New Airline Destinations News Page 16
Flybe announces another new French route from Southampton
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline and the UK’s Number One Domestic carrier, has added another new route to regional France from Southampton International Airport, this time to Nantes, Brittany’s most important commercial hub and the sixth largest city in France, with a daily year-round service starting on 28th October.
Virgin America goes to Washington
Virgin America, the only airline headquartered in California, today marks the launch of new nonstop flight service from its home at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Washington’s Reagan National Airport (DCA), with some red, white and blue festivities for its first commercial flight guests.
Gulf Air adds seven more flights to Bahrain
Encouraged by the strong passenger growth witnessed across the network during the summer ‘12 season, Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air today announced seven additional flights between Kuwait and Bahrain in its winter timetable that has been brought forward effective 10 September 2012.
Ryanair announces 5 new Cork winter routes
Ryanair, today announced 5 new routes from Cork to Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Vilnius (at fares that are at least 50% cheaper than Wizz) from Nov 2012 as Ryanair grows its winter 2012 schedule from Cork Airport to 2 based aircraft and 10 routes, which will deliver over 850,000 passengers p.a., sustaining over 800* “on site” jobs at Cork Airport.
Pegasus Airlines’ flight network expands in Georgia and Ukraine
Pegasus Airlines’ network extends to 57 destinations worldwide, with its second destination in Georgia: the seaside town of Batumi; and Lviv, the third destination in Ukraine Pegasus continues to expand its flight network both within Turkey and internationally. Georgia’s Black Sea coastal town of Batumi; and Lviv, our third Ukrainian destination after Kharkiv and Donetsk, will be introduced in October.
Qatar Airways expands African network to Kilimanjaro
Qatar Airways has further expanded operations in Africa with today’s launch of daily scheduled flights to Kilimanjaro – its 18th gateway on the diverse Continent and second destination in Tanzania.
Virgin Atlantic celebrates start of flights to Cancun
Richard Branson celebrated the launch of Virgin Atlantic services to Cancun from London Gatwick with a star studded press trip.
British Airways launch campaign to celebrate new Gatwick to Las Vegas flights
British Airways are offering special deals on three night stays at the top hotels on the Las Vegas strip for holidays booked by July 25, 2012 to celebrate the launch of the new London Gatwick to Las Vegas flights which begin on October 29.
American Airlines increases service between United States and Brazil
Having received approval from both U.S. and Brazilian authorities, American Airlines will launch 17 additional frequencies between the United States and Brazil beginning this fall. These new routes provide American’s customers with even more choices and seamless travel options when traveling to and from Latin America.
Hong Kong Airlines launches new route
Hong Kong Airlines has launched a daily service between Hong Kong and Fuzhou, which will be operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Alaska Airlines adds seasonal service between Maui and Bellingham, Wash
Northwest residents from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle will have more options to escape the rain starting Nov. 8 when Alaska Airlines launches new seasonal service between Bellingham, Wash., and Maui.
British Airways to launch year-round flights to Ibiza and Palma
British Airways is bringing a bit of winter sunshine to London City Airport by extending its popular Palma and Ibiza flights to a year-round service.