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Virgin Atlantic announces launch date of São Paulo route, codeshare with GOL

Posted on 5th September 20195th September 2019 by Dominic Oben

Virgin Atlantic confirmed yesterday the launch date of its new London-São Paulo route. The flight is scheduled for 29 March 2020, and will be operated by one of the carrier’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Virgin Atlantic will join British Airways and LATAM in offering flights to the Brazilian city, with the route becoming the airline’s first ever to South America. The service will operate daily all year round. Detailed route information can be seen below:…

Loganair switches Stansted for Southend in London-Derry route

Posted on 26th August 201926th August 2019 by Dominic Oben

London’s Southend Airport has announced that Loganair’s existing flight between Stansted and Derry-Londonderry will be switching to Southend later this year. Loganair took over the Stansted-Derry service in February after Flybmi ceased operations in February. Loganair already operates flights from Southend airport to Aberdeen, Carslisle, Glasgow and Stornoway, with the addition of the Derry route leaving Dundee as the only destination the airline will still serve from Stansted. Flights between London and City of Derry…

British Airways winter 2019 long-haul service updates

Posted on 16th May 201915th May 2019 by Dominic Oben

British Airways has released a series of scheduled changes for selected long-haul flights operating from London Heathrow this winter. The updates reflect the 2019/20 winter season from 27 October 2019 and also include changes to operating aircraft. The changes are detailed below: London Heathrow – Austin effective 29 Oct 19; day 2 service operated by 777-200ER instead of -300ER London Heathrow – Bangalore 27 Oct 19 – 31 Dec 19; 787-9 replaces 3-class 777-200ER London Heathrow – Boston BA203/202 on…

AeroMexico to launch Barcelona service from June 2019

Posted on 28th January 201928th January 2019 by Dominic Oben

Mexican flag carrier AeroMexico has announced it will launch direct flights between Mexico City and Barcelona starting this summer. The route will commence on 15 June 2019, operating three times a week with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. Flights from Mexico City will depart on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 18:20 local time. They will arrive in Barcelona the following day at 12:40, after an approximately eight-hour flight. Return flights from Barcelona to Mexico City are scheduled on Wednesday, Friday and…

Virgin Atlantic latest airline to partner with easyJet

Posted on 4th October 2018 by Dominic Oben

Virgin Atlantic has joined easyJet’s global connecting platform, ‘Worldwide by easyJet,’ becoming the latest airline to partner with the European low-cost carrier. The partnership means passengers can now book connecting flights through London Gatwick, combining easyJet’s European network and Virgin Atlantic’s transatlantic services. ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ has been consistently growing since its launch last September, with more than 4,000 unique origin and destinations having already been booked in combination with partner airlines. “We are really pleased…

British Airways to launch direct flights to Osaka-Kansai

Posted on 25th September 2018 by Dominic Oben

British Airways has announced the launch of a new direct service to Osaka’s Kansai International Airport from next spring. The airline will operate a four-per-week service from London Heathrow to Japan’s second largest city, with flights set to take off from 31 March 2019. British Airways previously operated a service to Osaka via Tokyo, however, the route was pulled in 1998. The reintroduction of the route will see British Airways become the only airline to…

British Airways launches route to Kos from Gatwick

Posted on 18th September 201818th September 2018 by Dominic Oben

British Airways has announced the launch of a new seasonal route to the Greek island of Kos. The airline will run a thrice weekly service to the island, operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays with BA’s fleet of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft. British Airways previously operated its summer flight to Kos from Heathrow, however the service was pulled late last year. The route is set to resume on 15 May and will run through…

Ryanair launches new London routes for summer 2019

Posted on 17th September 201818th September 2018 by Dominic Oben

Ryanair has announced an expanded London schedule for the summer 2019 season. The carrier announced 23 brand new routes from four different London airports, offering a 5 per cent increase in passengers to a forecast 26 million per year. The new routes include Kiev, Lviv, and Nantes from Stansted, as well as Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Cork, and Malaga from Luton. London Southend saw the biggest increase in routes, with Bilbao, Copenhagen, Corfu, Dublin, Faro, and…

Norwegian to charter Hi Fly’s A380 on London – New York route

Posted on 6th August 2018 by Dominic Oben

Norwegian has confirmed that it will be chartering Hi Fly’s Airbus A380 aircraft to operate on one of its daily flights from London Gatwick to New York JFK during August, in an effort to help with capacity issues caused by ongoing problems with 787 Dreamliner engines. In a statement Norwegian said, “We have hired a Hi-Fly A380 to operate our evening London-New York service for several weeks in August as continued issues with a specific…

British Airways to launch new route to Pittsburgh

Posted on 26th July 201826th July 2018 by Dominic Oben

British Airways has announced the launch of a new four-times weekly service from London Heathrow to Pittsburgh. From 2 April 2019, the airline will launch the year-round route, becoming the first airline to offer a direct flight to Pittsburgh from the UK. The route will be operated by BA’s fleet of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, with return fares starting at £600 in World Traveller and £1068 in World Traveller Plus. The new flights will run on…

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