Routes

Air France will restart services between Paris Orly and Belgrade on 26 March, with three flights a week operated by Airbus A320s. The airline plans to increase frequencies, switching services to Paris Charles de Gaulle later in the year. Charter airline Air Plus Argentina is seeking clearance to operate scheduled services to the USA, with plans to fly from Buenos Aires to Miami, Orlando and New York with a stop in Brazil. The carrier also wants to fly schedules to Madrid and Tenerife. It already operates charter flights to the Caribbean, Brazil and Spain. From late March, Crossair will take over former Swissair destinations from Geneva including Barcelona, Casablanca and Tunis. It will also introduce services to Warsaw and St Tropez. Pelican Blue Line has begun services from its base in Podgorica, Montenegro to Skopje, Macedonia using Ayres Let 410 UVP-E. US Airways Express will begin operating three daily non-stop services between Charleston, West Virginia, and Baltimore Washington International Airport on 1 April. Flights will be operated by Trans States Airlines using 30-seat Jetstream 41s. Luxair is planning to base a Boeing737-400 at Brussels for the 2001 summer season to operate charter flights. Negotiations are under way with a major tour operator in Belgium. Air Jamaica will begin a daily Airbus A320 service from Houston, Texas, to its Montego Bay hub on 7 June. Lufthansa begins five new flights a week between Munich and Belgrade from 25 March, increasing frequencies to 12 flights a week. Delta Air Lines will launch daily Boeing 767-300ER service to London Gatwick from Boston on 1 June, as it continues to increase operations at the US East Coast city. From the end of March, EasyJet will drop its London Stansted-Geneva services, in favour of a second daily rotation between Geneva and London Gatwick.

Source: Flight International