Today, Thursday September 7th, United Airlines announced that it will be launching non-stop flights from its hub in Houston, Texas to Sydney, Australia. The flight will operate daily starting January 18th, 2018 onboard the airlines' new Boeing 787-9 aircraft. United outfits these aircraft with 48 flat bed Polaris (business class) seats, 88 economy plus seats,... Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, September 6th Delta Air Lines (DL) announced a new route between Indianapolis, Indiana (IND) and Paris, France (CDG) starting in May, 2018. While the airline has yet to specify how many times a week the route will fly, we do know that it will be operated by one of the airline's 767-300ER aircraft.... Continue Reading →

An article published Saturday, September 2nd in the South China Morning Post details Hong Kong Airlines' desire to launch 3 new non-stop services; two in the United States and one Europe. All three of these routes will be operated by HKA's new Airbus A350-900, which will be delivered starting in September, 2017. According to Chinese... Continue Reading →

Today, Air Canada announced tremendous growth out of its hub in Vancouver (YVR) in the form of new routes and additional frequencies. Vancouver (YVR) to Paris (CDG): Air Canada will serve the French capital 4x weekly from June 8th, 2018 to October 15th, 2018 on-board its Boeing 787 aircraft (the airline has not yet specified... Continue Reading →

On Thursday, August 31st Cathay Pacific loaded 3 new flights into their Summer 2018 schedule, thereby signaling 3 new routes they intend to commence to the Europe. Hong Kong (HKG) to Brussels (BRU): Cathay will serve the Belgian capital 4x weekly starting March 27th, 2018 on-board its A350-900 aircraft. Hong Kong (HKG) to Copenhagen (CPH): CX... Continue Reading →

Australian flag carrier Qantas doesn't seem satisfied with their newly announced non-stop flight between Perth and London, set to commence in March, 2018. On Friday August 25th, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce pushed all of his chips into the center of the figurative table. Joyce announced the airline's desire to commence more ultra long-haul flights from Eastern... Continue Reading →

Well I guess WOW Air CEO Skúli Mogensen (pictured above) didn't agree with me on Columbus, OH being a candidate for transatlantic service...Yet. On Wednesday, August 23rd, WOW Air announced it would add the following 4 Midwestern U.S. cities to their route network from their Hub in Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF) Detroit (DTW, Starting April 25th, 2018) Cleveland... Continue Reading →

Air Canada has announced its intentions to launch a flight between Montreal (YUL) and Tokyo Narita (NRT) starting June 2018. This flight will be operated daily in summer and 3x weekly during winter on board one of AC's 787-8 aircraft, which features a total of 251 seats spread across three classes of service. The plane... Continue Reading →

Delta Air Lines has announced its intentions to launch a 3x weekly service from its hub at New York-JFK to Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) starting March 24th, 2018. The flight will be operated by the airline's Airbus a330-200 aircraft, which features a total of 234 seats spread across 3 classes of service. The plane will top out... Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, August 16th, American Airlines announced an assortment of new routes from their hubs in Philadelphia and Chicago. First, we'll dive into Philadelphia, as this announcement has huge implications for AA's (ex. U.S. Airways) east coast hub. Philadelphia: American has announced its intention to launch summer seasonal service to both Budapest and Prague daily... Continue Reading →