Air Montenegro to fly from Podgorica to Istanbul

Air Montenegro will fly to Istanbul from Podgorica starting on June 18.

The seasonal route will operate twice a week through the summer season.

The airline will operate its Embraer 195s on the route.

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WestJet launches its Toronto – Glasgow route

WestJet has launched its Toronto (Pearson) – Glasgow route for the summer season.

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Virgin Atlantic to return to Cape Town with daily services

Virgin Atlantic Airways returns to Cape Town with daily services:

Virgin Atlantic’s much anticipated service to Cape Town launches on November 5, 2022
The daily service operates on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft
Prices start from £711 per person

Virgin Atlantic is delighted to return to Cape Town from November 5, 2022 with a new daily service. A firm favorite with customers, the service will operate on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with fares starting from £711 economy return.

Route facts

Aircraft type	Boeing 787-9 with 31 Upper Class, 35 Premium and 192 Economy Delight, Classic and Light seats.
Route frequency	Daily.
Flight timings and flight number	LHR – CPT – VS478 16:20 / 06:00 + 1 CPT – LHR – VS479 07:50 / 17:45
Date of restart	5^th November 2022.
Fares	Flights on sale now – return Economy fares start from £711 per person, Premium from £1318 per person and Upper Class from £3454 per person.

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Delta partners with Sky Express to offer more travel options between the US and Greek Islands

Delta Air Lines and Greek carrier Sky Express have announced an interline agreement to provide convenient connections for customers between North America and Greece. Delta is offering a record number of flights between the U.S. and Athens this summer, with services from Atlanta, Boston and New York-JFK, as Greece continues to grow in popularity with American travelers.

Effective May 19, Delta customers flying from North America will be able to fly on one of Delta’s daily nonstop services to Athens then connect to 34 hotspots across Greece and Cyprus operated by Sky Express. Destinations available to Delta customers one or two stops from the United States include the picture-perfect islands of Mykonos, Kefalonia and Santorini; family favorites Crete and Corfu; and Larnaca in Cyprus.

The partnership is another milestone for Delta, offering even greater network opportunities for North American customers and improving connections to Greece. The new routes complement Delta and Sky Express destinations available through existing agreements with Air France and KLM via Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Sky Express operates a fleet of modern, fuel-efficient aircraft comprising A320neo and ATR 72-600 aircraft suited to the geographical environment of the Greek islands.

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Condor inaugural flight to Boston takes off

Condor has made this announcement:

Off to Boston: Condor flight DE2038, operated with an A330-200 in a two-class configuration, took off at noon today from Frankfurt bound for the USA.

This is the first time that Germany’s most popular holiday airline has launched connections to the American metropolis on the East Coast. Effective immediately, flights are now scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The first flight will be welcomed with a local welcome event at the airport, where Ed Freni, Massport’s Director of Aviation, will also speak. Among the invited guests are Michael Jürgens, German Deputy Consul General in Boston and Emily Westhoven, Executive Director German-American Business Council of Boston.

Boston is one of the three new destinations in Condor’s current summer flight schedule, along with San Francisco and Los Angeles. In total, Germany’s most popular holiday airline is flying to 16 destinations in North America this year. Condor is thus offering the largest range of flights to the USA in recent years.

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Global Crossing Airlines announces wet lease of first Airbus A321 freighter to Avianca

Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) has announced the signing of a multiple-year charter agreement for its first Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft entering service to an affiliate of Avianca Cargo to support its North American and Latin America cargo programs.

The aircraft, which marks the beginning of the Company’s XCargo™ division, is the first of thirteen (13) firm agreements with lessors, as well as seven (7) additional commitments to acquire and convert Airbus A321s in its P2F program.

GlobalX intends to bring all of these future converted aircraft to market between October 2022 and the end of calendar year 2024.

Terms of the agreement allow Avianca Cargo to wet lease or charter up to four additional freighters from GlobalX over the next five years. The aircraft will be the first A321 Freighter to be operated by a U.S. airline.

