Gulf Air has introduced that it’ll launch its first intercontinental route on October 1st, with the brand new Bahrain-New York service. The airline will function thrice per week to John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport in New York Metropolis with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane, configured for 282 passengers in two courses (26 seats in Enterprise and 256 seats in Economic system).
For the primary time in 28 years, Gulf Air could have flights to America, which can be part of Africa, Asia, and Europe, its different markets served from Bahrain Worldwide Airport. As well as, for the primary time in nearly three many years, New York will probably be related to Bahrain, making it its ninth common vacation spot within the Center East.
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Gulf Air’s final flights to the USA had been in 1997, working the Bahrain–Larnaca–New York JFK route and vice versa on Airbus A340-300 plane.
The Taiwanese airline, based mostly in Taipei, will start companies between Taoyuan Worldwide Airport and Phoenix from December third. China Airways will supply three weekly frequencies with 306-seat Airbus A350-900 plane.
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The TPE-PHX leg could have a stopover in Los Angeles
Phoenix will develop into China Airways’ sixth U.S. vacation spot, becoming a member of Los Angeles, New York, Ontario, San Francisco and Seattle. It additionally operates cargo flights to/from some US cities corresponding to Anchorage, Chicago, Dallas and Miami, utilizing Boeing 747-400(F)s.
Delta Air Traces will function for the primary time between Salt Lake Metropolis and South America.
The Peruvian capital will be part of the airline’s worldwide community from Salt Lake Metropolis because of Delta Air Traces’ Joint Enterprise (JV) settlement with LATAM Airways, South America’s main service, with Lima being one among its foremost hubs. Delta will fly as soon as each day with Boeing 767-300(ER) plane configured for 226 passengers beginning December 4th.
Day by day
These companies will probably be supplied throughout Northern Winter 2025/26, with the final flight scheduled for January twenty fifth, 2026.
Atlanta is Delta’s present vacation spot carried out from/to Lima, carried out with a each day frequency on Airbus A350-900 plane. LATAM additionally offers a each day service, however with Boeing 767-300(ER)s.
Starting in October, Frontier Airways will launch a number of new routes inside the USA, to be operated by Airbus A320neo plane:
Relating to different U.S. airline information, jetBlue is scheduled to function its final flight with an Embraer 190 on September ninth, and Southwest Airways will start companies to St. Thomas (STT) beginning in early 2026, its first new vacation spot after 4 years.
The Canadian airline has introduced a significant worldwide growth in Latin America, a market through which it at present operates in Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Saint Lucia and Sint Maarten, all with flights from Canada.
WestJet will additional develop its operations in Central America and the Caribbean throughout Northern Winter 2025/26, with the next new routes and locations.
New locations
New routes
Luxair is about to make an vital growth inside Europe in 2026, by launching eight new routes from Findel Airport in Luxembourg.
Porto Santo (PXO): 1 weekly · March thirty first, 2026
Alicante (ALC): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2026
Patras (GPA): 1 weekly · Could twentieth, 2026
Zakynthos (ZTH): 1 weekly · Could twentieth, 2026
Girona (GRO): 2 weekly · June 2nd, 2026
Helsinki (HEL): 2 weekly · July 2nd, 2026
Edinburgh (EDI): 2 weekly · July third, 2026
Bilbao (BIO): 2 weekly · July sixteenth, 2026
As well as, the airline will inaugurate a brand new path to Africa from July 4th, 2026.
Luxembourg-Tunis will be part of Luxair’s common schedule, with two weekly frequencies, being the one service to function between each cities. Agadir, Cairo, Djerba, Enfidha, Marsa Alam and Monastir are its present locations on the African continent.
Efficient August sixteenth, Pakistan Worldwide Airways will provoke flights between Islamabad and Manchester, which will probably be carried out on Boeing 777-200(ER) plane seating 310 passengers in three courses (35 seats in Enterprise, 60 seats in Premium Economic system and 215 seats in Economic system).
Manchester will probably be PIA’s second scheduled vacation spot in Europe after Paris Charles de Gaulle, working from/to Islamabad and Lahore with the identical plane.
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The Greek airline has introduced the graduation of two new routes between Athens and India, marking its entry into the Indian market.
Delhi and Mumbai will probably be Aegean’s new locations from the Greek capital, to be served by its new Airbus A321XLRs configured with 24 seats in Enterprise and 114 seats in Economic system, scheduled to hitch the fleet from January 2026.
Aegean Airways has confirmed that ticket gross sales on these routes will start in September.
Not too long ago, Nordwind has opened gross sales on the Moscow Sheremetyevo – Pyongyang route, its first service between Russia and North Korea.
