Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
This week: Pegasus Airlines is adding more capacity into Israel; Viva Air Colombia is moving into a market vacated by Avianca; and Delta Air Lines is resuming service between Seattle and Dallas/Ft. Worth after a 14-year hiatus.
Plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport are in tatters after judges sided with a group of climate campaigners and ruled against expansion over environmental concerns.
COVID-19 coronavirus-related disruption and flight cancellations could have a mid-single-digit impact on 2020 earnings for the most exposed European airports, Royal Bank of Canada analysts said in a research note.
Alaska Airlines and American Airlines expand their partnership, paving the way for new international routes from Seattle including the first nonstop service to connect to Bengaluru, India.
Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.
This week: British Airways is adding a 27th destination in the US to its network; WestJet plans to increase its presence in Boston; and Sun Country Airlines is expanding to Canada for the first time.
After almost 40 years linking Auckland with London via Los Angeles, Air New Zealand is ending the route in favour of launching a non-stop service between its home hub and New York. Routesonline looks at the airline’s long-haul changes.
Air France-KLM and China Eastern's joint venture is to be enlarged to include Virgin Atlantic. As well as the new partnership, it has also been confirmed that regional airline Flybe, which was acquired earlier this year by a consortium that includes Virgin Atlantic, will re-brand as Virgin Connect.
Competition on services between Boston and London is set to further intensify from next March when American Airlines reinstates its route to Heathrow after a seven-year absence from its network.
This week: Virgin Atlantic’s first flights to Brazil; El Al Israel Airlines to add two new European routes; and Delta Air Lines opens reservation for its planned Seoul Incheon – Manila route.
This week: Air Mauritius takes delivery of A330neo; AirAsia still keen on Vietnamese LCC; Norwegian delays aircraft deliveries; Ryanair starts Charleroi connecting service and more.
As 1,200 delegates gather in Hannover for the 14th annual Routes Europe, Routesonline reveals the continent’s top ten busiest international passenger routes and looks at the services which have grown at the fastest rate over the last 12 months.
