Finnair has reported a new codeshare partnership with Alaska Airlines, which will further strengthen Finnair’s reach on the West Coast of the United States. Starting May 20, Finnair’s code will be added to flights operated by Alaska Airlines between San Francisco and the following cities: Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San
Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flight touched down on April 15, at N’djili Airport (Kinshasa International Airport – FIH). flydubai will operate daily flights to N’djili Airport with an enroute stop in Entebbe. flydubai is the first national carrier for the UAE to create direct air links to the Congolese capital, Kinshasa and with the start of
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed to award new scheduled U.S. carrier flights to Havana. The awards became possible when several U.S. carriers previously awarded Havana authority chose to return their awards. American Airlines can now fly from Miami, once daily, Delta Air Lines from Miami, once daily, JetBlue Airways from Fort Lauderdale,
It has been announced that as from June this year, the Laudamotion-Ryanair collaboration will see 21 aircraft flying out of nine airports in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This has come hot on the heels of the news that Ryanair had taken an initial 24.9% stake in the newly formed Austrian carrier that had risen from
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air will launch a new joint venture partnership that will offer customers world-class travel benefits across one of the most comprehensive route networks in the trans-Pacific market. The joint venture has now been approved by regulatory authorities in the U.S. and Korea, including the U.S. Department of Transportation and the
Air New Zealand will begin new nonstop service between Auckland and Chicago, beginning Nov. 30, 2018. The new service announcement deepens the joint venture relationship between Air New Zealand and United Airlines. In addition to the new route announcement, United announced it will extend its seasonal service between San Francisco and Auckland to year-round beginning
easyJet has announced it has entered into a long-term partnership with visitBerlin, the official promotional organisation of Germany’s capital city. The intention is to effectively promote tourism to Berlin, both from Germany and also the wider European market. The move comes on top of easyJet’s acquisition of part of the now defunct airBerlin which operated
GE Aviation has reported that it powered the Qantas 787-9 with GEnx engines on its historic flight from Perth to London. On Saturday evening, March 24, around 236 passengers took part in a major milestone in the aviation industry when QF9, taxied down the runway at Perth airport to take off for the first non-stop
Never before has there been a non-stop scheduled flight between Australia and Europe – until now: Flight QF9 will connect Perth and London without a stopover. It is one of the longest scheduled flights in the world. Flight QF9 took off from Perth on the west coast of Australia at 6.49 pm. Around five in
Lufthansa Group, as part of its ongoing efforts to digitalize the travel world, has launched hasslefree, one-step biometric boarding utilizing facial recognition. This innovative pilot, enabled through a collaboration with Lufthansa Group’s longstanding IT partner, Amadeus, as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Los Angeles World Airports Authority (LAWA), and Vision Box, is
