Three new routes across three continents are being added by United Airlines, with new services to Cebu, Philippines; Marrakesh, Morocco; and Medellin, Colombia.
The new routes from Halifax and Vancouver come two months after the airlines announced plans to align transborder networks and share revenue on Canada-US flights.
An order has been issued by the US Transportation Department that prevents regional carrier SkyWest from ending routes to 29 small communities until a replacement carrier has been found.
France’s flag-carrier is opening a second route to the UK capital this summer and has received the green light to begin codesharing with Italy’s ITA on transatlantic routes to the US.