LATAM Cargo Starts Two Freighter Services From US To Colombia

LATAM Airlines (SGO: LTM) is launching two new cargo routes dedicated to exports from the U.S. to Central and South America. LATAM’s cargo division began flying the new routes with Boeing 767-300 freighters on Tuesday. One service departs Miami for Panama and then goes to Bogota, Colombia, while the second service is Miami to Cali, […]

Newcastle welcomes new Lufthansa connection to Munich

Lufthansa’s newest route to Germany has taken off with a non-stop service from Newcastle to Munich. The six-weekly service operates Sunday to Friday and offers leisure and business travellers from the north-east of England an affordable and convenient way to explore Bavaria’s capital city. Passengers travelling to Munich on the new service were welcomed at […]

Lufthansa to open services to Canadian capital

Star Alliance carrier Lufthansa is to open a new transatlantic connection to Canada, with services to the capital Ottawa. It is to operate to the city from its Frankfurt base from 16 May next year. Lufthansa says it will operate Airbus A340-300s on the route, configured with 279 seats in three classes including a premium-economy […]

American Airlines ends flights to Bolivia

The only US airline flying to Bolivia is ending its service to the South American nation. One Mile At a Time reports that American Airlines will discontinue its service between Miami and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on November 28, 2019. The nonstop flights operate three times weekly. “American has proudly served Bolivia for […]

Brazil and Australia negotiate direct flights from 2020

Countries that have never had a direct flight, Australia and Brazil will be able to debut a route in the first quarter of 2020 between the cities of Melbourne and Sao Paulo. The information was revealed by Brazilian officials and the Australian ambassador to Brazil, Timothy Kane, after the end of the visa requirement for […]

Qantas to launch new Chicago and San Francisco routes

Qantas plans to launch flights from Brisbane to Chicago and San Francisco as a direct result of receiving tentative approval for its transpacific joint venture with American Airlines. The Australian carrier states that it plans to announce details of the two new routes once final approval is received from the US Department of Transportation for […]

Delta Launching Two New Daily Caribbean Routes

Delta Air Lines is launching a pair of new nonstop routes to the Caribbean. Beginning Dec. 21, the carrier will launch expand its weekly Saturday service to daily service from Detroit to both Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. That will mean two new daily nonstop flights to two of the […]

Qantas hails successful first year of Perth-London flights

One year since it opreated its first nonstop Perth-London flight, Qantas has lauded it as a major success for the company and Australian tourism. The airline released a special “report card” to commemorate one year since its first flight on the route, which shows that the average load factor on the route has been around […]