Airlines & Routes

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,

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

Australian flag-carrying airline Qantas has announced its intention to make significant improvements to its worldwide network of passenger lounges. The focus of attention will be on improving the level of luxury while also increasing the number of lounges. This will be the biggest investment Qantas has made in the last ten years where its lounges