New York John F. Kennedy International Airport

AZAL plans to launch a twice weekly service between Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport and New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport using a 237-seat Airbus A340-500 but will likely deploy its Boeing 787 Dreamliners on the route; the first of two is due for delivery towards the end of this year.

The first European operator of the new Boeing 787-9, Virgin Atlantic will deploy its aircraft on routes from London Heathrow to Boston from October 28, 2014; Washington from December 17, 2014 and New York from February 28, 2015.

The launch of the route has been supported by aviation consultancy ASM, part of UBM Live, which highlighted the opportunity to serve the Guyana – New York market to the US operator and brokered the deal on behalf of Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

There has been a significant increase in air services between Brazil and the US in recent years as a more relaxed bilateral agreement has been introduced ahead of the expected establishment of full Open Skies between the countries from October 1, 2015. This agreement between the two most populous countries and largest economies in the Americas has been a significant achievement after many years of negotiation.

The Abu Dhabi-based airline’s first Airbus A380 will operate commercially to London Heathrow from December 2014, while its first Boeing 787-9s will debut on routes to Düsseldorf from December this year and then to Washington DC and Mumbai from January 2015.

UK leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines is to launch new long-haul links to the United States from London Stansted, Manchester and Glasgow as part of its expanded summer 2015 programme. The long-haul growth will be supported by a major investment in upgrading its Airbus A330 fleet to offer a much higher level of comfort to Transatlantic passengers.

As SAS Scandinavian Airlines celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first scheduled flight to Chicago, host city of this year’s World Routes forum in September 2014, the carrier has revealed it is to boost its flights to the Windy City, while also adding frequencies to other markets in the US.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will commence a twice weekly scheduled link between Dhaka and New York, via Birmingham in the spring of 2014 and it is

European low-cost carrier Norwegian has confirmed it will further extend its long-haul offering in summer 2014 with the launch of a seasonal

British Airways is introducing more choice and benefits for passengers as it extends the number of routes operated by its new aircraft and increases

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) had hailed a recent decision by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny applications

According to official forecasts from Wonderful Copenhagen, the development agency for the Danish capital city, the introduction of two new long-haul

US carrier JetBlue Airways will shortly announce the entry into service plans of its new ‘premium’ version of the Airbus A321, but a recent update of

US low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways has announced its intent to introduce its first flights to Trinidad and Tobago with the introduction of links to

US low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways has this past weekend opened reservations for its new Airbus 321-200s, but the initial three destinations do not

Although the Airbus A380 has now been in passenger service for almost six years there remains a lot of interest in the Super Jumbo. Every month The

Republic of Ireland flag carrier Aer Lingus is to launch two new North American routes from Dublin Airport in summer 2014 supported by the expansion

Fly Jamaica Airways is set to triple its flight operations after the Guyana Government approved the plans of the carrier to inaugurate links to the

US major American Airlines has confirmed it will launch a new daily link between its Florida hub at Miami International Airport and Milan Malpensa

European low-cost carrier Norwegian has revealed it will use its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners on a series of European routes during July and August

US carrier JetBlue Airways is to expand its network to a fourth destination in South America with the launch of a new service between Fort Lauderdale

Ecuadorian national carrier TAME has made its long-awaited application to US Department of Transportation for permission to introduce flights to New

Icelandair is to further expand its network in North America with the introduction of a new link between its Keflavik International Airport hub and

United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline will once again launch direct transatlantic flights between mainland Europe and North America with

The leading network carriers in the United States are fighting to secure lucrative new traffic rights to introduce flights to the Brazilian city of