Routes

Virgin Atlantic has announced it will begin new nonstop service to Boston and San Francisco from Manchester. In addition, the airline announced a codeshare with FlyBe. The codeshare aims to bring passengers from small European cities to Virgin Atlantic flights to the Caribbean and America. The new deal will attract FlyBe passengers to Manchester from […]

Delta Air Lines announced it will begin daily nonstop service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Beijing’s Capital International Airport (PEK). The announcement comes a week after American Airlines announced it will begin service between Hong Kong and L.A. Beginning December 16, 2016, Delta will operate daily Boeing 777-200ER service to Beijing from Los Angeles. The […]

Vietnam Airlines, a member of the SkyTeam Alliance, announced that it will begin flying its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft to Australia later this year. The airline currently operates a Boeing 777-200ER between Ho Chi Minh and Sydney, as well as an Airbus A330-200 between Ho Chi Minh and Melbourne. Both flights will be replaced by […]

Allegiant Air will do quite a lot of flying on new routes this summer as the carrier has announced a slew of new routes including three new destinations for the low-cost carrier. The airline will start service for Santa Rosa (CA), Albuquerque (NM), and Evansville (IN). The cities will be Allegiant’s 112th, 113th, and 114th […]

Qatar Airways announced a significant expansion of its global network today at ITB Berlin, including five new routes to Europe six new routes to Africa, and one new route to Asia. In addition, Qatar announced it will begin the world’s longest flight on December 3 from Doha to Auckland, New Zealand. The airline will operate its […]

American Airlines has announced it will begin daily nonstop service between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, beginning September 7th. The airline previously announced new flights out of its Los Angeles hub in January. The new Hong Kong route will join the airline’s existing service to Shanghai and Tokyo, including recently-launched service to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. […]

United Airlines has announced it will begin service between its west coast hub in San Francisco and Hangzhou, China. This will be the airline’s fifth new route this year from its San Francisco hub, a gateway to the Asia-Pacific region. United will operate the new route three times weekly with its state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft […]

On March 2, 2016, numerous US carriers submitted their applications for regularly scheduled service to Cuba. This was made possible after an agreement between the US and Cuba in February, which will allow for 110 daily flights to Havana and other Cuban cities. Currently, seven airlines have filed for service. Alaska Airlines became one of the […]

Emirates has recently requested fifth freedom rights to fly between Zurich, Switzerland and Mexico City, Mexico. Fifth freedom rights allow the carriage of passengers between two countries by an airline of the third. Emirates already operates several fifth freedom rights flights, which include New York to Milan, Bangkok to Hong Kong, Sydney to Auckland, and […]

Emirates has announced it will begin daily nonstop flights from Dubai to Yangon (RGN), Myanmar, and Hanoi (HAN), Vietnam beginning August 3. The new flights will strengthen Emirates’ presence in the Asia region. The airline currently serves 12 cities in seven countries in the Southeast Asia region, with flights too Cebu and Clark in the […]