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An American A321 in Charlotte. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)

American Adds New International Routes

American announced an expansion of its winter schedule, introducing new routes and increasing service to a number of destinations across Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Starting Oct. 26, the carrier will launch daily service from Chicago O’Hare to Mexico City followed by new daily holiday service from Chicago to Queretaro, Mexico, beginning Dec. 18 through Jan. 5 with Boeing 737 aircraft. Additionally, the Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier will begin daily service from Philadelphia to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on…

Virgin Atlantic to Offer Fleetwide Starlink Wi-Fi

Virgin Atlantic has become the first United Kingdom airline to announce plans to implement Starlink in-flight connectivity on all of its Boeing 787, Airbus A350, and A330neo aircraft. According to a news release from the carrier, its fleet will begin upgrading for access to Starlink satellite internet in the third…

China Airlines Eyeing New U.S. Routes

Taiwan-based China Airlines is considering new routes to the U.S. According to a report from The Points Guy, airline President Chen Han-Ming said the carrier is looking at adding Boston, Phoenix, and Washington Dulles to its route map during an event at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on…

Inside Look: How Envoy Air Takes Delivery of a New…

Envoy Air’s process for taking delivery of a new Embraer aircraft spans several months and involves multiple phases of inspection, certification, and preparation before entering revenue service. The aircraft build begins at Embraer’s facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil, where the manufacturing timeline runs approximately three months. Throughout this…

Air Canada Adds More Winter Destinations

Air Canada is further expanding service to Latin America for the winter travel season. Canada’s largest airline announced Wednesday that it is relaunching nonstop service to Lima, Peru, and adding destinations in Mexico and Belize. Starting in early December, Air Canada will offer twice-weekly flights to Lima from both Montreal…

Layover Escapes: How to Make the Most of Your Mid-Flight…

Being diverted to an airport that’s not your final destination can be something of a bonus round from life, brief, unexpected, and of promise if handled correctly. Unless, of course, you’ve spent an afternoon sitting in gate B27 waiting. Then it will become starkly apparent to you that airport seating…

United Expanding Service to Caribbean Destination

United is expanding nonstop service to the Caribbean island of Dominica. Starting Oct. 29, United will fly twice weekly between Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica. The new flight will operate on Wednesdays, complementing the existing service on Saturdays. United started its once-weekly service…

First U.S. Airline Restarting Service to Israel

United is restarting nonstop service to Tel Aviv, Israel, after suspending the route during the outbreak of fighting between Israel and Iran last month. The carrier will offer a single flight between Newark, New Jersey, and Tel Aviv on July 21 before resuming its regular twice-daily service the following day.…

Breeze Adds Two New Nonstop Routes, Bringing Back Another

Low-cost airline Breeze is launching two new nonstop routes and restarting another later this year. On Sept. 2, the carrier will begin flights between Ogdensburg, New York, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. About one month later, on Oct. 3, Breeze will start service between Norfolk, Virginia, and Orlando. The Ogdensburg-Raleigh route…

New Addition Will Require Airport to Renumber Runways

The addition of a fourth parallel runway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina will require the renumbering of the airport’s other runways. The new runway, set to open in the fall of 2027, will throw off the left-center-right naming conventions currently used for Charlotte’s takeoff and landing strips.…