American Airlines is making its first entrance into Africa, as well as expanding its Eastern Europe network and returning to Tel Aviv. Vasu Raja, the airline’s vice president for planning, said the launch of services to Africa was the “first step” in developing its network in the continent.
Frontier Airlines is one of a number of budget operators across the glove to introduce the variant, the largest member of the Airbus A320 Family, into its fleet this year.
Qatari national carrier, Qatar Airways has announced that Philadelphia will be the first destination the airline will fly to in the USA with its A350 XWB aircraft.
The new services to Heathrow Airport will bring the number of daily rotations on this route to up to five and will end the monopoly currently held by the oneworld alliance.
The new routes from across the American Airlines and US Airways hubs, includes service to five destinations in the Midwest, including Bismarck, North Dakota, a new destination for the combined carrier.