OneWorld

Oneworld alliance partners Iberia and Alaska Airlines are seeking permission to codeshare on almost 80 routes operated by the Seattle-based carrier from Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO).

If the plans are approved, the Spanish carrier will place its IB code on domestic and international routes operated by Alaska Airlines from Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Without a partnership between Delta and LATAM, American will have an unfair advantage in Latin America, Delta and LATAM argue.

Flights are scheduled to resume at the end of July, operating once a week.

Alaska joined oneworld, which also includes Qatar Airways and American Airlines, at the end of March.

Vueling Global will allow travelers to book complex, connecting itineraries.

The move comes after Alaska Airlines cut ties with previous partner Emirates.

A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.

As well as further growing its domestic network with seven new routes, the oneworld alliance member is adding more Boeing 787 and Airbus A330 flights within Australia.

Morocco’s national carrier plans to double the number of routes it offers to Barcelona.

The request comes after American switched its Shanghai flights from DFW to Seattle to take advantage of Alaska’s feed.

The Central American nation will become the fourth overseas country served by the carrier.

Australian regulators have issued a draft rejection of an application by Qantas and Japan Airlines to cooperate more closely, although Qantas says it will argue to have the decision reversed in the final ruling.

S7 Airlines and Aeroflot are each launching new routes to Morocco among their latest network expansion plans.

The carrier is seeing a surge in leisure demand, but business travel continues to be anemic.

The US carrier is resuming service to India’s capital for the first time in almost a decade.

Including the latest additions, JetBlue customers now have access to more than 80 destinations in Qatar’s network from its main DOH hub.

Spirit believes that JetBlue Airways and American Airlines could be cooperating on routes beyond what is allowed under the Northeast Alliance.

Alaska can now offer passengers expansive international route itineraries.

The airline will serve 11 destinations in the 'lower 48' US states from Anchorage this summer.

The airline will serve 11 destinations in the 'lower 48' US states from Anchorage this summer.

The carrier hopes the point-to-point routes will stimulate business travel this summer as well as attracting leisure traffic.

The new routes will be operated be wholly owned regional carrier Horizon Air.

Australia’s competition commission is poised to green light the joint venture for a further five years.

Additional international services are returning to the Gulf carriers’ route maps.