On May 2, Air New Zealand’s alliance partner Air China touched down in Auckland for the first time in three years, giving Air New Zealand customers a direct route to Beijing – the world’s most populous capital city. As of May 3, Air New Zealand’s Auckland-Shanghai flights return to a daily schedule. Air New Zealand Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty said
United Airlines (United) has reported the largest South Pacific network expansion ever to and from the continental U.S., including the first non-stop flight between San Francisco and Christchurch set to commence on December 1. United will be the only carrier to directly connect the U.S. and the South Island of New Zealand. With 66 flights between the U.S. and Australia/New Zealand every week,
Etihad Cargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s SF Airlines, a leading cargo airline, in a move that reinforces Etihad Cargo’s commitment to the Chinese market. Starting from April, both airlines will operate flights via their respective fleets to the other carrier’s hub, enhancing Etihad Cargo’s capabilities in the region and enabling
Loganair, the UK’s regional airline, is to expand at London Heathrow Airport (Heathrow). The airline has secured access to 30 additional pairs of slots each week at Heathrow under a lease arrangement with British Airways, which takes effect in May 2023. The slots will enable Loganair to develop regional connectivity from UK domestic destinations to the
Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, touched down in Kolkata, India, on March 26, as the airline made its much-anticipated return to the city. With a total of seven-weekly nonstop services, the airline will once again connect India’s financial capital, Kolkata, with the world through Abu Dhabi. The first flight on the new
Finnair has releases that it has reached a savings agreement with its cabin crew. As a result, the carrier has concluded the change negotiations it started in November and discontinued the subcontracting plan for inflight services on routes to/from Thailand and North America. The savings agreement is valid until the end of 2025. Finnair had
Emirates has boosted operations by 31% (total ASKMs) since the start of its financial year and has further plans to ramp up seat capacity in its latest published northern summer schedule starting March 26, 2023. In the past months, the airline has planned and executed the rapid growth of its network operations – reintroducing services to five
Emirates and Philippine Airlines (PAL) have inked an interline agreement to boost connectivity for passengers of both air carriers to new points on each other’s networks via Manila and Dubai, using a single ticket and one baggage policy. Now in effect, the reciprocal interline partnership provides Emirates’ passengers access to 19 Philippine domestic destinations operated
KLM Group, Delta Air Lines, Corendon, easyJet and TUI are challenging the Dutch government’s decision to cut flight movements at Schiphol Airport, confident they can reduce noise levels and emissions while maintaining a network of destinations for the millions of passengers they carry annually to and from Schiphol. Schiphol Airport makes a significant contribution to
Virgin Atlantic has formally joined SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, at a signing ceremony in London on Thursday March 2 . The move means Virgin Atlantic becomes SkyTeam’s first and only UK member airline, enhancing the alliance’s transatlantic network and services to and from Heathrow and Manchester airports. Virgin Atlantic customers will now benefit from
