This week: VietJet is further expanding service to Seoul; Air France plans to resume flights to Monrovia in Liberia; and German leisure airline Condor is adding a sixth destination in Canada.
This week: Eurowings heads into Eastern Europe; Air Transat receives first A321LR; Adelaide Airport reports international growth; Volotea to grow its fleet and more.
A new direct flight from Frankfurt to Quito in Ecuador, the host city for Routes Americas 2018, is being launched by German leisure carrier Condor. The service follows successful meetings at this year’s World Routes in Barcelona.
As passenger numbers at Pittsburgh International Airport continue to rise, chief executive Christina Cassotis outlines how the airport is successfully transitioning from a hub to focus on point-to-point traffic.
The truth, commitment and being prepared are the key qualities airlines look for in setting up new relationships with airports, Wilken Bellmann, head of network development long haul, Thomas Cook - Condor told delegates at the Routes Asia 2017 Strategy Summit.
Condor, part of Thomas Cook Group Airlines, will inaugurate a twice weekly link between its home base at Frankfurt Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport from June 23, 2017, growing its long-haul. The new route will complement new flights to San Diego and New Orleans in an expanded summer 2017 schedule and will operate through to September 1, 2017, a total of 21 return rotations.
New flights from WOW air and Condor will boost connectivity between Europe and Pittsburgh next summer adding to Delta Air Lines seasonal flight to Paris which has operated each summer since 2009. The flights to Reykjavik and Frankfurt will commence in June 2017 and will allow Pittsburgh International Airport to continue its recent international growth.
The new winter schedule will see Condor offer 52 flights per week into the Caribbean from the German markets of Frankfurt and Munich, as well as from Vienna in Austria.
The Icelandic carrier plans to extend its Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport flight schedule, operating services between BWI and Reykjavik a month earlier than planned.
Condor will provide 518 seats per week to Portland and Providence including a Business Class offering using a Boeing 767-300 configured in three-class with 18 Business Class, 35 Premium Economy and 206 Economy seats. The Portland service will mark the return of flights to Oregon’s largest city from Frankfurt, a route previously served by Lufthansa up until September 2009.
