Three new routes are being added to Alaska Airlines’ network from Anchorage (ANC), while a fourth is being extended from a seasonal service to year-round.
The carrier, which is set to enter the oneworld alliance at the end of March, will begin a 4X-weekly year-round route from ANC to Las Vegas McCarran (LAS) from May 20. Daily flights to Denver (DEN) and San Francisco (SFO) will start on June 17 through Aug. 16 from ANC.
Additionally, Alaska Airlines is turning its daily service to Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) into a year-round route. All four routes will be operated on board Boeing 737 aircraft.
The ANC-SFO flight first announced in August 2019 was scheduled to start in April 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Mexico’s Viva Aerobus will this week inaugurate four new routes from Mexico City as ULCCs in the country continue to grow their presence from its capital city.
The airline plans to launch flights from Mexico City Juárez International (MEX) to Durango (DGO) and Los Mochis (LMM) on Dec. 17. Services to Chicago O Hare (ORD) and Ciudad Obregon (CEN) will follow a day later.
The network additions take the number of destinations served by the carrier from MEX to 38, up from 23 this time a year ago. A total of 31 of the routes are domestic, while seven are to points in the US.
Virgin Atlantic has pulled the planned launch of two routes between the UK and India that had been scheduled to start during the coming weeks.
The carrier intended to open 3X-weekly service between Manchester (MAN) and Mumbai (BOM) from Dec. 19, with a 2X-weekly route connecting MAN and Delhi (DEL) beginning on Jan. 5, 2021.
However, in a statement the airline said it has made the “difficult decision” to pause the proposed route launches.
“We are continuously reviewing our flying programme and in response to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 we have made the difficult decision to withdraw our Manchester to Delhi and Mumbai services,” a statement released by Virgin Atlantic said.
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