Delta to resume flights to India with service between New York JFK and Mumbai
Delta Air Lines announced its plans to launch a nonstop route linking New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with Mumbai beginning Dec. 22. Delta said in a statement that demand for flights between the U.S. and India has increased significantly in the last decade and that it will be the only U.S. carrier to […]
FAA bans US flights over Venezuela
FAA has issued an emergency order banning all flight operations by US pilots and carriers in Venezuelan airspace, citing “increasing political instability and tensions” and the “associated inadvertent risk to flight operations” stemming from the deteriorating political situation in the country. Mass protests have broken out in Caracas this week as opposition leader Juan Guaidó […]
Air France increases frequencies for winter 2019-20 schedule
Air France has made modest changes in its winter 2019-20 schedules, increasing frequencies rather than the number of destinations. In the long-haul sector, the company will add three weekly frequencies on its Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Santiago de Chile route, taking the total to 10 flights. Three weekly flights operated by Boeing 787s […]
Barbados’s New York-Round JetBlue Flights
Barbados is getting a boost from New York City-based airline JetBlue. JetBlue is expanding its weekly nonstop Saturday service from Newark Liberty to Barbados to year-round service, Caribbean Journal has learned. The extension of service will go into effect on May 4, 2019. “The extension of our popular seasonal, weekly Barbados service to year-round weekly […]
Delta Is Launching a New Route to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s airlift boom is continuing with Delta Air Lines’ planned launch of a new route from Detroit to San Juan. The nonstop route will operate weekly on Saturdays between Detroit Metropolitan Airport and San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, with service set to begin Dec. 21. The new route is part of a […]
Spanish Airline Evelop! Will Use Modern Plane Fly to Cuba
The Spanish airline EVELOP! will soon start using the newly manufactured Airbus A350-900 on its flights to Cuba, beginning in May. The aircraft will transfer travelers who, from Spain, wish to visit the Caribbean, in particular the wonderful destination Cuba, according to information disclosed on the website of the Onlinetours agency. On Next May 5, […]
Jet Airways will do everything to revive airline, CEO says: ET Now
India’s Jet Airways is constantly engaging with the government and lenders for a resolution of the current debt crisis and will not leave any stone unturned to revive the airline, its chief executive officer Vinay Dube told television channel ET Now in an interview. Once India’s largest private airline, Jet halted all flight operations indefinitely […]
Emirates, SpiceJet agree to codeshare pact
Emirates Airline and Indian LCC SpiceJet signed an MOU April 22 for a reciprocal codeshare agreement aimed at opening new routes and destinations between India and Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East. Upon approval by the necessary regulators, Emirates passengers from Dubai will have access to 67 weekly SpiceJet flights to six additional […]
Cape Air’s New Caribbean Push Begins in Culebra and Virgin Gorda
For many destinations in the Caribbean, small regional airlines are a life blood — and for two decades, Cape Air has been just that for so many islands. Now, Cape Air has officially relaunched two important routes from San Juan, with flights to Puerto Rico’s island of Culebra and to Virgin Gorda in the British […]
Iberia Expanding Puerto Rico Flights
Spanish carrier Iberia is expanding its seasonal winter flights to Puerto Rico to year-round service, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello announced. The airline will now be offering direct flights between Madrid and San Juan all year round, with thrice-weekly service on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. “Iberia has been an unwavering ally of Puerto Rico and […]
