Southwest Airlines has as many as 50 additional opportunities to expand its route map in North America and parts of South America as the US low-cost carrier prepares to launch services to four destinations in Hawaii.
The long-awaited open skies agreement between the US and Brazil has finally been ratified, allowing for increased air services between the two countries and greater competition between airlines.
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WOW air is adding India to its route network later this year as the low-cost carrier seeks to use Iceland as a connecting hub for traffic between Asia and North America. Routesonline looks at the rapid growth of the airline and why India is a focus for expansion.
WestJet’s new ultra low-cost arm will have six aircraft in service before the end of the year, the carrier’s chief executive has confirmed, with plans to expand trans-border and internationally.
American Airlines is to end its Chicago O’Hare-Beijing Capital service as the current fare environment "severely limits" the carrier's ability to compete.
United Airlines has raised its stake in Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul, citing connecting traffic as a reason behind the move. The deal comes as an impending US-Brazil open skies agreement looks set to increase services, routes and competition between the two countries.
JetBlue is to return to California’s Ontario International Airport after a ten-year absence as part of a regional flight shuffle that also sees it up flight frequencies out of Burbank and Palm Springs and scale back operations from Long Beach.
The US supersonic aircraft developer aiming to reduce New York to London flight times to little over three hours has secured an investment from Chinese tour operator Ctrip.
A week after International Airlines Group bought a minority stake in long-haul low-cost carrier Norwegian, with a view to launching a full takeover of the Scandinavian carrier, Routesonline takes a look at the growth of transatlantic services from Europe to the US and Canada, and how lower fares have impacted this market.
The owner of British Airways and Aer Lingus is weighing up a takeover offer for rival Norwegian Air Shuttle amid fierce competition on transatlantic routes. Routesonline looks at the growth of Norwegian's long-haul network.
Mexico could lose more than 20 million passengers per year by 2035 if infrastructure development does not keep pace with demand for aviation connectivity.
US skies are benefitting from significant air traffic management (ATM) upgrades, but there are challenges casting shadows on the worthy efforts being made.
Serving the popular South Carolina tourism hotspot, Myrtle Beach International Airport’s effective use of alternative data sources has helped it to attract new airlines, increase capacity on existing services, add destinations to its route map and be crowned overall winner at Routes Americas 2018.
Norwegian has so far concentrated on expanding its transatlantic services into the US and Argentina, but Canada appears to be next on the radar of the long-haul low-cost carrier - and its first routes to the North American country could be just months away.
