Sunwing to ground 737 MAX 8s until spring 2020
Sunwing is grounding all of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft throughout the winter season. Sunwing’s new schedule will come into effect on Nov. 5 and run until mid-May 2020. While the move has been prompted by the ongoing worldwide grounding of the MAX 8, the company said that being able to provide clients with […]
Cabo Verde Airlines to launch Lagos route
Cabo Verde Airlines will open a new service to Lagos, Nigeria, starting 9 December. The route will run five times a week from the group’s hub on the island of Sol, departing on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Cabo Verde says it will operate a Boeing 757 with 161 economy class seats and 22 […]
Sunwing returns to the island of Tobago this winter
Following an immensely successful inaugural season in 2018/2019, Sunwing has announced it will be returning to Tobago this winter with weekly direct flights from Toronto. Sunwing is the only Canadian leisure carrier to offer direct flights to this tropical destination, with flights operating weekly from December 19, 2019 until April 16, 2020. Sunwing’s direct flight […]
Volaris Announces Increased Capacity On its Chicago Routes and a New Seasonal Route: Monterrey – Mazatlán
Volaris, the United States and Central America, announces that it will increase capacity on its routes from and to Chicago, as well as opening a new Monterrey-Mazatlán route which will be a seasonal operation. With this additional capacity, Volaris reaffirms its commitment to provide more routes and flights so that its Clients can travel more […]
JetBlue Is Adding More Nonstop Antigua Flights
JetBlue is set to launch a big expansion to Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport, tourism officials said Monday. The New York City-based carrier will be adding two additional flights from New York to Antigua every week, according to Tourism Minister Charles Fernandez. That will mean nonstop flights from New York to Antigua and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, […]
Cathay and Air NZ extend alliance for five more years
Cathay Pacific and Air New Zealand have received approval to extend their network joint venture for services between Hong Kong and New Zealand until the end of October 2024. The alliance between the two carriers commenced in 2013, which saw Air NZ withdrawing its Hong Kong-London flights, but has also led to Cathay starting seasonal […]
Delta donates more than 100 flights, $2.5 million to help human trafficking survivors
Delta Air Lines has given more than 100 flights to help fly human trafficking survivors through mileage donation program SkyWish and has now committed an additional $1.5 million to Polaris, the operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The funding will help Polaris with human trafficking data analysis aimed at curbing human trafficking in the […]
Delta schedules daytime New York-London flight
Delta’s daily daytime New York JFK-London Heathrow service will launch March 28, augmenting the two daily overnight flights Delta operates on the route as well as the five daily flights operated by the Delta/Virgin Atlantic joint venture in Virgin aircraft. The new flight is part of what Delta says will be a 15% boost in […]
British Airways boosts in-flight experience with virtual reality trial
British Airways is claiming a U.K. first with the launch of a trial of virtual reality headsets on select flights to New York. The carrier is offering passengers on some flights in its first class cabin the chance to view films, documentaries and other programs in 2-D, 3-D and 360-degrees formats. The headsets have been […]
British Airways’ A350 gears up for its first long haul flight to Dubai
British Airways’ first A350 aircraft is being put through its paces with extensive service trials ahead of it starting long-haul flying to Dubai on September 2. The airline took delivery of its newest aircraft featuring its latest generation business class seat, Club Suite, on July 29. Not only is the aircraft quieter than some of […]
