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OAG reveals busiest airline routes in 2023 – Business Traveller

1Jan

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OAG reveals busiest airline routes in 2023 – Business Traveller

Aviation analytics firm OAG has published its report on the busiest airline routes for 2023, with Kuala Lumpur International-Singapore Changi topping the list of international routes. The route had a total of 4.9 million seats last year, pushing Cairo-Jeddah down to second spot with 4.8 million seats. Seven of the top ten busiest international routes involved Asia-Pacific destinations, with Hong Kong-Taipei taking third spot with 4.6 million seats (down around 43 per cent on 2019 levels). New York JFK-London Heathrow came in eighth position with 3.9 million seats. However these figures are far smaller than those for the busiest domestic routes for 2023, with Jeju International – Seoul Gimpo seeing 13.7 million seats, followed by Sapporo New Chitose – Tokyo Haneda (11.9 million) and Fukuo...

Royal Jordanian announces routes to London Stansted and Manchester – Business Traveller

12Dec

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Royal Jordanian announces routes to London Stansted and Manchester – Business Traveller

Royal Jordanian Airlines is expanding its global network with the launch of two new routes to the UK. The oneworld member airline will introduce direct routes between Amman in Jordan to London Stansted and Manchester from March 2024, with a flight duration of approximately five hours. RJ will offer four weekly flights to London Stansted from 3 March, 2024 followed by three-times-weekly flights to Manchester on 6 March, 2024. The two routes will make the sixth and seventh addition to the airline’s European network, following the launch of flights to Lyon, Milan, Stockholm, Dusseldorf and Brussels over the past ten months. Royal Jordanian’s CCO Karim Makhlouf said: “Our new routes to Manchester and London Stansted will make it easier than ever for tourists from UK to discover Jordan’s incr...

Vietjet launches two new Asia routes – Business Traveller

11Dec

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Vietjet launches two new Asia routes – Business Traveller

Continuing its global and regional expansion, Vietnamese carrier Vietjet Air has inaugurated two ner services – Hanoi-Jakarta and Phu Quoc – Busan (South Korea). Vietjet’s new route between Hanoi and Jakarta will operate four return flights a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with a flight time of just over four hours each way. The carrier’s Phu Quoc – Busan route also launched on 11 December, connecting the Vietnamese resort island with Busan daily via a 5 hours and 30 minutes flight. Earlier this year, SkyTeam member Korean Air said that it would launch a new Airbus A330-300 route between Phu Quoc and its hub at Seoul Incheon airport. The Hanoi-Jakarta flights depart the Vietnamese capital at 0840, arriving in Jakarta at 1300. They depart back at 1400 and return to...

Lufthansa Group extends Green Fares to selected long-haul routes – Business Traveller

2Dec

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Lufthansa Group extends Green Fares to selected long-haul routes – Business Traveller

Lufthansa Group has further extended its carbon offsetting Green Fares, with the option now available on 12 long-haul routes. The group first announced plans for the fare option in August last year, which allows passengers to purchase a ticket which includes the offsetting of their individual flight-related CO2 emissions, along with other benefits including additional status miles and a free rebooking option. The initiative was originally launched as a pilot project, before being rolled out across the group’s European and North African routes in February this year. The fares will now be tested on the following long-haul routes with group carriers Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS: Zurich – Los Angeles (ZRH – LAX) Frankfurt – Miami (FRA – MIA) Sao Paulo – Zurich (...

Air New Zealand suspends Seoul and Hobart routes – Business Traveller

7Nov

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Air New Zealand suspends Seoul and Hobart routes – Business Traveller

On 7 November, Auckland-based Star Alliance member Air New Zealand said it now has a clearer understanding of the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine maintenance schedule changes and the impact it will have on its passengers and operations. As a result, the airline will suspend its services to Seoul in South Korea, and Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, next year. In July 2023, Pratt & Whitney disclosed a condition affecting the maintenance plan for the Geared Turbofan (GTF) jet engine fleet, with up to 700 engines globally to be impacted over the next three years, with the effect on global aviation felt most keenly in the coming year. “Air New Zealand has 17 A320/321NEO aircraft in its fleet of 108 aircraft, serving Australia, the Pacific Islands and domestic New Zealand. While this...

