Boston Aviation

Delta Air Lines is continuing its growth out of its Boston Logan Airport hub. Delta announced a seasonal route on an Airbus A330-300 to Rome-Fiumicino beginning May 21, 2020. The route will be flown daily, in addition to flights by Alitalia and Norwegian. Additionally, the airline has announced its plan for another daily flight to Paris-Charles de Gaulle on a Boeing 767-300ER during the summer season. Congratulations to Delta on continuing their growth at Boston! Source:  www.routesonline.com

American Airlines has announced 2 new seasonal services from Boston Logan Airport. The airline intends on launching a once-weekly service on Saturdays from Boston to Grand Cayman and Nassau, Bahamas. Both of these routes will launch January 11, 2020, and will be operated on Boeing 737-800. Interestingly, both of these routes were previously operated by US Airways until 2010, which was later acquired by American Airlines. Good luck to American Airways on their new routes! Source:  www.routesonline.com               www.routesonline.com

A small addition, however, notable. Cape Air has announced its intentions to launch service from Boston to Portland, Maine. The airline plans to offer 4 daily flights on its 9-seat Cessna 402 aircraft. Due to Cape Air's codeshare with JetBlue Airways, this will allow for additional connection opportunities through Boston Logan to the world. Source:  www.routesonline.com

Delta Air Lines has announced multiple new routes from Boston recently. The airline intends on offering service to London-Gatwick Airport on a daily basis on its Boeing 757-200 beginning May 21, 2020. The flight will depart Boston Logan at 21:00 and will arrive in London at 08:45 the next day. The return flight will depart London at 10:30 and arrive in Boston at 13:20. In addition, Delta will offer seasonal service to Manchester, United Kingdom, on its Boeing 757-200 beginning May 21, 2020. The flight will depart Boston at 22:00 and arrive in Manchester at 09:30. The return flight will depart Manchester at 11:30 and arrive in Boston at 14:00. However, this route will replace the existing two times weekly flight of Virgin Atlantic from Manchester on the Airbus A330-200. For Delta this will represent its 8th trans-Atlantic destination from Boston, not counting joint ventures and codeshares. Congratulations to Delta on its continued growth at Boston! Source:  news.delta.com

LEVEL, a Spanish low-cost carrier, has announced its intention to increase service on the Boston to Barcelona route for the summer of 2020. As of March 29, 2020, the airline plans to increase the service from 3 weekly to 4 weekly. It is great to see that the route is doing well for the airline and the subsequent increase in service. Source:  www.routesonline.com

Frontier Airlines has announced a new route from Boston Logan Airport to Miami International Airport. Beginning November 15, 2019, the airline will fly an Airbus A320, 4 times weekly between the two airports. As of December 6, 2019, the airline will reduce the route to 3 times weekly. This will be Frontier's fourth route from Boston Logan Airport, with the other routes being to Orlando, Raleigh Durham, and Denver. In addition, Frontier will be the third airline to serve the Boston to Miami sector in addition to American Airlines and Delta Airline's recent announcement of service between the two cities. Source:  www.routesonline.com

Recently, Lufthansa has announced that it intends bringing Airbus A380 service to Boston. As of March 29, 2020, Lufthansa will replace the Airbus A340-600 with an Airbus A380-800 on the Boston to Munich route on a daily basis. This is a massive increase in capacity for the route as it will go from 281 seats on the Airbus A340-600 to 509 seats on the Airbus A380. Lufthansa will become the third airline to utilize the Airbus A380 on routes to Boston, with the other two being British Airways and Emirates. Great news for Boston Logan Airport! Source:  www.routesonline.com