Five New Destinations Set to Join Oneworld Network

Antalya (AYT) will become the fourth point in Turkey on-line to Oneworld carriers, with British Airways flying there from London Gatwick three times a week from 10 April. Cluj-Napoca (CLJ), the gateway to Transylvania, will be the grouping’s fifth airport in Romania when Malev Hungarian Airlines inaugurates its own flights there from its Budapest base twice-daily from 30 March.

Grand Junction (GJT) will be the seventh airport served by the alliance in the US state of Colorado when affiliate American Eagle starts connecting the city with its Dallas/Fort Worth hub from 7 April with twice-daily 50-seat Embraer ERJ140s.

Poznan (POZ) will be the alliance’s fourth city in Poland when British Airways starts flying there from London Gatwick daily from 30 March.

Tampico (TAM) will be the 15th destination in Mexico on the Oneworld map, when affiliate American Eagle starts flying there daily nonstop from Dallas/Fort Worth hub from 7 April with Embraer ERG140s.

Finnair is to launch flights from its Helsinki hub to Yekaterinburg and increase frequencies to its two established Russian destinations. It will become the second Oneworld carrier to serve Yekaterinburg, alongside Malev Hungarian Airlines. Although Finnair has not yet confirmed a start date for the new service, it will operate it three times a week.

Meantime, it will increase frequencies to Moscow from April to two a day, besides code-sharing on another two dailies operated by Aeroflot, up from a combined three a day at present.

Qantas is to resume its own services to Buenos Aires after a six-year break, with an initial three Boeing 747-400s a week from its Sydney base from 24 November. They will be the airline’s first nonstop flights between Australia and South America. Qantas has continued to serve Buenos Aires through a code-share with Oneworld partner LAN, and affiliate LAN Argentina plans to code-share on the new nonstop route.