San Antonio in Texas is the latest US airport to welcome the bright yellow aircraft of Spirit (IATA code NK). Technically, Spirit has served San Antonio before, way back between April 2008 and March 2009 when it offered a single route to Fort Lauderdale. On Thursday 17 November the ULCC launched its first new routes […]
November 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United launched a new route between the US and Australia when it commenced service between San Francisco and Brisbane on Friday 28 October. The inaugural flight of UA96 departed the Californian airport at 23:45 and arrived in the Queensland city 13 hours and 41 minutes later, at 06:26 on Sunday 30 October, according to flightradar24.com. […]
November 8, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Breeze (IATA code MX) chose Friday 7 October as the launch date for two new routes to Savannah in Georgia. It now serves the airport 2-weekly (Mondays and Fridays) from New Orleans and White Plains/Westchester. Neither route is served by any other carrier. The airline will use its E190s on both new connections. The inaugural […]
October 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (IATA code 5W) has recently operated its first service to the Maldives when it began 4-weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Malé. The inaugural flight on the 3,020-kilometre route took place on Tuesday 4 October using one of the airline’s five A321s. The other three flights each week depart the UAE […]
October 10, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) launched two new international routes from Paris ORY on Saturday 1 October. Using its 737-800s it now serves Béjaïa in Algeria. There are a few flights each week in October, before frequency becomes daily from the start of November until the end of March. The 1,350-kilometre route […]
October 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Lumiwings (IATA code L9) has launched flights between Foggia and Milan MXP. Flights will operate 4-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays using the airline’s fleet of 737s of which it currently has two according to planespotters.net. One is a -700 (registration SX-LWC) while the other is a -300 (registration SX-LWA). It was the latter […]
October 3, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Icelandair (IATA code FI) began not one, but two new routes on Wednesday 6 July. That day saw the launch of 2-weekly service from Reykjavik KEF to both Nice in the south of France and Rome FCO. The 2,940-kilometre Nice service will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays until 27 August. The 3,325-kilometre connection to the […]
July 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Norse Atlantic Airways (IATA code N0) has launched its third route from Oslo, this time to Orlando MCO in Florida. The new long-haul carrier has already started service to New York JFK (14 June) and Fort Lauderdale (18 June). The 7,440-kilometre route will operate 3-weekly, departing Oslo on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays until 29 October. […]
flydubai (IATA code FZ) launched a new European service on Friday 24 June. It now connects Dubai and Pisa in Italy with 3-weekly (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) flights using its 737 MAX 9s. the 4,540-kilometre is not served by any other carrier. This is currently the Italian airport’s only non-stop service to the Middle East. […]
June 29, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Jazeera Airways (IATA code J9) chose Wednesday 22 June as the launch date for its new 2-weekly service between Kuwait City and Prague. The second weekly flight will be on Saturdays. No other carrier operates this 3,650-kilometre route. It will be flown using Jazeera’s A320 fleet. This brings to eight the number of destinations Jazeera […]
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 +
Eurowings Discover added Anchorage in Alaska to its network portfolio, when it began 3-weekly service from Frankfurt on 13 June. Flights on the 7,530-kilometre route will depart the German city on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays until 10 September using the airline’s A330-300s and A330-200s. Competition on the route comes from Condor, which also operates a […]