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Chile Closes Its International Borders: Flights Cancelled Advertisement: Following a rising number of COVID-19 cases, the Government of Chile decided to close its borders for one month. Starting on April 5, all international commercial flights will be suspended, and the airlines will operate only a handful of humanitarian services abroad. What else do we know about it? Chile will close its borders, starting on April 5. Photo: Getty Images The announcement On Thursday, the Chilean Government mad...

Advertisement: One of Bamboo Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft was spotted in Europe again yesterday. The airline’s one-year-old Boeing 787 aircraft was operating the latest in a series of repatriation flights to the continent. However, rather than flying there and back, this flight operated an open triangle route. One of Bamboo Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliners was back in Europe yesterday. Photo: Boeing A year ago Bamboo Airways was due to be operating regularly scheduled flights to...

Advertisement: Emirates is the world’s fourth-largest international airline. It uses the B777-300ER, A380, and B777-200LR to 130 destinations from Dubai this year. Asia-Pacific is the top region, India the largest country, and Heathrow the number-one route. Emirates has 130 passenger destinations from Dubai across 72 countries. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying. If seats and flights are considered, Emirates is the world’s fourth-largest international airline by both measures. For interna...

Why Alaska Airlines Needs California Travel To Return Advertisement: Alaska-named, Seattle-based, and California-exposed is an interesting combination. This describes no other than Alaska Airlines, which also happens to be the only carrier based on the West Coast of the United States. The airline has focused its route network along the coast, with heavy capacity and revenue devoted to California. On the carrier’s first-quarter earnings call, executives highlighted the need for state to reopen...

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The Low-Cost Carrier Problem: How To Fly To Hawaii Advertisement: Low-cost carriers typically serve leisure passengers who want a low-fare getaway. These passengers generally want to visit destinations with beaches, a plethora of restaurants, and attractions that are different from the environment they get at home. Hawaii fits this bill for low-cost carriers, but the state has notoriously lacked low-fare competition. With Southwest in the market, there is hope for more low-fare competitors to s...

JetBlue To Serve Canada For The First Time Advertisement: JetBlue is finally to enter Canada, with routes coming to Vancouver from both New York JFK and Boston. Both routes had non-stop service previously, which is the gap that JetBlue is targeting – aided by strong fares. JetBlue will serve Vancouver in 2022. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying. JetBlue is to begin serving Canada for the first time with new routes to Vancouver from both New York JFK and Boston. JFK will be year-round, while...

India Travel Restrictions – Which Countries Have Banned Flights? Advertisement: Once thought to be nearing ‘herd immunity’ with rapidly declining case numbers, India is now the latest hotspot experiencing a rapid surge of COVID-19 cases. This time around, the country is seeing cases linked to a “double mutant” coronavirus variant – which has been shown to be even more contagious than the initial virus. With the benefit of hindsight, countries around the world are taking swift action...

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Advertisement: The Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air has an aggressive plan to expand in the next few years. It plans to take on new aircraft, to increase its fleet to 50 units by 2025. It will push the Colombian city of Medellin into a hub, and lower the fares across Latin America. Simple Flying spoke with Viva Air’s CEO, Félix Antelo about the carrier’s future plans. Viva Air anticipates having 50 aircraft by 2025. Photo: Viva Air Let’s talk about the fleet Currently, Viva Air has a ...