogotá route is one of the most important in the region for both business and tourism flights and has historically been […]
United’s November Service to Add Popular Florida, Mexico and Caribbean Routes
United Airlines announced plans to restart service on close to 30 international routes this November, in addition to strengthening U.S. domestic connections to tourism hotspots in Hawaii and Florida. In rebuilding its network, United is also bolstering service to popular leisure destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Even after such additions, the airline’s […]
Hawaiian resumes US mainland and Japan services
Hawaiian Airlines has resumed scheduled passenger flights to Las Vegas and Tokyo following the state of Hawaii’s partial reopening. On Oct. 1, the airline restarted service from Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International (HNL) to Las Vegas McCarran (LAS) and Tokyo Narita (NRT). Flights to Japan’s capital will be weekly. The carrier has been operating cargo-only […]
Aeromar hopes ‘common sense approach’ will win out
Aeromar is poised to open a second service to the US over the coming days—one of three new routes being launched in October—as the Mexico City-based carrier rebuilds and reshapes its network in response to travel demand. The route between Mexico’s capital and the Texan city of Laredo, the third-most populous on the Mexican border, […]
Hawaiian Airlines to Offer Drive-Through, Pre-Flight COVID-19 Screening
As Hawaii reopens to tourism, it is requiring that visitors have negative Covid-19 tests and airlines are stepping up to help passengers obtain them. Hawaiian Airlines will offer its passengers drive-through Covid-19 testing in select mainland U.S. gateways. «As Hawai’i’s leading airline, it is critical to ensure that access to testing does not impede travel […]
