Air France (AF) has implemented codeshare agreements with West Africa’s Air Burkina (2J) and SN Air Mali (I5), giving those carriers a quota of seats on daily AF flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Bamako (BKO) and Ouagadougou (OUA), respectively.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air (G4), has been granted FAA ETOPS certification and flag carrier status, clearing the way to begin flights to Hawaii this month.
The distance between Portugal and the UAE is set to become much shorter when, starting July 9, Emirates Airline launches direct flights from Dubai to Portuguese capital Lisbon, becoming the only carrier based in the Middle East to operate services into Portugal.
South African Airways (SAA) is dropping its nonstop services between Cape Town (CPT) and London (LHR) from Aug. 15, routing all passenger traffic between the two points through its Johannesburg (JNB) hub.
New York-based JetBlue Airways (B6) and Beijing-based Air China (CA) have announced a interline partnership connecting their networks at New York JFK and Los Angeles (LAX), Calif., and a carrier based in the rapidly expanding Chinese market.