The airline, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, launched flights to Australia in March 2012 with the introduction of flights to Darwin supporting the strategy of its parent airline and allowing the group to grow its network in the country to six destinations: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The introduction of the Cairns route next year is an extension of this strategy.
In its application to the US DOT, JetBlue says it intends to offer a twice daily link to Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and a daily service from Orlando International Airport. Both routes will be served with 150-seat Airbus A320 equipment.
The 14th Airport Show opened in Dubai today with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum sending a clear message that the investment in the emirate's aviation infrastructure will continue.
The German flag carrier has announced it will begin operating services to Aalborg from March 30, 2015, and to Reykjavik from May 2, 2015 until September 26, 2015.
This will be the second regular route for easyJet to Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. It first inaugurated flights to the territory, famous for its Rock of Gibraltar landmark, in March 2008 when it opened a link from London Gatwick.
The new Spirit service will bring some much needed additional capacity to Las Vegas to the wider Pennsylvanian market. The popular entertainment destination is currently only served on a twice daily basis from Pittsburgh International Airport by Southwest Airlines after US Airways closed its own flights in May 2010.
The confirmation of the new long-haul link at the World Travel Market in London earlier today continues a successful period for Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, the owner and operator of the Reno-Tahoe International and Reno-Stead Airports, which last month announced the planned resumption of international air services after a 15 year gap.
Frontier Airlines will not launch two new routes next month to the Bahamas as scheduled, saying that bookings “did not meet expectations,” an airline spokesman confirmed.
NOTAM reports issued by the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority have sent a clear indication that the country's new international airport will become operational at the end of this month.
The new Air France connection to Vancouver will launch on March 29, 2015 and will initially operate on a three times weekly basis through to May 4, 2015 when it will be increased to a five times weekly schedule for the peak summer period, before returning to a three times weekly offering from September 14, 2015 through to the end of the season on October 24, 2015.
Hawaiian Airlines has made clear that it will not sit on the sidelines while American Airlines and Delta Air Lines battle over access to Tokyo’s close-in Haneda Airport.
Atlantic Airways focuses primarily on providing the Faroe Islands with important air services to neighbouring countries, including Denmark, the UK, Iceland, and Norway but it is also involved in increasingly important activity in other markets including charter contracts throughout northern and central Europe.
Iraq has withdrawn traffic rights from German low-cost carrier Germania. The airline described the move as made an “unjustified and arbitrary decision”.
The two new seasonal flights between New York and Birmingham and Edinburgh will be launched from May 7, 2015 and will be operated using a 182-seat Boeing 757-200 configured with 22 Business Class and 160 Economy seats. Both flights will operate under a codeshare arrangement with British Airways through their joint transatlantic business.
