OneWorld

With British Airways resuming long-haul Airbus A380 service and Qatar Airways ‘reluctantly’ preparing to welcome back the aircraft, Routes looks at the latest operations of the superjumbo.

The oneworld member views expanding transatlantic service as critical to rebuilding its global network.

The two carriers are also planning to jointly build up operations at the recently opened Beijing Daxing International.

The Spanish flag-carrier will also resume service between Madrid and San Francisco next year.

The carrier will make Miami its 100th nonstop destination from Seattle.

Seattle-based Alaska said it has added 188 codeshare routes since joining oneworld in March.

The airline is expanding its route map to the Eastern European country with the launch of a second service from Doha.

The network additions will increase the carrier’s network from the Idaho capital to 15 destinations.

Iberia serves both LAX and SFO, from where its passengers will now have access to Alaska’s network.

Qantas said it plans to cancel the launch of a Cairns-Tokyo route following the decision.

Oneworld alliance partners Iberia and Alaska Airlines are seeking permission to codeshare on almost 80 routes operated by the Seattle-based carrier from Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO).

If the plans are approved, the Spanish carrier will place its IB code on domestic and international routes operated by Alaska Airlines from Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Without a partnership between Delta and LATAM, American will have an unfair advantage in Latin America, Delta and LATAM argue.

Flights are scheduled to resume at the end of July, operating once a week.

Alaska joined oneworld, which also includes Qatar Airways and American Airlines, at the end of March.

Vueling Global will allow travelers to book complex, connecting itineraries.

The move comes after Alaska Airlines cut ties with previous partner Emirates.

A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.

As well as further growing its domestic network with seven new routes, the oneworld alliance member is adding more Boeing 787 and Airbus A330 flights within Australia.

Morocco’s national carrier plans to double the number of routes it offers to Barcelona.

The request comes after American switched its Shanghai flights from DFW to Seattle to take advantage of Alaska’s feed.

The Central American nation will become the fourth overseas country served by the carrier.

Australian regulators have issued a draft rejection of an application by Qantas and Japan Airlines to cooperate more closely, although Qantas says it will argue to have the decision reversed in the final ruling.

S7 Airlines and Aeroflot are each launching new routes to Morocco among their latest network expansion plans.

The carrier is seeing a surge in leisure demand, but business travel continues to be anemic.