United Airlines (UA) is launching a new hourly shuttle service between Washington’s Reagan National Airport and New York/Newark Liberty International Airport from 29 March.

Dubai-based airline to donate 10% of inflight sales and match contributions dollar-for-dollar, uses global reach to maintain awareness and support for recovery efforts.

Qatar Airways has revealed this week at the Kuwait Aviation Show that it will be adding eight additional destinations to its network in 2020: Nur-Sultan and Almaty, Kazakhstan; Cebu, Philippines; Accra, Ghana; Trabzon, Turkey; Luanda, Angola; Lyon, France and Siem Reap, Cambodia.

American Airlines has opened its newest Admirals Club facility at its Texas hub of Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. The new addition joins similar facilities already available to customers at the airport’s four other Terminals, A through D.

Air France has launched a new lounge dedicated to long-haul flights departing from Terminal 3 at Paris-Orly airport to a handful of long-haul destinations.

Qatar Airways’ passengers will be able to access a handful of new destinations in German via a codeshare partnership that has been struck with with Deutsche Bahn.

Qatar Airways is ramping up its Mediterranean network, adding two new destinations in the first half of 2020. The Doha-based carrier will also add 66 weekly frequencies to 20 existing destinations in its network due to strong market demand and the recent deliveries of more fuel-efficient aircraft.

Brussels will become the latest European destination in Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) route network next year, when nonstop flights are introduced from Singapore to the Belgian capital. The first flight will be launched on 25 October 2020.

Qantas has today confirmed the launch of its new Melbourne-Tokyo Haneda route, commencing 29 March 2020. The year-round service will be operated using Airbus A330 aircraft, and will replace Qantas’ existing Melbourne-Tokyo Narita service.

British Airways is adding six new European routes from London Heathrow in 2020.

Air Canada has commenced non-stop seasonal services linking Canada and New Zealand for the first time with the launch of its new Vancouver-Auckland service.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has taken delivery of the first of eight Airbus A350-900 aircraft, with the launch jet set to enter commercial service on 28 January. SAS’s A350-900 features a modern three-class cabin layout with 300 seats: 40 ‘SAS Business’ class, 32 ‘SAS Plus’ class and 228 ‘SAS Go’ class seats. The airline will start to operate the new aircraft on its Copenhagen-Chicago long-haul route, followed by other international destinations including North America and Asia, namely Beijing, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and San Francisco.