Washington’s Dulles International Airport may receive a new concourse by 2025 to replace the airport’s Concourse A regional gates, according to a letter from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, viewed by AirlineGeeks. The airport’s Concourse A regional gates were first built in 1999 as an $18 million […]
On Thursday, Ryanair announced its third base in Africa out of its more than 80 bases in the continent and across Europe. Its new base is located in Agadir, Morocco, where the low-cost carrier plans to base two aircraft as an investment of $200 million. We are delighted to open our new base in Agadir, […]
On Thursday, Air France unveiled its preliminary plans for the upcoming winter 2021-2022 service, with three new “sunny” destinations across the globe targeting leisure travel. Additionally, the Paris-based carrier plans to increase frequencies to other leisure destinations in the Middle East, French Polynesia and North America. New Flights to Africa, the Middle East and Asia […]
On Saturday, Stobart Air — the operator of Aer Lingus’s regional services — announced that it would appoint a liquidator, canceling its franchise agreement with Aer Lingus Regional and forcing the cancelation of dozens of flights. In a memo to its 480 employees, Stobart Air said it was unable to close a deal with suitor […]
Last March American Airlines announced eight new routes from Austin, reinforcing its position in the fast-growing city. Three months later, Thursday, June 11, the Dallas-based carrier unveiled an ambitious ramp-up of its Austin operations, adding fourteen new routes, beginning in the fall. Specifically, American Airlines will launch ten domestic destinations, targeted primarily towards business travel, […]
In a recent U.S. Department of Transportation filing, Bamboo Airways announced its intentions to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Los Angeles and San Francisco beginning in the third quarter of 2021 amid earlier reports of the airline’s plans to launch flights to San Francisco. In April, AirlineGeeks reported that Bamboo Airways Chairman Trinh […]
In California’s Mojave Desert, specifically Victorville, Qantas’s Airbus A380-800s are sitting in long-term storage, amid the coronavirus pandemic causing a major decrease in international travel in Australia. While in storage, Qantas needs to conduct weekly, biweekly and monthly maintenance involving the draining of fuel tanks of water caused by condensation, rotating the wheels, checking tire […]
On Friday, Wizz Air announced that it would drop its entire Norwegian domestic network amid the successful restructuring of Norwegian Air Shuttle last week. Additionally, the airline will eliminate a significant portion of its Oslo Gardermoen offering, which leaves a small set of services to Central and Eastern Europe. Domestically, the low-cost carrier plans to […]
Amid Hawaiian Airlines’ signs of promise with its newly launched mainland United States services, the airline plans to terminate a less promising portion of its regional intra-island offering. After several years of operations, Hawaiian Airlines’ regional subsidiary, ‘Ohana, will shutter its operations permanently, after temporarily suspending passenger services in January 2021. Initially, low inter-island travel […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to downgrade Mexico’s air safety rating in the coming days, hindering the U.S.-Mexico aviation market. The move will see the country’s safety rating drop from a Category I rating to a Category II rating, according to Reuters. With a Category I rating, flights and codeshare agreements are unrestricted between […]
