Philippine Airlines (PAL) will start flying non-stop between Manila and Auckland from 6 December, using Airbus A340s.
With the launch of the thrice-weekly direct service, the carrier will also cease its Airbus A320-operated Manila-Cairns-Auckland service. The change in aircraft type will also raise its capacity on the route by 60%, says the Philippine flag carrier.
FlightGlobal schedules data shows that PAL will be the only operator between Manila and Auckland.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Chief executive David Neeleman says US start-up carrier Breeze Airways is on track to launch its first international flights early in 2025.
Search personnel have retrieved at least one flight recorder from the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 which crashed near Aktau airport on 25 December. Kazakhstan’s emergency situations ministry confirms 38 fatalities from the accident, with a further 29 occupants transferred to hospitals in Aktau. It states that recovery teams have “found ...
Azerbaijan Airlines is suspending services on the southern Russian routes to Grozny and Makhachkala until the inquiry into the loss of an Embraer 190 concludes. The aircraft crashed on 25 December while attempting an approach to Aktau airport in Kazakhstan, having diverted from Grozny. While the reason for the diversion ...
American Airlines’ operations were disrupted by a nationwide ground stop on the morning of 24 December, the height of the winter holiday air travel period.
United Airlines is seeking to bolster its transpacific dominance with a newly proposed route to China from the West Coast of the USA.
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