Routes & Networks Latest: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C Oct. 7, 2024)

Oct. 7

Aer Lingus will open service between Dublin and Nashville, Tennessee, starting April 12, 2025. The route will be flown 4X-weekly with an Airbus A321XLR. This will be this first time the two cities are linked nonstop. The Irish airline noted passengers from Nashville will be able to connect to 22 European destinations via Dublin.

WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, said it will increase capacity at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport (YWG) by 35% versus last winter, marking the carrier’s “largest capacity boost at any airport in Western Canada this season,” CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech said. The airline is operating three new routes from YWG for the winter season to: Montreal (5X-weekly); Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1X-weekly); and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (1X-weekly). WestJet will also increase capacity on nine existing routes from the airport, including flying 46X-weekly service to the carrier’s Calgary base, up 31% year-over-year. Another notable WestJet winter route from YWG is daily service to Cancun, Mexico.

SAS and Virgin Atlantic have launched a codeshare agreement, which follows SAS joining SkyTeam on Sept. 1. Virgin Atlantic is already a SkyTeam member. Virgin Atlantic passengers will be able to connect via London Heathrow and Manchester to SAS flights to Norwegian destinations Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger, as well as to Copenhagen and Stockholm. SAS passengers will be able to connect via Heathrow to destinations including Barbados, Jamaica, the Maldives and South African cities Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Scottish regional carrier Loganair will operate holiday flights between Belfast City and Isle of Man. Service on the route will be operated daily from Dec. 21 through Dec. 28, as well as from Dec. 31 through Jan. 2, 2025. The flights will be operated with an ATR-72 turboprop configured to carry 72 passengers.