With the US Department of Transport granting American Airlines and Qantas's Joint Business Agreement, Qantas will proceed with its plans to launch two new transpacific routes from Brisbane. Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Image, Qantas The two new routes will be Brisbane to Chicago O'Hare International Brisbane to San Francisco International Brisbane to … [Read more...]

Wizz Air is expanding in the fight for Vienna airport, with the airline basing a sixth aircraft there - as well as adding six new routes. Wizz Air Airbus A321 Birmingham Airport, Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new routes will kick off during the winter 2019 season, with a sixth Airbus A321 joining the fleet based at Vienna International Airport The new routes … [Read more...]

With the Jet Airways implosion fresh in our minds still, others are seeking to fill the capacity - such as Mumbai. Virgin Atlantic joining the party, with the airline planning to operate services to Mumbai from 27th October 2019. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 at Terminal 3 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Virgin Atlantic is resuming the route after a break of four … [Read more...]

If you need some bright lights in your life (along with resort fees to sink a bank account), LEVEL is opening up new route between Paris Orly and Las Vegas Level Airbus A330-200 taking off - Image, LEVEL The new route will commence on the 30th October, with a lead-in price of €99 each way. In terms of timings, the route will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays from … [Read more...]

Loganair is taking on more routes from the failed BMI Regional - this time adding East Midlands Airport (Derby/Nottingham area) to Brussels and Inverness Loganair Embraer ERJ-145 - Image, Loganair.  The new routes will start on 2nd September, with an early morning and afternoon rotation to Brussels between Monday and Thursday as well as afternoon services on Friday and … [Read more...]

It seems Virgin Atlantic are once again embracing "Atlantic" in their name, with the launch of a new route between London Heathrow and São Paulo Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at London Heathrow  - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This will be Virgin Atlantic's first adventure to South America. They plan to use a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on this service, … [Read more...]

Ryanair Sun (the Ryanair Polish-based fleet operating under its own certificate) will find themselves going in the paint shop soon - as the operation is being named Buzz Buzz Boeing 737-800 - Image, Ryanair The re-brand will occur in autumn 2019. Ryanair Sun is a standalone business unit of Ryanair Group (much like Laudamotion is) and  has obtained its own Air … [Read more...]

Emirates is adding a second daily flight from Dubai to London Stansted- increasing their London coverage to 11 flights a day. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The additional flight will commence on the 1st July. The combined operation looks like this: Dubai to London Stansted EK65 DEPART DXB 09:00 ARRIVE STN … [Read more...]

It seems that information is finally breaking about Japan Airlines new long haul Low Cost Carrier - and we have a name at last. Welcome ZipAir Tokyo! With that name in hand, the company will change the operating subsidiary - called T.B.L Co, Limited into a proper company. To the marketing geniuses  I'll let ZipAir's branding people explain this one. 'ZIPAIR Tokyo' is … [Read more...]