Boeing 787

The carrier, which serves three airports in Nigeria, has not flown to Enugu since 2019.

Additional frequencies are being added by the Japanese carrier on select international routes as passenger traffic recovers.

The long-haul services will now start in January; American still plans to launch a New York JFK-Delhi route on Oct. 31.

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

The carrier seeks to fill the gap left by Norwegian Air Shuttle stopping transatlantic flying.

The resumption increases the number of points served in Europe by WestJet to three.

Fresh from announcing flights to Madrid from Guadalajara, the Mexican airline has confirmed the launch of another route to the Spanish capital.

Boeing booked 14 net orders in July and delivered 22 737 MAXs, keeping momentum going in two key areas—positive monthly transactions and clearing out its backlog of undelivered narrowbodies.

Senior VP of network planning Mark Galardo tells Routes he expects a big boost next month when Canada’s borders reopen for vaccinated travelers.

Mexico’s flag-carrier is increasing capacity to Spain by more than 20% with a new long-haul route from Guadalajara.

Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr now expects the U.S. to reopen air travel for fully vaccinated international passengers by the end of September, a step that could be a key milestone in the airline’s recovery.

The route launch forms part of a wider expansion between the UK and the Caribbean this winter.

With commercial operations scheduled to commence on Aug. 11, the airline is already planning to expand its network internationally.

The agreement covers routes from Amsterdam to 18 cities across Europe.

A fourth international destination will join the long-haul LCC’s network in September.

Boeing is shifting some Charleston, South Carolina factory employees from 787 production to inspection and rework to resolve production-quality issues that are holding up deliveries.

Destinations in Tanzania, Oman and Sri Lanka are being added to the carrier’s international network.

Amsterdam will join the airline’s route map in August, while flights to London return in July.

Flights from Doha to Sharjah will resume in July, seven months after the blockade on Qatar was lifted.

“It would be more efficient to have only one type of aircraft,” COO Francesco Sciortino said. “We also need a long-term perspective for a replacement for the Boeing 767.”

Should the LAX-Christchurch route proceed as planned, American will become the only carrier to fly nonstop from the U.S. to New Zealand’s South Island.

Three new nonstop services to Hawaii are planned as the carrier targets demand for winter vacations.

There are currently no nonstop flights between Vietnam and the US.

South African-born Hendrik Du Preez talks about the potential for Qatar Airways in Africa. Thanks to the end of the blockade, many more opportunities are possible.

The Milan-based airline’s first scheduled transatlantic route to the US is set to start in June.