The Lufthansa Group of airlines will be significantly expanding its services in Canada and abroad over the next few months. This applies to both short and long-haul flights. The airline is expanding its flight schedules to offer its customers as many destination choices as possible. In Canada, Lufthansa began offering three weekly, non-stop flights from
Delta is continuing to block the selection of middle seats and capping seating in every cabin through September 30, 2020. “Reducing the overall number of customers on every aircraft across the fleet is one of the most important steps we can take to ensure a safe experience for our customers and people,” said Chief Customer
Qatar Airways will be resuming services to Venice, Italy starting from July 15, 2020. The popular tourist destination and major arts and cultural centre will become the airline’s third destination in Italy to resume flights, marking a significant step in the resumption of global leisure travel. The national carrier of the State of Qatar will
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines has announced 18 new routes for summer 2020. The new flights beginning in June and July expand the airline’s growing presence in major cities, including Boston, Chicago, Newark and Philadelphia. As another step to support the health and well-being of customers, the carrier will implement mandatory temperature screenings for passengers and
BALPA, the British Airline Pilots’ Association and pilots’ union has criticized easyJet for its announcement of a shedding of up to 30% of its staff without prior consultation. The union sees this volume of layoffs as totally unnecessary and that it would need “a lot of convincing” that easyJet needed to make “such dramatic cuts.”
ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, has revealed that domestic air travel in China, which has been recovering slowly in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, has now reached more than 50% of what it was at the equivalent moment in 2019, based on issued air tickets. In addition, analysis of flight ticketing data reveals a
Avion Express Malta has reached another landmark in its development – the company obtained the Part 129 Operation Specification approval, issued by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to conduct passenger flights to and from the United States. The Maltese company will now be able to make wet-lease agreements with companies throughout North America. In order to
Air Canada’s freight division, Air Canada Cargo has announced a new expansion of its cargo-only network with the addition of five new destinations in Europe and South America beginning June 1. “Beginning June 1, five new destinations will be added to an already robust cargo-only network: Bogota, Lima, Amsterdam, Dublin and Madrid. These nonstop flights originating
Brussels Airlines will restart its commercial flights from its hub at Brussels Airport on June 15. Based on market demand and ongoing travel restrictions, the airline will offer an adapted and downsized summer schedule, which will consist of approximately 30% of Brussels Airlines’ originally planned summer schedule in Europe and 40% of the long-haul summer
Air New Zealand is extending the timeframe for its significantly reduced network, with its minimal international operations to continue through to August 31, 2020. In response to government travel restrictions and low demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline previously announced a limited international network through to June 30, to keep air links open
