US Airways will launch service from Charlotte to Ottawa (daily from May 31 aboard an Air Wisconsin CRJ200), Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta (each daily from June 5 aboard an A319), and from Philadelphia to Halifax (thrice-daily from June 1 aboard an Air Wisconsin CRJ200). British Airways will resume six-times-weekly London City-Barcelona service at the end of March, becoming daily in May. New flights from LCY to Majorca and Ibiza will begin in May. Lufthansa will launch six-times-weekly Dusseldorf-Edinburg service on April 26.
Emirates is to add another Airbus A380 to its London Heathrow route from 1st July this year, making the popular superjumbo experience more widely available to passengers.
Air France KLM intends to maintain its strong position in Africa and a strategy of continuous growth despite the economic downturn and increased competition, Senior VP-Africa & Middle East Etienne Rachou told ATWOnline. "In terms of the number of destinations, frequencies and product, we are the number one to Africa. We will do everything we can to keep our leadership position," he said yesterday in Brussels.
Qatar Airways will launch its first flights to South America when it begins flying to Sao Paulo Guarulhos and Buenos Aires from Doha later this year. Frequency and dates for the 777 services were not announced. QR already has announced plans to start serving Copenhagen (March 30), Ankara (April 5), Tokyo Narita (April 26) and Barcelona (June 7). Its summer schedule from March 28 will feature capacity increases to 15 additional destinations, including third daily flights to both Colombo and Kathmandu.
Alaska Airlines will launch service from San Jose, Calif., to Kahului (thrice-weekly) and Kona (four-times-weekly) on March 12. Frontier Airlines will operate Kansas City-Cancun service twice-weekly April 19-May 2 and weekly May 3-Aug. 28. Jet Airways Konnect will launch daily Delhi-Dehradun flights on March 28 aboard an ATR 72-500. Air Europa will launch thrice-weekly London Gatwick-Madrid-Miami service on March 19. Ryanair will launch thrice-weekly London Stansted-Ciudad Real service on May 24.
Fly540, which has bases in East Africa in Kenya and Tanzania, is now embarking on a new expansion towards West Africa, with a view to establishing bases in Angola and Ghana. Routes News reports.
Air China is sizing up a possible take-over of regional carrier Shenzhen Airlines. What does the national carrier stand to gain from this possible acquisition? Routes News finds out.
German-based tour operator GTI Travel is to launch a new charter airline called German Sky on April 1. This will initially fly between Düsseldorf and Antalya and operate alongside Antalya-based charter carrier Sky Airlines, which is owned by parent company, Turkey's Kayi Group. Routes News reports.
