In this installment of Wednesday Route Highlight we will be taking a look at LATAM's unique route between Santiago, Chile (SCL) and Easter Island (IPC) which then continues on (1x weekly) to Tahiti, French Polynesia. As always, if you have any suggestions for a specific route that I should highlight, feel free to leave it... Continue Reading →
Per a tweet from Will Horton (@winglets747) at CAPA: Cathay Pacific has announced that it is suspending service between Hong Kong (HKG) and Dusseldorf (DUS) effective March, 2018 (last bookable flight). This is unfortunate to hear, as the route is relatively new (commenced September, 2015). Currently, Cathay operates the route 4x weekly on board one of... Continue Reading →
Today (September 12th, 2017) United Airlines announced 4 new seasonal routes to Europe set to commence in summer 2018. The routes will originate from the airlines' hubs in Newark (New York), Washington D.C. and San Francisco. Newark (EWR) to Porto, Portugal (OPO): United will serve the Northern Portuguese city daily on board its Boeing 757 aircraft... Continue Reading →
Airlineroute is reporting that Philippine Airlines has updated their internal schedule indicating a change in their service to Toronto (YYZ). Up to this point, the flight has been operated with 1-stop via Vancouver (YVR) on board the airlines' 777-300ER aircraft. Starting December 2017, PAL plans to serve Toronto non-stop from its hub in Manila, thereby... Continue Reading →
On Friday, September 1st, Taiwan's China Airlines announced that it is analyzing the feasibility of a new route between its hub in Taipei and Ontario, California. For reference, Ontario sits about 45 minutes directly east of Los Angeles, and about 30 minutes west of San Bernardino. The airline asserts that the new route would ease the... Continue Reading →
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 →
In this installment of Wednesday Route Highlight, we will be taking a look at Air China's fifth freedom flight between Montreal, Quebec (YUL) and Havana, Cuba (HAV). As always, if you have any suggestions for a specific route that I should highlight, feel free to leave it below in the comments. Lets get right into... 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 →
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