Virgin Atlantic has launched direct services between Manchester and Barbados since November 13. The weekly service is being operated by a Boeing 747-400 as part of the airlines continued expansion drive.
Flight VS077 will depart from Manchester International airport at 10:25 am and arrive at Grantley Adams International airport, Barbados at 3:05 pm. The return flight VS078 will depart Barbados at 7:25 pm, arriving into Manchester at 7:25 the following morning.
TAM Airlines, the leading domestic and second largest international carrier in Brazil, accomplished its inaugural flight to New York City, four times a week on the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo-New York City service.
TAM has also clinched a codeshare agreement with American Airlines to operate Sao Paulo-New York City nonstop three times a week, on behalf of both partners. TAM will be operating the Airbus A330-200s aircraft on the route.
The European Parliament voted Wednesday to create an EU-wide blacklist of airlines that do not meet international standards, one of a series of measures aimed at improving air safety.
Responding to a string of fatal plane crashes that claimed hundreds of lives this year, European Union lawmakers want carriers deemed unsafe to be banned from operating anywhere in the EU. At the moment, an airline banned in one EU member state can still operate in another.
British Airways is set to invest £100 million in a major overhaul of its long-haul business class, which the airline´s CEO Willie Walsh claims will be the “best in the air”.
The enhanced changes will be introduced from mid 2006.
The multi-million pound investment will build on the success of the airline´s existing Club World flat bed and aims to set new standards for business travelers.
United Airlines (UA) applied with the Department of Transportation for five new routes from Chicago and Los Angeles to Mexico.
The applications are for peak-season service out of Chicago via two new routes: service to Cancun eleven times a week and daily service on UA to Puerto Vallarta.
Iberia launched its new daily service connecting Rio de Janeiro and Madrid. Previously, the Spanish airline had operated four weekly flights to the Brazilian coastal city.
The timetable of Iberia facilitates connections in Madrid for Brazil-bound Iberia passengers from any of Spain´s 34 domestic airports and also from Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bordeaux, Cairo, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Malabo, Marseille, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Naples, Nice, Paris, Porto, Rome, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Turin, Venice, Vienna and Zurich, with a single stop in Madrid.