Routes

This weekend marks the first British Airways departures from Bristol and Birmingham airports after the airline left both airports ten years ago. These changes follow British Airways’ attempts to move more of their regional flights out of the busy London City airport where they currently operate 20 services per week.  The problem that British Airways […]

On Wednesday evening, Norwegian announced it would launch flights from both Denver International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to London-Gatwick Airport, starting in September of 2017.  The addition of these two flights marks the eighth and ninth route from London-Gatwick for Norwegian. Flights will be operated by the airline’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft which feature […]

On Tuesday, Virgin Atlantic became the first carrier to launch direct flights from Manchester to San Francisco and Boston. The airline said that these new routes will save on average 100,000 passengers living in the Manchester area hours of travel time as they will no longer need to travel to another UK airport, such as […]

A Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation report released Monday shows India has surpassed Japan to become the third largest domestic aviation market in the world following unmatched monthly growth in recent years. India’s total domestic air traffic was revealed to be 100 million passengers in 2016, third to the U.S. and China, which had 719 and […]

Emirates announced three new Airbus A380 destinations on Sunday by making a return to Tokyo-Narita and by becoming the first A380 operator to fly into South America and North Africa. The A380 will be replacing the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft that Emirates initially used to operate the routes. The Dubai-based carrier also confirmed that the A380 […]

According to RoutesOnline, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has announced scheduled routes for their brand new 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which will enter service starting on Oct. 1, 2017.  The inaugural flight, operated as WN1, will depart Dallas Love Field and arrive at Houston Hobby Airport before continuing to San Antonio as WN2, and back to Dallas […]

On Sunday, March 12,  Dubai-based Emirates launched its brand new route to Newark via Athens. The route, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, marks the airline’s 12th destination in the United States and 155th globally. The route, bearing the flight number EK 209, was announced back in January and launched on Sunday, being described by Emirates as […]

Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific has announced an expansion of frequencies on existing routes across three different continents in their network. These flights will be operated by the carrier’s new Airbus A350 aircraft that they just recently began receiving. Commenting on the route expansion was Cathay Pacific’s Director of Corporate Development & IT Paul Loo: “Our […]

Norwegian Air International, the Ireland-based subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, announced on Feb. 23 that the airline would begin flights between Dublin, Edinburgh, and Belfast, Northern Ireland and Providence, R.I., Hartford, Conn., and Newburgh Stewart Airport in New York. The flights are due to begin anywhere from June 15 to July 3, with different flights […]

This summer, United is increasing and revamping its route network, offering customers more options and destinations as the busy travel season slowly arrives. The airline will begin service between San Francisco (SFO) and Munich (MUC), which will be a seasonal route, which will be a new will be a new route for the airline. Also, one of […]