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Hong Kong Airlines celebrated the launch of its new A350 service to San Francisco yesterday. The City by the Bay becomes the airline's third destination in North America, following the successful launch of services to Vancouver and Los Angeles in 2017.
From 25 March, Norwegian will commence a daily nonstop service from London Gatwick Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the airline’s first and only route to Chicago on its global network.
Swiss International Air Lines and Etihad Airways team up to offer passengers new codeshare connections in an expansion of global route networks.
Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics has been granted an AOC in Spain. This means that the new Spanish airline can formally operate as an airline. The AOC comes following months of preparatory work.
In 2017, West Atlantic committed to taking four Boeing converted Boeing 737-800BCF, with the first aircraft being scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2018.
Boeing and Singapore Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the first Boeing 787-10 airplane, the newest and largest member of the Dreamliner family and a jet that will set a new global standard for fuel efficiency.
Loganair rounds up the number of ERA member airlines to 50, adding further substance to the association’s expanding airline membership and highlighting the value that ERA provides to carriers by representing them before Europe’s regulatory bodies.
Africa
As part of its route expansion strategy, Air Arabia Egypt announced the launch of a new route linking Sohag in Egypt to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, starting March 20, 2018.
Austrian Airlines will substantially expand its flight offering to Germany in the upcoming summer. Austria’s national airline will fly up to 55 times per week to Berlin-Tegel, a rise of 21 flights compared to the summer of 2017.
EL Al Airlines revenues in 2017 increased by about 3% to approximately USD 2,097 million, compared to approximately USD 2,038 million in the previous year; the growth in revenues arises from the continued growth in the number of passengers flown by the company