As part of a long-term ACMI agreement (aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance) between SmartLynx, a member of the Avia Solutions Group (ASG), and Royal Air Maroc, five SmartLynx Airbus A321 aircraft will come into service for the Moroccan national carrier and the country’s largest airline. The esteemed 64-year old airline currently operates a fleet of
Around 2,500 frontline Qantas and Jetstar employees will be stood down for an estimated two months in response to ongoing COVID outbreaks. The stand-down is a temporary measure to deal with a significant drop in flying caused by COVID restrictions in Greater Sydney in particular and the knock-on border closures in all other states and
Lufthansa Group’s newest airline Eurowings Discover left Frankfurt Airport on July 24, departing on its inaugural flight (4Y134). Operated by an Airbus 330-200 aircraft, passengers traveled from Frankfurt to Mombasa and, after a stopover of about one hour, continued onward to Zanzibar. The Lufthansa Group’s new leisure airline has been granted its Air Operator Certificate
Emirates is connecting global business and leisure travelers with it’s first-ever passenger service between Dubai and Miami. The airline celebrated the inaugural flight of its four-times-a-week service when it touched down in Miami on July 22. For the first flight, the airline operated its Boeing 777 Gamechanger, and on the ground, showcased the interiors of
Air Canada has posted its current summer transborder schedule including 55 routes and 34 destinations in the U.S., with up to 220 daily flights between the U.S. and Canada. The new schedule coincides with the loosening of restrictions on travel between the two countries as of August 9, 2021, enabling fully vaccinated Americans to enter
Delta and Virgin Atlantic are returning to their home at London Heathrow Terminal 3, which has been closed for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on July 15. Delta is operating nonstop services to Heathrow from both Atlanta and New York-JFK, however U.S. entry restrictions for non-essential travelers from the U.K. still apply.
Spirit Airlines is leading the Orlando International Airport’s resurgence with newly announced plans to offer more than 80 departures per day at MCO by the end of 2021. South Florida-based Spirit Airlines unveiled the largest schedule it has ever operated from Orlando, including new flights to destinations stretching from New Hampshire to the Dominican Republic along with
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Airport have joined forces to prove that it is possible to quickly and easily verify those arriving into the U.K. are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus – an identification process already in place for outbound travel to several countries. Earlier this week, Germany became the latest country to
During a challenging period for tourism in Cyprus, Zela Aviation is announcing its cooperation with Bulgarian Airline, Fly2Sky. The strategic agreement will actively revitalize tourist traffic, providing a state-of-the-art Airbus A320 (180 seats) for charter flights, five days a week, to and from Larnaca and Paphos airports, serving as the aircraft’s bases. More specifically, as
Finnair and Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines will enter to a joint business partnership on July 1, 2021, where the two carriers will cooperate commercially on flights between Helsinki and Shanghai as well points beyond in China and Europe. Finnair and Juneyao Airlines started a codeshare cooperation in July 2019, when Juneyao Air launched its Shanghai-Helsinki route. The joint business further deepens the
