AIR EUROPA Flies to Athens and Alghero

During the summer season, Air Europa will fly to 35 European and national destinations and 20 in America.

Air Europa opens its route to Athens, using its most modern and efficient fleet, the Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The route will run until the end of October and link the Madrid hub with the Greek capital 2 days a week, offering 28,000 seats available.

In July, Air Europa will open its 2nd summer destination; Alghero, Sardinia, also with 2 flights a week until the beginning of September connecting Madrid with the city in northwestern Sardinia.

Over the next few months, Air Europa will increase its offer with the 11 new aircraft, 6 of them Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 5 Boeing 737. At the end of 2022, the long-haul fleet will be the same as in 2019 with Air Europa flying to 23 destinations on the American continent.

CHINA ADDS MORE SEATS

Global airline capacity rose 3% to 88.5 million, the highest level in 2022. This is helped by the Chinese domestic market rebounding.

Overall capacity is expected to reach closer to 2019 levels over the next few months; 109 million seats per week. Airlines are quickly responding to growing demand, but with China demand outpacing elsewhere in the world.

North-East Asia is the fastest-growing regional market, but there have also been significant capacity increases in Japan and South Korea.

South Asia, Central Asia and Central America are also reporting more airline capacity on offer than in 2019.

Aircraft maker, Bombardier is putting supersonic flights back on the map with the launch of its new fast business jet. The Global 8000 will be the world’s fastest and longest-range purpose-built private jet when it takes to the skies in 2025. It will have a top operating speed of Mach 0.94, but capable of speeds above Mach 1.015 (faster than the speed of sound!).

It would also fly farther than any other in its class with over 8,000 nautical miles, just a bit shorter than the world’s longest commercial flight from Singapore to New York.

The Global 8000 is expected to serve routes including city pairings between Dubai and Houston, Singapore and Los Angeles, and London to Perth, Western Australia.

Capacity is for up to 19 passengers including 4 personalised suites.

Bombardier is among others wanting to be supersonic in the skies. United Airlines plan to introduce supersonic flights by 2030, and Boom plans to fly from Dubai to Boston in 7hrs.

UNITED KINGDPM SANCTIONS TO PREVENT RUSSIAN AIRLINES SELLING LANDING SLOTS

New United Kingdom sanctions on Russian airlines means they cannot sell lucrative landing slots at major UK airports. Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline, Ural Airlines and Rossiya Airlines are prevented from selling their unused slots estimated to be worth UK£50 million.

UK airspace is already closed to Russian aircraft under current sanctions.

AIR CANADA RESUMES INTERNATIONAL DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MONTRÉAL

Following reduced services, Air Canada is to expand its international network across 4 continents as demand grows. Increased connectivity to and from global destinations through Montréal and other Canadian hubs combined with the networks of Star Alliance partners, Air Canada gives easy access to Montréal from almost any destination in the world.

The resuming of direct flights from Montréal include: Casablanca-Morocco, Nice-France, Algiers-Algeria, Rome-Italy, Tel Aviv-Israel, Tokyo-Japan, Lisbon-Portugal, Athens-Greece, Cairo-Egypt, Barcelona-Spain, Reykjavik-Iceland, Dublin-Ireland with direct service to Montréal from many other major global cities, such as London and New Delhi, continues.

Air Canada is also expanding its North American network this summer with direct flights from Montreal including: Atlanta-Georgia, Detroit-Michigan, PittsburghPennsylvania, Raleigh-North Carolina, Baltimore-Maryland, Nashville-Tennessee, Phoenix-Arizona, San Diego-California and SeattleWashington.

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