An interesting little titbit today, with oneworld alliance member Finnair and Star Alliance Member Turkish Airlines announcing a codeshare agreement today. Starting September 29, the Finnair AY code will be added to the Turkish Airlines route between Helsinki and Istanbul, as well as certain routes from Istanbul to Athens Sofia Thessaloniki … [Read more...]

easyJet is planning for Summer 2022, with the announcement it is planning to open more seasonable bases. EasyJet Airbus A319 climbing out of Manchester Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will expand its network of seasonal bases by adding five more aircraft across bases Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Faro from May 2022. The investment will create … [Read more...]

Well, it's starting - with the announcement from the USA yesterday about its entry policies changing (and I've got an opinion and thought piece coming on that shortly), Emirates is preparing a major network ramp-up. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER arriving at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The airline is increasing flight frequencies to several US … [Read more...]

Eurowings (the Lufthansa group low-cost airline), is setting up shop at a new airport - this time heading off to Stockholm Arlanda. The airline will initially station five Airbus A320 aircraft in Stockholm by March 2022. This will be the eleventh Eurowings base of operations in Europe and the fifth outside its home market of Germany after Palma de Mallorca, Prague, … [Read more...]

British Airways is continuing to plan out its Summer 2022 operation, with plans to launch services to São Miguel and Terceira in the Azores. British Airways Airbus A320 arriving at Stuttgart - Image, Economy Class and Beyond They will be added to the Heathrow short-haul network for the summer, each operating once a week. São Miguel will launch on … [Read more...]

Emirates is adding a new route to be operated by an Airbus A380 - with Istanbul, Turkey to be operated with the double-decker jet. Emirates Airbus A380 departing Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The Airbus A380 will operate from the 1st of October onwards. It will operate daily as follows: EK123 DEPART DXB 10:45 ARRIVE IST 14:25 EK124 DEPART IST 16:25 … [Read more...]

Finnair is continuing its network ramp-up, with expansions across Europe, Asia and North America. Finnair Airbus A330-300 at Helsinki Vantaa Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  The move is being taken as vaccine coverage improves and countries open up. Asia Finnair currently serves Tokyo, Seoul and Bangkok daily.,with services to Singapore and Hong Kong. Osaka … [Read more...]

Ryanair continues to rebuild its network, with the addition of more routes out of Birmingham Airport. The routes have been announced for Winter 2021/22 - with the six new routes being to their network. These are: Bergamo (Italy) Lisbon (Portugal) Bucharest (Romania) Shannon (Ireland) Turin (Italy) Vilnius (Lithuania) The airline will operate a total of 28 … [Read more...]

It seems British Airways is making its Cityflyer Embraer aircraft work a bit harder for the winter season, with the announcement of new routes by the airline. British Airways Embraer E190 at Birmingham Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond The following routes will be extended into the winter season Belfast - Exeter Belfast - Glasgow Belfast - … [Read more...]

Emirates continues the long road to recovery, with the airline announcing an expansion of its South African network. Emirates Airbus A380 departing Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will be expanding its operations in and out of South Africa, boosting its schedule to 28 weekly flights by October. This is the airline’s largest weekly schedule to … [Read more...]