United hopes to begin flying between Washington and Cape Town from November but will face competition for the available weekly frequencies under the US-South Africa air services agreement.
The closure of Russian airspace to Finnish airlines is hitting Finnair hard as the majority of the flag-carrier’s pre-COVID revenues came from long-haul flights to Asia that overfly Russian territory.
Korean Air has become the latest carrier to suspend its flights to Moscow since the Ukraine conflict began, while Japanese airlines are extending their cancelation of most European flights.
Southeast Asian nations are taking bolder steps toward reopening their borders as the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme expands to more countries and cities within the region, which has seen one of the slowest recoveries in international flying.
Qatar Airways has launched four weekly flights to Kano on March 2, and three weekly flights to Port Harcourt on March 3, both operating via the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
Airlink has said it is ‘disappointed’ by Madagascar’s decision to ban all flights between South Africa and the Indian Ocean island for up to three months.
Japan’s major airlines are canceling most of their flights to Europe due to the war in Ukraine, yet Korean Air’s Moscow flights are operating as normal for now and the carrier’s European services continue to overfly Russia.