On the time of publication, just one flight had been operated, on July twenty seventh on the SVO-FNJ leg and on July twenty ninth on the reverse phase, which was carried out by the Boeing 777-212(ER) with registration RA-73340 configured for 440 passengers in single class.
The Russian airline intends to function one flight monthly on this route, at present having two flights on sale. Based on its web site, Nordwind will carry out the following companies on August twenty sixth and September twenty sixth.
First flight schedule
Nordwind turns into the second airline with operations in North Korea following Air Koryo, North Korea’s flag service.
The airline will arrive in Thailand as of late October 2025 with six new scheduled routes, which it’ll function with 338-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane. These companies will probably be carried out from Europe throughout Northern Winter 2025/26, with London, Manchester, Oslo and Stockholm being the connections.
Stockholm – Bangkok · October twenty second
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The primary flight between Bangkok and Stockholm will probably be operated on October twenty third (Thursday).
London Gatwick – Bangkok · October twenty sixth
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Oslo – Bangkok · October twenty seventh
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Manchester – Bangkok · November twenty sixth
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Stockholm – Phuket · December 4th
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Oslo – Phuket · December eighth
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Starting December twelfth, Hong Kong Airways will launch a brand new vacation spot to Australia, to be operated by Airbus A330-300 plane configured for 292 passengers in two courses (32 seats in Enterprise and 260 seats in Economic system).
The airline will serve thrice weekly between Hong Kong and Melbourne, providing 876 seats per week on every leg. Melbourne will be part of Sydney, its present vacation spot within the nation.
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Contemplating the 2 routes, Hong Kong Airways could have 10 weekly flights within the Hong Kong-Australia market beginning in December.
The Nigerian airline, based mostly in Abuja, will broaden its worldwide schedule with a brand new path to Europe. In accordance with its web site, Air Peace will function to London Heathrow from the Nigerian capital efficient October twenty sixth.
This route, which is already on sale by way of Air Peace’s web site, will probably be carried out thrice weekly on Boeing 777-200(ER) plane seating 274 passengers.
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Air Peace is the one Nigerian service to fly to Europe, at present serving seven occasions per week between Lagos and London Gatwick by Boeing 777s. In addition to Air Peace, British Airways, Lufthansa, and Turkish Airways function within the Europe-Nigeria market.
Arkia Israel Airways has confirmed that it’ll launch a brand new path to Europe as of August 2nd, to be supplied throughout the Northern Summer time 2025.
At publication time, the airline will function 5 occasions weekly between Tel Aviv and London Stansted with Airbus A321neo plane configured for 220 passengers till October 31th, as these will probably be seasonal companies.
TLV – STN
STN – TLV
As you’ll be able to see in our database, Arkia has an vital community of locations in Europe, together with cities in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland. London Stansted will probably be its first metropolis served in the UK.
At some point after the announcement of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s cessation of operations, Etihad Airways has confirmed the addition of seven new routes from/to Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Worldwide Airport, which can start in March 2026, aside from Medina, scheduled to start in November 2025.
Medina (MED): 6 weekly · Airbus A321 · November ninth
Baku (GYD): 10 weekly · Airbus A321 · March 2nd, 2026
Yerevan (EVN): 10 weekly · Airbus A321 · March ninth, 2026
Tbilisi (TBS): 8 weekly · Airbus A321 · March thirteenth, 2026
Almaty (ALA): 8 weekly · Airbus A321 · March sixteenth, 2026
Bucharest (OTP): 4 weekly · Airbus A321 · March sixteenth, 2026
Tashkent (TAS): 6 weekly · Airbus A321 · March nineteenth, 2026
All are at present supplied by Wizz Air Abu Dhabi aside from Tbilisi.
