The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Aug. 3
LOT Polish Airlines has opened sales for a new nonstop route between Warsaw and Hanoi, with the inaugural flight scheduled for March 31, 2027. The year-round service will operate 3X-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using Boeing 787 aircraft. Hanoi will become LOT's fifth long-haul destination in Asia, joining Tokyo, Seoul, New Delhi and Bangkok. “The launch of the Hanoi route reflects our ambition to further strengthen LOT Polish Airlines’ presence in Asia and continue developing our Warsaw hub as a gateway between Central and Eastern Europe and some of the world's most promising destinations,” LOT CCO Robert Ludera says.
IndiGo will suspend its Mumbai-London Heathrow service and switch its Mumbai-Amsterdam route to Airbus A321XLR operations as it ends its damp lease agreement for Boeing 787-9 aircraft with Norse Atlantic Airways. The move is effective from Oct. 25. IndiGo says the changes reflect higher operating costs driven by geopolitical tensions, including airspace restrictions, elevated fuel prices and currency pressures. The damp lease agreement with Norse will formally end on Oct. 31. The LLC plans to resume London Heathrow operations once its first A350-900s are delivered.
Wizz Air will launch service between Berlin Brandenburg and Milan Malpensa from Dec. 14, 2026. The route will operate daily using Airbus A321neo aircraft. Milan Malpensa becomes the ULCC’s latest addition from Berlin and complements its growing Italian network.
Canada’s Air Transat plans to make its Montreal-Dakar route a year-round service, extending the service through the 2026-27 northern winter season. The route, launched in June, will operate weekly between Oct. 30 and March 26, 2027, using Airbus A330 aircraft. The carrier is also expanding its leisure network to Cancun, launching a new weekly service from Windsor on Dec. 19 through April 25 and extending its seasonal Fredericton-Cancun route to operate weekly from Dec. 16 through April 29.
Starlux Airlines has inaugurated nonstop service between Taipei and Prague, marking the Taiwanese carrier's first route to Europe. The service initially operates 3X-weekly, increasing to 4X-weekly from October. Starlux will also upgrade the route from an Airbus A350-900 to the larger A350-1000 from Sept. 1.
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