Routes

Saudia for this northern winter season will have available flights between Jeddah (JED) and Barcelona (BCN); with this the company will offer non-stop services to the Catalan capital throughout the year, this connection will complement its service to Madrid (MAD). This route is subsidized by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism under its Air Connectivity […]

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, announced this week that it will return to Belfast International Airport (BFS), Northern Ireland. According to the company, it will offer twelve routes from the airport from March 2023. In total, it plans to operate around 115 flights a week to and from the airport. The Belfast-based company’s fleet will […]

Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific is considering a possible renewal of its fleet, especially to strengthen its short and medium-haul services, Bloomberg reported. A new dispute between Airbus and Boeing could thus be triggered. “We are constantly looking at the fleet requirements,” assured Augustus Tang, the company’s CEO. “We have not come up with a decision […]

At the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, seat manufacturer Recaro announced that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Transavia will equip new Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft with BL3710 and SL3710 seats, designed for economy classes. Deliveries to Transavia, which is owned by Air France-KLM, are scheduled to begin in September 2023. On the other hand, […]

ZIPAIR Tokyo, the low-cost subsidiary of Japan Airlines, continues to expand its long-haul network with a new destination announced on Monday at a press conference at Narita International Airport. Beginning in December, the airline plans new nonstop service between Tokyo Narita and San Jose, Calif. Bookings for this new route are expected to open by […]

Brussels Airlines has resumed two more African routes — increasing the number of destinations the carrier serves in sub-Saharan Africa to 17. On June 11, the Lufthansa Group subsidiary and Star Alliance carrier resumed service from Brussels to Conakry, Guinea and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Both routes will be operated 3 times weekly with an Airbus […]

The U.K. aviation industry has observed a strong recovery after scrapping travel restrictions in March. London’s Heathrow Airport — the busiest airport in the country — recorded 5.3 million passengers had traveled in May, the busiest month since March 2020, the figure has reached 79% of 2019 levels. The airport unveiled that 1.4 million passengers […]

Frontier Airlines is launching nonstop service to four additional cities from Las Vegas’s Harry Reid International Airport. The announcement comes as travel begins to take off for the summer season. Beginning August 9, Frontier will begin flying daily routes to and from Baltimore, Buffalo, Hartford, and Kansas City. The Denver-based ultra-low-cost carrier is becoming a […]

Korean Air announced Thursday that it will recommence three long-haul operation destinations from July. The South Korean carrier had suspended long-haul flights at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic over two years ago. As a country, South Korea had very strict lockdown procedures, inbound travel and quarantine restrictions. The mandatory quarantine for fully vaccinated travelers […]

American Airlines started regular service to Doha from New York this past weekend. The flight will operate daily with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. This marks the first time the airline is flying to Doha and its latest service to the Middle East along with Delhi and Tel Aviv. American has attempted to aggressively expand its […]