Alaska Airlines now connects Anchorage in Alaska with Everett Paine Field in Washington. Daily service on the 2,290-kilometre route commenced on Wednesday 30 November using Embraer E175s. Anchorage ranks just sixth in December among Alaska Airlines’ busiest airports with 277 weekly departures according to analysis of Cirium schedules data. Seattle is way out in front […]
December 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Avelo Airlines (IATA code XP) has added Newport News/Williamsburg Airport in Virginia to its route network with the launch of two routes to Florida. A 4-weekly service on the 1,065-kilometre route to Orlando MCO began on Wednesday 19 October, while 3-weekly service on the 1,275-kilometre route to Fort Lauderdale began on Thursday 20 October. There […]
October 25, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air New Zealand has launched its longest ever route with the introduction on Saturday 17 September of a 3-weekly non-stop service between Auckland and New York JFK. The 14,180-kilometre route will be operated using the airline’s 787-9s. The inaugural service, NZ 2 operated by ZK-NZN, departed Auckland at 16:23 local time. It arrived in New […]
September 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +
US regional aha! has added another route from its home base in Reno, Nevada. On Thursday 11 August the carrier began 2-weekly service on the 780-kilometre route to Idaho Falls in Idaho. The service will be flown every Thursday and Sunday using the airline’s ERJ-145s. No other carrier connects these two airports. According to flightradar24.com, […]
August 18, 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 […]
British Airways now serves San Sebastian in the north-east corner of Spain from its base at London LCY. The 920-kilometre route will be flown 2-weekly (on Mondays and Fridays) using the airline’s E190s operated under the BA CityFlyer brand. The first service was on Friday 8 July and the last flight will be on 2 […]
July 14, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Flair (IATA code F8) had added Windsor International Airport (IATA code YQG – which the airport brands as meaning ‘Your Quick Gateway’) in southwestern Ontario to its network. On Thursday 7 July it began 2-weekly service (Thursdays and Sundays) on the 820-kilometre route from Montreal. Two days later, on Saturday 9 July, it added 2-weekly […]
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 +
A year later than originally planned, Edelweiss (the leisure subsidiary of SWISS) began weekly service between Zurich and Newquay in the south-west of the UK. Flights will operate every Sunday between 3 July and 18 September, a total of just 18 flights. The carrier will utilise its 174-seat A320s on the 1,045-kilometre route. Zurich increases […]
July 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Contour (IATA code LF) has added Philadelphia in Pennsylvania to its route network. On Friday 1 July, the regional carrier began 12-weekly service to two destinations in the state of New York; Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh. Neither route is served by any other carrier. The airline will use two of its ERJ-135s to operate these routes. […]
July 7, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Norwegian carrier Flyr celebrated one year of scheduled services on 30 June 2022. The following day it launched a new 2-weekly service on the 2,510-kilometre route between Oslo and Porto. This appears to be the first time that these two airports have ever been connected with non-stop service. Flyr, which initially operated primarily on domestic […]
easyJet launched a new domestic route in the UK on Monday 27 June. It is now offering 3-weekly flights on the 480-kilometre route between Manchester and Inverness in Scotland. According to the airline’s website, services operate on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays until 13 October when a Thursday service is (briefly) added, before the service ends […]
July 6, 2022 | Latest Route News +