Virgin Atlantic has signed a codeshare agreement with Air India that will see the UK airline operating three frequencies a week between London Heathrow and New Delhi from next summer, using Boeing 747s. Virgin will take up Air India's unused frequency rights, and intends to double flights to six a week in spring 2001 also through the use of Air India frequencies. Air Jamaica will begin daily direct services to Trinidad and Tobago from Kingston, Jamaica, in June, using an Airbus A320. Colgan Air has become the latest US Airways Express operator with the introduction of non-stop services between Augusta, Bar Harbor and Rockland, Maine, and Boston Logan. Gandalf Airlines has introduced twice daily services to London City from Milan, using a Fairchild 328 turboprop. Delta Air Lines will begin daily non-stop services from New York Kennedy to Zurich beginning in August. Brisbane-based cargo start-up carrier Transpac has received its Australian international airline licence and expects to begin flying in mid-February to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Flight International, 28 July-3 August, 1999). The licence also allows operations to Nauru, which Transpac expects to add to its network later. Belly cargo capacity will first be used on Qantas Boeing 767s, but Transpac is seeking an Airbus A300B4 freighter in the longer term to operate in its own right when it aims to fly from Auckland to Tonga, Wallis Island and Apia in Western Samoa. Continental Express will begin non-stop services from its Houston hub to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on 2 March, using EmbraerRJ-145s. Flight International's sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence, reports that Greek regional Aegean Airlines is starting new routes to Ioannina and Mytelene after the delivery of a fourth BAE Systems Avro RJ100. In June, Qantas will increase New York- Australia frequencies from three to five services a week.
Source: Flight International
