On September 27th, Lufthansa announced that it will commence two new long haul flights to North America from Berlin's Tegel Airport (TXL) and Dusseldorf (DUS). Berlin, Germany (TXL) to New York (JFK): Starting November 8th, 2017 Lufthansa will add 5x weekly service between Berlin and New York City aboard the airline's Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Berlin-New... Continue Reading →
Today, Air Canada announced a sizable collection of new routes originating from both Toronto (YYZ) and Montreal (YUL). Remember, I wrote about the airline's recent announced growth out of Vancouver (YVR). So before you start reading, just realize that (on the route development front) this has been quite an impressive month for Air Canada. It... Continue Reading →
In this installment of Wednesday Route Highlight we will be taking a look at Air Madagascar's unique service between Antananarivo, Madagascar and the southern French city of Marseille. As always, if you have any suggestions for a specific route that I should highlight, feel free to leave it below in the comments. Air Madagascar operates... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in my previous post, many legacy airlines have started creating their own brand of low coast carriers. This has come in response to Norwegian and WOW air, which have done a tremendous job of shaking up the Transatlantic market and subsequently lowering ticket prices. As a reminder, here are the brands that... Continue Reading →
We have seen the importance of low cost carriers rise exponentially over the last few years. Of course, the prime example is Norwegian, which has done a fantastic job at shaking up the long haul transatlantic market from its various European hubs (London, Paris, Copenhagen). In an effort to combat the increasing competition with LCC's,... Continue Reading →
On Thursday, September 21st Delta announced a number of new transatlantic routes from their hubs in Atlanta (ATL), Los Angeles (LAX), and New York (JFK). Atlanta (ATL): Delta will be adding summer seasonal service from its mega hub in Atlanta to Lisbon, Portugal. The flight will operate on a daily basis from May 24th, 2018... Continue Reading →
In this installment of Wednesday Route Highlight we will be taking a look at KLM's seasonal route between its hub in Amsterdam and Salt Lake City, Utah. As always, if you have any suggestions for a specific route that I should highlight, feel free to leave it below in the comments. KLM operates this flight... Continue Reading →
The transatlantic market is extremely competitive. Legacy airlines like British Airways and Lufthansa have seen their market share of passengers erode over the last few years. This is a result of the aggressive expansion of long-haul low cost carriers like Norwegian and WOW air, who offer extremely cheap tickets across the pond. These LHLCC's (long... Continue Reading →
This has been quite an exciting summer for Icelandic Aviation... On Thursday September 14th, Icelandair announced a new route between its hub in Reykjavik (KEF) and Dallas, Texas (DFW). This comes on the heels of the airline's late August announcement stating that it intends to launch a new route to Cleveland, Ohio (CLE). Reykjavik to Dallas: Icelandair... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday, September 13th Qatar Airways announced its intention to launch non-stop service to Cardiff, Wales (CWL) from its hub in Doha, Qatar (DOH). The flight will commence operations on a daily basis starting May 1st, 2018 onboard Qatar's Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The airline outfits this plane in a two class configuration consisting of 22... Continue Reading →
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