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Route Update December 2018

by Harriet Baskas

Dec 19, 2018
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Here are some of the fresh new routes announced this past month.

Air Italy will launch direct flights from Milan (MXP) to Los Angeles (LAX) on April 3, 2019, (four times a week); to San Francisco (SFO) on April 10 (four times a week); to Toronto Pearson International Airport on May 6 (four times a week); and to Chicago-O’Hare International Airport on May 14 (three times a week).

Delta Air Lines plans to add service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Mexico City (MEX), beginning June 8, 2019. The daily, round-trip flight will be on a 132-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Delta also announced new service from Boston Logan International Airport in 2019, including Amsterdam (AMS) (daily; March 31); Cleveland (CLE) (three times daily; April 1); Seoul (INC), Korea (partner Korean Air, five times weekly, April 12); Edinburgh (EDI), Scotland (seasonal daily service; May 23); Lisbon (LIS), Portugal (seasonal daily; May 23); Chicago-O’Hare (five times daily; Sept. 8); Newark (EWR) (four times a day; Sept. 9); Washington, D.C. (DCA) (six times daily; Sept. 8).

EL AL Israel Airlines will begin operating three flights a week between Tel Aviv (TLV) and San Francisco May 13, 2019, and will kick off a weekly flight between Tel Aviv and Las Vegas (LAS) June, 14, 2019.

On March 31, Norwegian Air begins flying between London Gatwick Airport and both San Francisco and Miami International Airport, replacing the carrier’s flights from Gatwick to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Oakland (OAK). Details here.

In June, TAP Air Portugal will launch service between Lisbon and Chicago (five times a week; June 1); San Francisco (five flights a week; June 10); and Washington-Dulles (IAD) (five times a week; June 16).

And United Airlines announced a batch of new flights, including a daily non-stop between Denver International Airport and Frankfurt (FRA), Germany, beginning May 2, 2019. (Details here). United also announced a route expansion push from San Francisco (SFO) including daily year-round service to Amsterdam (March 30, 2019); Melbourne (MEL), Australia (3 three times a week; Oct. 29); New Delhi (DEL), India (seasonal; Dec. 5, 2019); Seoul, Korea (adding a second flight; four times a week; April 1); Toronto, Canada (twice daily, year-round; March 31). More details here.

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