TAP Air Portugal to end London City routes to Porto and Lisbon
TAP Air Portugal will withdraw its two routes from London City Airport this winter, the carrier has confirmed to Business Traveller. TAP launched flights to the city centre airport from Lisbon in October 2017, and from Porto in March 2018. It blamed the cancellations on “uncertainties in customer demand associated with Brexit” and disappointing results […]
Cabo Verde Airlines expands transatlantic network
Cabo Verde Airlines will launch flights in December to Washington DC and Porto Alegre in Brazil. Washington Dulles airport says that the Cape Verdean carrier will operate thrice-weekly flights from the island of Sal, starting on 8 December. The US capital will be the airline’s second destination in the USA after Boston, which is being […]
Norwegian to end Irish transatlantic flights
Norwegian is to end all flights between Ireland and the USA from 15 September as it looks to cut loss-making routes. «As the airline moves from growth to profitability, we have conducted a comprehensive review of our transatlantic operations between Ireland and North America and considering the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, we […]
Virgin Atlantic takes first A350-1000 for London-New York route
UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft flew into London Heathrow Aug. 10 from Airbus’s Toulouse plant. The aircraft is the first of 12 that were ordered in 2016. Three more are scheduled to be delivered this year, with the balance over 2020-21. Virgin Atlantic will operate […]
Azul Enters Rio-São Paulo Air Shuttle Service with 34 Daily Flights
Azul S.A., “Azul”, (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL), the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served and flight departures, announces that the Company will begin operating the Rio-São Paulo shuttle service on August 29. Tickets are available starting today on all of the Company’s sales channels. Azul will fly 34 daily operations between the […]
Delta to end all Tokyo Narita flights with shift to Haneda
Delta Air Lines will begin shifting flights from Tokyo Narita to Tokyo Haneda airport in March, a move that will culminate in Delta’s complete exit from Narita. The carrier’s transfer to Haneda, made possible by the recent opening of new flight slots, will complete Delta’s long-standing dismantling of its Narita operation. As part of the […]
Sunwing Launching More Flights to Mazatlan
Sunwing is continuing its Caribbean-Mexico expansion with a pair of new routes to the increasingly popular destination of Mazatlan. The Canadian travel giant is launching direct flights from both Ottawa and Quebec City to Mazatlan, the company announced this week. The Ottawa flights will run from Dec. 17 through April 14, 2020. “We’re looking forward […]
ACI: European airport passenger traffic growth slows in 1H
Airport trade body ACI Europe’s new report that passenger traffic growth at European airports slowed in the first half of 2019 to 4.3%—while freight traffic dropped by 3.5%—indicates economic troubles, aircraft groundings, flight delays and air traffic management (ATM) disruptions are taking their toll. The 4.3% passenger traffic increase compares with 6.7% growth in the […]
American Airlines Increases International Presence, Makes First Entrance Into Africa
American unveiled its summer 2020 international schedule, which includes the following new service: Philadelphia (PHL) to Casablanca, Morocco (CMN) begins June 4 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) begins Sept. 9 Chicago (ORD) to Krakow, Poland (KRK) begins May 7 ORD to Budapest, Hungary (BUD) begins May 7 ORD to Prague, Czech Republic […]
Air Canada extends 737 Max cancellations amid Q2 profit
Air Canada swung to a profit in the second quarter of 2019 despite the ongoing grounding of its 24 Boeing 737 Max aircraft that prompted the carrier to extend cancellations of Max flights through 8 January. The global grounding will hit the company’s third quarter financial results, Air Canada chief executive Calin Rovinescu during an […]