AircraftRegistrationAirline
Boeing 737 MAX 8LV-KNQAerolíneas Argentinas
Boeing 737 MAX 9N499AMAeromexico
Boeing 737 MAX 9N569AMAeromexico
Airbus A220-300F-HPNTAir France
Airbus A350-941F-HUVSAir France
Boeing 737 MAX 8VT-BWVAir India Categorical
Airbus A321-271NXZK-NNIAir New Zealand
Embraer 175N668QXAlaska Airways
Embraer 175N669QXAlaska Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 8-200N823NVAllegiant Air
Boeing 737 MAX 8-200N824NVAllegiant Air
Boeing 737 MAX 8N310UMAmerican Airways
Boeing 787-9 DreamlinerN843ANAmerican Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 8HI1118Arajet
Airbus A330-941RP-C3911Cebu Pacific
Boeing 777-FB-227GChina Cargo Airways
Airbus A321-251NXB-32LWChina Japanese
Boeing 737 MAX 8B-20A3China Japanese
Airbus A320-251NB-32M8China Southern
Boeing 737 MAX 8B-209TChina Southern
Boeing 787-9 DreamlinerB-20EWChina Southern
Boeing 777-FF-HMROCMA CGA Air Cargo
Airbus A321-271NXN554DTDelta Air Traces
Airbus A321-271NXN590DTDelta Air Traces
Airbus A350-941A6-EXFEmirates
Boeing 737 MAX 8ET-BAKEthiopian Airways
Airbus A321-251NX(LR)A6-LRAEtihad
Airbus A350-1041A6-XWHEtihad
Boeing 787-9 DreamlinerA6-BNIEtihad
Boeing 787-9 DreamlinerA6-BNJEtihad
Airbus A320-251NHZ-FBNflyadeal
Boeing 737 MAX 8A6-FQKflydubai
Boeing 737 MAX 8A6-FQIflydubai
Airbus A321-271NXN669FRFrontier
Airbus A321-271NXN671FRFrontier
Boeing 737 MAX 8PK-GDCGaruda Indonesia
Boeing 737 MAX 8B-225RHainan Airways
Airbus A321-253NY(XLR)EC-OOJIberia
Airbus A350-941EC-OOLIberia
Airbus A321-251NXVT-NCQIndiGo
Airbus A321-251NXVT-NCPIndiGo
Airbus A350-1041JA10WJJapan Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 8HL8555Jeju Air
Airbus A321-251NXG-SUNPJet2
Airbus A321-251NXG-SUNSJet2
Airbus A321-251NXG-HLYMJet2
Airbus A220-300N3260JjetBlue
Airbus A220-300N3258JjetBlue
Airbus A220-300N251BZjetBlue
Airbus A220-300N3261JjetBlue
Airbus A320-251NVH-A5EJetstar
Airbus A321-252NXPH-AXIKLM
Boeing 787-10 DreamlinerHL8571Korean Air
Airbus A321-251NX9K-AQBKuwait Airways
Airbus A320-271ND-AIJRLufthansa Metropolis
Boeing 737 MAX 89M-MVMMalaysia Airways
Embraer E195-E2XA-MXAMexicana de Aviación
Boeing 737 MAX 8SE-NACNorwegian
Boeing 737 MAX 8SE-RTUNorwegian
Boeing 737 MAX 8SE-RYXNorwegian
Boeing 737 MAX 8A4O-MPOman Air
Airbus A320-251NJA227Peach
Airbus A321-251NXTC-RFNPegasus
Airbus A321-251NXTC-RFOPegasus
Airbus A321-251NXTC-RFPPegasus
Embraer E195-E2C-GKYIPorter
Embraer E195-E2C-GKYLPorter
Embraer E195-E2C-GKYNPorter
Boeing 737 MAX 8CN-RHDRoyal Air Maroc
Boeing 737 MAX 8CN-RHERoyal Air Maroc
Airbus A320-271NJY-RAHRoyal Jordanian
Airbus A320-271NJY-RAKRoyal Jordanian
Embraer E195-E2JY-REGRoyal Jordanian
Airbus A321-251NXHZ-ASANSaudi Arabian Airways
Airbus A321-251NXHZ-ASAMSaudia
Boeing 737 MAX 8UP-B3743SCAT Airline
Airbus A320-271N9V-TNHScoot
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner9V-OFLScoot
Boeing 737 MAX 8B-20E2Shandong Airways
Airbus A320-251NB-32LZShenzhen Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 8N8961KSouthwest Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 8N8963QSouthwest Airways
Airbus A320-251NJA30MCStarflyer
Airbus A321-251NXVN-A281Sun PhuQuoc Airways
Airbus A321-251NXOY-VKESunclass Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 8TC-SMSSunExpress
Boeing 737 MAX 8TC-SMTSunExpress
Airbus A320-271NB-50029Tigerair Taiwan
Airbus A321-251NXPH-YHSTransavia
Airbus A321-252NXPH-YHDTransavia
Airbus A350-941TC-LHFTurkish Airways
Boeing 787-9 DreamlinerTC-LMCTurkish Airways
Airbus A321-271NXN14540United Airways
Embraer 175N630SYUnited Categorical
Embraer 175N631SYUnited Categorical
Embraer 175N784YXUnited Categorical
Boeing 767-300FN910UPUPS
Boeing 737 MAX 8VH-8IIVirgin Australia
Airbus A320-271NXA-VUWVolaris
Airbus A320-271NXA-VUUVolaris
Airbus A321-271NY(XLR)9H-XLAWizz Air Malta
Airbus A321-271NY(XLR)G-XLRBWizz Air UK
Boeing 737 MAX 8B-226ZXiamen Air
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