transatlantic Articles

ROUTES Jul 23, 2026 Air Astana Targets 2027 Launch for Boeing 787 Flights Between Kazakhstan and the US Air Astana has filed plans to begin Boeing 787 flights from Almaty and Astana to the US in 2027, marking Kazakhstan's first direct US air link. Read More →

NEWS Jun 12, 2026 Flexjet's Irish Subsidiary Secures US Operating Approval, Expanding Transatlantic Reach Flexjet's Irish unit has received US Department of Transportation approval to operate charter flights, marking a significant transatlantic expansion. Read More →

ROUTES Jun 08, 2026 Air Canada Rouge to Take Over Halifax-London Heathrow Route Starting July 2026 Air Canada shifts its Halifax to London Heathrow service to leisure subsidiary Rouge from July 2026, using Airbus A321 aircraft on the transatlantic route. Read More →

NEWS Jun 05, 2026 Qatar Airways Returns to Philadelphia After Three-Year Absence as American Airlines Extends Doha Suspension Qatar Airways resumes Philadelphia to Doha flights in 2026 after a three-year break, filling the gap left by American Airlines' extended cancellation. Read More →

ROUTES Jun 03, 2026 United Airlines Welcomes Its First Airbus A321XLR Into the Fleet United Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, marking a new chapter in long-range single-aisle operations for the carrier. Read More →

ROUTES Jun 01, 2026 Italy Considers Long-Haul Business-Class-Only Flights Between New York and Milan Linate Italy weighs allowing intercontinental business-class-only service from Linate to New York, opening the slot-restricted Milan airport to transatlantic routes. Read More →

ROUTES May 29, 2026 Avianca vs. jetBlue: The Battle for Spirit's Florida Throne As Spirit Airlines exits bankruptcy weaker than before, Avianca and jetBlue are positioning to claim its lucrative Florida-Latin America routes. Read More →

ROUTES May 22, 2026 American Airlines Has Just Opened Four New Nonstop Routes to Europe American Airlines touched down in European cities it had never served nonstop before, and returned to one it had abandoned for eight years, as four new transatlantic routes took off simultaneously on May 21, 2026, marking the opening day of the carrier's record summer 2026 schedule. Read More →

ROUTES May 22, 2026 Air Canada Is About to Fly Directly From Montreal to Mallorca for the First Time Air Canada is weeks away from launching a route that no Canadian carrier has ever flown before, a nonstop service between Montréal-Trudeau International Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport on the sun-soaked Spanish island in the western Mediterranean. Read More →

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 →