Manchester-Boston Regional’s Ted Kitchens discusses the impact of the airport’s first new airline partner in 17 years and how it is working to reduce leakage to nearby Boston International.
The Reykjavik-based startup has revealed the first two destinations in the US it plans to serve as the airline pursues a low-cost long-haul connecting strategy between Europe and the US via Iceland.
The airline says the alliance with American Airlines enables it to grow in the capacity-constrained New York market well beyond what it otherwise could.