United introduced a new transpacific service on Wednesday November 29 between Los Angeles and Brisbane. The 11,525-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, departing LAX on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 257-seat 787-9 aircraft. The Star Alliance member will compete against Qantas’ daily flights. It complements United’s other Brisbane service, from San Francisco, launched a […]
December 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Canadian ULCC Lynx Air introduced flights between Toronto YYZ and Los Angeles on Thursday 24 August. The 5-weekly, 3,500-kilometre route will be maintained on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays with the 189-seat 737 MAX 8 aircraft. It will compete directly against 32-weekly Air Canada flights and 4-weekly rotations maintained by WestJet. What they said […]
August 25, 2023 | Latest Route News +
LATAM introduced a new long-haul service from its Sao Paulo GRU hub to Los Angeles on Tuesday 1 August. The 9,905-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Brazil with the 410-seat 777-300 aircraft. Starting November, the airline will deploy its 300-seat 787-9 jet between the two cities. LATAM faces no […]
August 7, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Taiwan-based luxury carrier Starlux Airlines (IATA code JX) has introduced its first long-haul service with the introduction of flights between its hub in Taipei and Los Angeles on Wednesday 26 April. The 10,900-kilometre service will initially operate 5-weekly from Taipei, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, increasing to daily from 4 June. Flights will […]
April 28, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Earlier this month, on 3 December, Australian flag-carrier Qantas began 3-weekly service on the 14,440-kilometre route between Melbourne and Dallas/Fort Worth. This brought to 17 the number of non-stop airline services between the US and Australia. Back at the end of October, United had introduced 3-weekly service between San Francisco and Brisbane. Between 2004 and […]
December 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Cayman Airways (IATA code KX) now connects Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman with Los Angeles in California. The new 4,000-kilometre service will operate weekly with flights departing Grand Cayman on Saturdays and the return flight taking place on Sundays. The airline will use its 737 MAX 8s on the route. It currently has […]
November 15, 2022 | Latest Route News +
WestJet on 31 October began 3-weekly service between Winnipeg and Los Angeles using its 737-800s. Flights on the 2,480-kilometre route will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. The two airports have not been connected with non-stop service since at least 2000. According to the airport this is the first new major destination out of Winnipeg […]
November 14, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Norse Atlantic Airways launched non-stop service between Oslo and Los Angeles on Tuesday 9 August. The 8,600-kilometre route will be served 3-weekly, departing the Norwegian capital on Tuesdays (at 06:30), Thursdays (at 11:00) and Saturdays (at 15:30). The route was previously served by Norwegian from June 2014 to October 2019. Weekly frequency peaked at 3-weekly […]
August 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +
French Bee (IATA code BF) is a Paris ORY based long-haul, low-cost airline that began operations in September 2016 under the name French Blue. It changed its name to French Bee in January 2018. The carrier is owned by Groupe Dubreuil, which also owns Air Caraïbes (IATA code TX). According to a presentation on Groupe […]
May 10, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
With significant travel restrictions in place, new intercontinental routes to/from destinations in Asia have been few and far between since the start of the pandemic. So congratulations to ZIPAIR (IATA code ZG), the low-cost medium/long-haul subsidiary of Japan Airlines for starting service, on Christmas Day no less, between Tokyo NRT and Los Angeles. The 3-weekly […]
January 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United Airlines added a new airport to its US route network on 19 December when it began daily flights from three airports to Bishop in central eastern California. The airport, although just two kilometres from Bishop, is promoted as Eastern Sierra Regional Airport. The three routes are from United’s bases at Denver, Los Angeles and […]
January 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Alaska Airlines on Friday 19 November launched its first ever flights to Belize (located between Mexico and the Caribbean), not from one, but two airports. There are now 2-weekly seasonal flights (Fridays and Saturdays until late May) on the 4,540-kilometre route from Seattle and 4-weekly year-round flights (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) on the 3,500-kilometre […]
November 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +