Tag: long-haul
ROUTES May 21, 2026 Alaska Airlines Has Just Taken Off to London for the First Time, and a Boeing 737 to Iceland Is Only One Week Away Alaska Airlines officially entered the transatlantic market today, operating its first-ever nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and London Heathrow, marking a fundamental shift in the identity of a carrier that, until recently, had never flown passengers across the Atlantic. Read More →
NEWS May 19, 2026 United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their Devices A routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 24, 2026 PHOTOS: Air Premia Inaugurates Service to Washington-Dulles South Korea's Air Premia celebrated one of the most significant moments in its young history on Thursday, April 24, 2026, operating the first scheduled flight between Seoul's Incheon International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 24, 2026 Air Canada Just Took Delivery of a Jet That Will Change How Canadians Fly Across the Atlantic Canada's flag carrier reached a defining moment in its fleet history on Thursday, April 24, 2026, when it formally took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR from the manufacturer's Hamburg facility. Read More →
NEWS Apr 23, 2026 Lufthansa's Refitted A380 Just Landed in Los Angeles With New Business Class After nearly twelve weeks on the ground in Dresden and two days of final preparations in Munich, Lufthansa's first retrofitted Airbus A380 superjumbo carried its first revenue passengers departing Munich Airport as flight LH452 bound for Los Angeles International Airport. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 21, 2026 Emirates Is Operating Flights So Long They Last Almost a Full Day Dubai sits almost exactly at the centre of a map stretching from New Zealand to Mexico, and Emirates has built its entire commercial philosophy around that geographical reality. Read More →
NEWS Apr 14, 2026 Air Canada's Aurora Suites on the A321XLR Just Changed What Narrowbody Flying Means Air Canada and seat manufacturer Collins Aerospace formally unveiled the complete cabin configuration for the airline's incoming fleet of Airbus A321XLR aircraft. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 14, 2026 Aer Lingus Just Opened a Brand New Direct Route Between Dublin and North Carolina Aer Lingus has made history for the Research Triangle, touching down for the first time on North Carolina soil as it launched its inaugural nonstop service between Dublin and Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Read More →
NEWS Apr 09, 2026 Alaska Airlines Is About to Make History With Its First-Ever Flights to Europe After nearly a century of operating almost exclusively within North America, Alaska Airlines is weeks away from one of the most significant milestones in its 93-year history. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 07, 2026 Delta Breaks Records With Three Nonstop Routes No U.S. Airline Has Ever Flown Before Delta Air Lines has officially entered a new chapter of its global expansion story, launching three groundbreaking long-haul nonstop routes from New York's JFK that no U.S. carrier has ever operated before. Read More →