Krakow in Poland became the latest European airport to have a non-stop service to New York JFK, when the first flight (LO 19 operated by Boeing 787-8 registration SP-LRG) departed the Polish airport at 13:06 on Saturday 26 June. Just over eight hours later, the aircraft arrived in the US at 15:14 local time, according […]
June 29, 2021 | Latest Route News +
On Saturday 26 June, KLM added Verona in Italy to its Amsterdam network when it began operations on the 885-kilometre route. The service is set to operate daily using KLM Cityhopper’s Embraer E175s. The service will complement the existing daily service operated by KLM’s in-house LCC Transavia, which has been operating the route during the […]
SWISS has become the third European flag-carrier to serve the busiest airport in the Azores, Ponta Delgada. On Friday 25 June the Star Alliance carrier began weekly service from Geneva using its A220-300s. The 2,780-kilometre route is not flown by any other carrier. Two other Star Alliance members already serve Ponta Delgada; Lufthansa (from Frankfurt) […]
June 28, 2021 | Latest Route News +
On Friday 25 June, Lufthansa launched service between its main hub at Frankfurt and Cork in Ireland. The 1,210-kilometre route will operate weekly (on Fridays) until mid-July, when an additional Monday service is set to be added. Currently the service is set to operate until 10 September with CRJ 900s operated by Lufthansa CityLine. While […]
Salamanca Airport (IATA code SLM) in western Spain welcomed the return of scheduled services on Thursday 24 June when Volotea began 2-weekly service (Mondays and Thursdays) to/from Palma de Mallorca. The airport last saw scheduled flights in August 2019 when Air Europa offered the same route on a weekly basis. The same carrier offered a […]
June 25, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Thursday 24 June 2021 saw Spirit Airlines begin service at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport in Wisconsin. The ULCC began daily service to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Orlando using its A320s. During the celebrations at the airport, the airline announced four new, daily, domestic routes starting 17 November (to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Phoenix and […]
Thursday 24 June 2021 saw the first commercial flight operated by Iceland’s new carrier PLAY (IATA code OG). The first destination from Reykjavik KEF was London STN, a route that has been served by a variety of carriers over the years, including Go Fly (BA’s in-house LCC that ended up being bought by easyJet) in […]
June 24, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, Latest Route News +, Top Story
Aegean Airlines (IATA code A3) has started expanding its international route network from Greek airports other than Athens. This summer it plans to introduce some 20 new services mostly from Heraklion, Mykonos and Thessaloniki. Confirmed route launches so far are; Heraklion to Warsaw (weekly from 16 May competing with LOT Polish Airlines), Corfu to London […]
June 15, 2021 | Latest Route News +
easyJet (IATA code U2) has added a total of eight new routes during the last four weeks. Five of these were UK domestic routes; Manchester to Newquay (5-weekly from 24 May competing with Loganair), Belfast BFS to Bournemouth (2-weekly from 26 May), Edinburgh to Bournemouth (2-weekly from 27 May), Glasgow to Newquay (2-weekly from 29 […]
S7 Airlines (IATA code S7) now serves Heraklion in Greece from its Moscow DME base. The airline is currently operating an A321 on the weekly (Tuesday) service and faces no direct competition. This becomes the airline’s third route to Greece having served Rhodes for several years and launched service to Thessaloniki earlier this year. Looking […]
Routes Launched between Saturday 17 April 2021 and Friday 14 May 2021 – Part 1 Aeroflot (IATA code SU) on 17 April enhanced its connectivity to the Middle East when it launched a weekly (Saturday) service between Moscow SVO and Sharjah in the UAE. The 3,700-kilometre route will be operated by the airline’s A330-300 […]
May 17, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Routes Launched between Saturday 17 April 2021 and Friday 14 May 2021 – Part 2 KLM (IATA code KL) returned to Belgrade on 13 May after a gap of three decades, with non-sop service from Amsterdam. Initially operating 3-weekly with E190s on the 1,410-kilometre route, frequency is set to increase to daily in the […]