Qatar Airways plans to add seven new dots to its map this year: Chittagong, Bangladesh; Juba, South Sudan; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Lyon and Toulouse, France; Medan, Indonesia; and Trabzon, Turkey. The airline did not say when the...
Read MoreThe U.S.-Canada market is heating up this summer. First, Air Canada and United's planned joint venture on transborder routes has been approved by regulators, allowing the two airlines to coordinate schedules, fares, and other commercial activities in the market. This...
Read MoreWestJet will add three new dots — Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Washington Dulles — to its map amid a 10 route expansion this summer. The airline, which is shifting its network towards western Canada, will link Calgary to Detroit and...
Read MoreJetBlue is in clear selling mode of its proposed merger with Spirit as the U.S. Justice Department weighs the combination that would create the country's fifth largest airline. In a filing with the Department of Transportation last week, JetBlue said...
Read MoreDelta is making a move for the heart of Southwest. The former will add twice daily flights from the latter's home airport, Dallas Love Field, to both Los Angeles and New York LaGuardia on June 5. Delta will also add...
Read MoreEthiopian Airlines, champion of Africa, announced its 21st European destination last week. Beginning in May, the carrier will fly nonstop from its Addis Ababa hub to Copenhagen with 315-seat Boeing 787-9s, running five times per week. The secret sauce to...
Read MoreIt was new UK route week last week. EasyJet, Ryanair, and Wizz Air unveiled a slew of new summer offerings connecting the country to points in Europe. EasyJet will add 11 new routes from nine UK gateways, including Birmingham, Edinburgh,...
Read MoreThe Chinese government lifted Covid-era travel restrictions on January 8. While international travel demand to the country is expected to surge, airline schedules will take some time to recover, including in the big U.S.-China market. Air China, American, Delta, Hainan Airlines,...
Read MoreVirgin Australia has emerged a much stronger airline from the Covid-19 pandemic than it was at the outset of the crisis. A court-led restructuring of Australia’s second largest carrier created a leaner and, executives hope, a much more profitable airline. One of...
Read MoreWestJet will make its long-anticipated debut to Asia next spring. The airline will launch thrice-weekly flights between its Calgary base and Tokyo Narita with Boeing 787s on April 30. WestJet executives had previously teased Asia, while not necessarily Tokyo, as...
Read MoreNew Yorkers must be dying to get to Paris next summer. Long-haul, low-cost Norse Atlantic Airways is the latest to debut new flights between the cities with plans for a daily New York JFK-Paris Charles de Gaulle service on a...
Read MoreEurowings will double the number of aircraft it bases at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, to six Airbus A320 family planes from three, and add at least eight new routes next summer, the Lufthansa Group budget arm said last week. New nonstop...
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