Canada Jetlines (IATA code AU) is the latest airline to launch low-cost, leisure flights in the Canadian domestic market. On Thursday 22 September the carrier launched its inaugural service between Toronto YYZ and Calgary. The 2,700-kilometre route will be flown just 2-weekly initially (Thursdays and Sundays), increasing to 3-weekly in October and November. The airline’s […]
September 23, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The Italian air travel market is currently even more dynamic than usual. With Alitalia having been shut down and reborn as considerably smaller ITA Airways, there are opportunities for other carriers to grab a share of the market. Ryanair and Wizz Air have been particularly active in expanding their presence in Italy. Following the demise […]
July 19, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Norse Atlantic Airways (IATA code N0) finally began scheduled services on Tuesday 14 June with the airline’s first commercial service between Oslo OSL and New York JFK. The first flight, N0 1, departed the Norwegian capital almost two hours behind schedule at 21:42 local time (according to flightrader24.com) and arrived in the US just over […]
June 21, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The skies of Canada welcomed a new airline last week when Calgary-based Lynx Air (IATA code Y9) launched its first route between Calgary and Vancouver on Thursday 7 April. However, the airline is not quite as new as it seems as it has evolved out of Enerjet, which received its Canadian AOC as long ago […]
April 14, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Earlier this week it was announced that a new airline, using the Flybe name, would be launching operations next summer from its new base in Birmingham. The old Flybe had its headquarters in Exeter. Details on the airline’s planned route network were decidedly vague, although the Mayor of West Midlands spoke of ‘better domestic and […]
November 19, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
When ExpressJet Airlines (IATA code EV) lost its contract to operate feeder flights for United Airlines last September its future was uncertain. The carrier first began operating in 1987 and since then operated flights on behalf of American, Delta and United and was at one time the world’s largest operator of Embraer ERJ-145s. Now the […]
October 27, 2021 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America
Bees Airline (IATA code 7B) is a relatively new carrier that launched in Ukraine in March 2021. It currently operates a fleet of four 189-seat 737-800s, all of which were previously flown by Ukraine International Airlines. Its main base is at Kiev Zhulyany Airport, but it recently revealed plans to expand from Odessa with a […]
October 22, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Hot on the heels of the first flight by Icelandic newcomer PLAY, Wednesday 30 June saw the inaugural commercial flight by another new European carrier, Norway’s Flyr. The airline began with a domestic route from its base in Oslo to Tromsø, operated by a 737-800 (registration LN-FGA). The first flight, operating as FS 408 (a […]
July 2, 2021 | Latest Route News +
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