- airberlinbegan a new long-haul service on May 16 from Berlin toLos Angeles (LAX). The airline now offers three connections per week between the two cities. And on May 29, airberlin launched service from Berlin to San Francisco. †
- Delta Air Lineshas begun several new European connections. Two of the new European routes are, in reality, resumptions, with the Atlanta-based carrier operating flights from New York JFK to Lisbon for the first time since the winter months of 1995, while a New York JFK to Berlin flight was last operate in the summer period of 2011. A new Portland-to-London Heathrowroute makes Portland Delta’s eighth city to be connected to Heathrow. †
- United Airlineshas launched seasonal daily flights between San Franciscoand Munich. (Its Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa, already operates a daily service between the two cities). This new seasonal service will operate until September 4th. United also serves Frankfurt in Germany with double-daily flights this summer. †
- LEVEL, the new low-cost long-haul entity set-up by IAG (it includes British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vuelo), launched operations June 1st with service between its Barcelona hub and Los Angeles (LAX) over a route that will initially operate twice-weekly. Then, on June 2nd, it began service from Barcelona to Oakland, California. The latter will operate three times a week (Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays). As a result, there will be a battle between LEVEL and rival low-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian, which launched Barcelona–Los Angeles and Barcelona–Oakland service on June 5 and June 7, respectively. †
- On May, 30, Icelandair began service from its Reykjavik/Keflavik hub to Philadelphia—a 2,672-mile route that will operate four times a week and have no direct competition from other carriers. †
- Air Canada Rouge has added two new long-haul routes to its route structure. On June 1, it launched service between Vancouver and Nagoya, a 4,846-mile connection that will operate three times a week. And on June 3, it began service from Toronto Pearson four times a week to Berlin. The latter, a 4,024-mile flight, will operate four times weekly. On June 8, Air Canada Rouge began service from London Gatwick to Vancouver, and on June 21, it will launch a route from Vancouver to Reykjavik/Keflavik. †
- Air Canadahas begun twice-daily flights to Denver from Vancouver. Air Canada already serves Denver from Montreal and Toronto Pearson. Air Canada now links Vancouver to 15 U.S. airports in the US on 220 weekly flights. †
† Source: anna-aero