China Airlines boosts Japan, Korea routes in schedule update – Business Traveller

1Nov

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China Airlines boosts Japan, Korea routes in schedule update – Business Traveller

China Airlines (CAL), the Taiwan flag carrier, will operate up to 180 flights a week to Japan and South Korea in the winter schedule to 30 March. Flights from Taoyuan to Tokyo (Narita) will increase to 24 weekly rotations, while flights from Taipei downtown Songshan airport to Tokyo’s Haneda will run twice a day. CAL will also maintain a daily Kaohsiung-Narita service, equating to up to 45 weekly flights and at least six daily flights to and from Tokyo. The Taoyuan-Kumamoto route launched in mid-September will increase to four weekly flights starting 3 December, while flights from Taoyuan to Fukuoka will go up to 16 flights a week from 2 January. Taoyuan-Takamatsu will be increased to five flights a week from 2 January, too. Services to Okinawa are also being expanded. The Kaohsiung-...

British Airways launches new routes to Accra and Riga – Business Traveller

31Oct

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British Airways launches new routes to Accra and Riga – Business Traveller

British Airways has inaugurated new routes to the capitals of Ghana and Latvia. The carrier is now operating three flights per week between Gatwick and Accra, with a fourth weekly service set to be added from April 2024. The route – which BA last served in the early 2000s – complements the carrier’s existing daily Heathrow-Accra flights. Meanwhile BA has also returned to the Latvian capital of Riga, with a thrice weekly service from Heathrow. The airline last operated flights to the city between 1997 and 2007. This week BA is also set to resume service between Heathrow and Cologne for the first time since the pandemic, as well as launching flights between Heathrow and Belgrade. British Airways to launch flights from Heathrow to Belgrade, Cologne, Riga and Turin Commenting on the Gatwick...

JetBlue announces routes to Dublin and Edinburgh – Business Traveller

26Oct

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JetBlue announces routes to Dublin and Edinburgh – Business Traveller

JetBlue has announced a further expansion of its transatlantic network, with the addition of seasonal services to Dublin and Edinburgh in 2024. The US carrier will operate daily flights from New York JFK and Boston Logan International to Dublin between 13 March and 30 September, 2024, and a daily service from JFK to Edinburgh between 22 May and 30 September next year. Schedules will be as follows: New York JFK-Dublin Flights depart JFK at 2130, arriving into Dublin at 0815 the following day Flights depart Dublin at 1145, arriving into New York at 1525 Boston-Dublin Flights depart Boston at 2230, arriving into Dublin at 0845 the following day Flights depart Dublin at 1130, arriving into Boston at 1445 New York JFK-Edinburgh Flights depart JFK at 2215, arriving into Edinburgh at 1025 ...

Jet2 to launch routes to Morocco from six UK airports – Business Traveller

22Oct

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Jet2 to launch routes to Morocco from six UK airports – Business Traveller

Jet2 has announced plans to serve two Moroccan destinations from winter 2024. The low-cost carrier will offer up to 17 weekly flights to the country from a total of six UK airports, with more than 180,000 seats now on sale. There will be four routes to Marrakech as follows: Birmingham – two weekly flights operating from 4 October, 2024 through to 14 November, 2025 Glasgow – two weekly flights operating from 4 November, 2024 until 28 April, 2025, and from 3 October to 14 November, 2025 Manchester – two weekly flights operating from 4 October, 2024 through to 14 November, 2025 London Stansted – two weekly flights operating from 4 October, 2024 through to 14 November, 2025. Note that the Glasgow-Marrakech route is not currently served by any other carriers. Meanwhile Jet2 will also operat...

Qantas extends neighbour-free seat trial to more international routes – Business Traveller

21Oct

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Qantas extends neighbour-free seat trial to more international routes – Business Traveller

Following a trial on domestic services earlier this year, Australia’s Qantas Airways is now extending its Neighbour-Free seating trial to 19 international routes. Destinations included in the current trial include Singapore, Auckland, Christchurch, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas and Honolulu. The service is available to eligible passengers booked in economy class. Premium economy or business class passengers will not be offered this option. Neighbour-Free seating will start from A$45 on trans-Tasman flights, A$100 (US$63) between Australia and Singapore, and A$225 between Australia and the United States. Customers booked on a flight with spare seats will be emailed 48 hours before departure to purchase a Neighbour-Free seat. The service is available on Qantas marketed and operated fl...