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Finnair wet leases an Airbus A320 from DAT for the busy summer season

Finnair will lease an Airbus A320 aircraft and crew from DAT for the busy summer season. The aircraft will be operating selected frequencies on Finnair’s route between Helsinki and Copenhagen in June, and on Finnair’s routes between Helsinki and Oulu and Helsinki and Lisbon between July and October.

The flight deck and cabin crew for these flights come from DAT, and the flights have Finnair’s service concept.

Customers, who have a booking on a flight where the operating carrier changes from Finnair to DAT, will get a message about the change. In case customers wish to make changes to their reservation, they are asked to contact Finnair customer services for assistance.

DAT is a Danish airline, operating regional routes in Denmark, Norway, Italy, Germany and Finland, and providing charter and ACMI services.

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Swoop touches down in Newfoundland with new nonstop service to Deer Lake

Swoop on May 21 launched its inaugural flight to Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) from Hamilton’s John C. Munro International Airport (YHM). Swoop flight WO186 landed in Deer Lake at 8:35 p.m. local time, inaugurating the ULCC’s presence in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

In addition to this inaugural flight between Hamilton and Deer Lake, Swoop will begin nonstop service between Hamilton and St. John’s on June 13. The ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) will add flights between Toronto and Deer Lake on June 20, offering even more ultra-affordable opportunities for Canadians to find themselves in Newfoundland this summer.

The arrival of the inaugural flight was warmly welcomed with a locally inspired celebration at Deer Lake Regional Airport, where travellers were joined by Swoop’s Ryan Hubbard and Julie Pondant Senior Advisor, Public Affairs, and Tammy Priddle, President and CEO, Deer Lake Regional Airport.

Route	Start Date	Peak Weekly Frequency	One-way total price (CAD)	Base Fare (CAD)	Taxes & Fees (CAD)
Hamilton to Deer Lake	May 21, 2022	4x weekly	$49	$7.29	$41.71
Deer Lake to Hamilton	May 21, 2022	4x weekly	$49	$6.53	$42.47
Deer Lake to Toronto	June 20, 2022	2x weekly	$99	$50.01	$48.99
Toronto to Deer Lake	June 20, 2022	2x weekly	$99	$46.54	$52.46

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Firefly to reinstate flights to Singapore from Subang

Firefly, the low-cost arm of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), is set to resume its service from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang (SZB) to Seletar Airport (XSP), the commercial airport serving the north-east region of Singapore, after more than two years of suspension due to the pandemic and border closure, effective June 13, 2022.

The twice-daily return flights are set to be operated by ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft with a capacity of 72 seats and will progressively increase their services by the end of the year.

Flight Schedule

Routes	Flight No	Time	Frequency
Subang to Seletar	FY3124	0730hrs – 0850hrs	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Subang to Seletar	FY3128	1255hrs – 1415hrs	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Seletar to Subang	FY3125	0920hrs – 1040hrs	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Seletar to Subang	FY3129	1445hrs – 1805hrs	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Subang to Seletar	FY3126	0930hrs – 1050hrs	Saturday – Sunday
Subang to Seletar	FY3130	1455hrs – 1615hrs	Saturday – Sunday
Seletar to Subang	FY3127	1120hrs – 1240hrs	Saturday – Sunday
Seletar to Subang	FY3131	1645hrs – 1605hrs	Saturday – Sunday

The airline recently celebrated its 15th anniversary by launching its new Boeing 737-800s from Penang (PEN) to Johor Bahru (JHB), Kota Kinabalu (BKI) and Kuching (KCH).

Launched on April 3, 2007, Firefly is operated by FlyFirefly Sdn. Bhd. (346606-K) formerly known as MAS Sdn. Bhd. and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad (955566-U). Operating out of the Penang and Subang hubs, Firefly provides connections to various points within Malaysia, Southern Thailand, Singapore and Sumatera of Indonesia, aligning itself with the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) agenda. Firefly are also extending its reach to include Sabah and Sarawak, as well as bridging the gap between northern peninsular states and southern states in Johor and Kuala Lumpur, all via our Penang hub.

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