Delta Air Lines plans to begin daily non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport on December 16, pending U.S. Department of Transportation and Chinese government approval.

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Air France has announced two new international routes beginning in the first six months of 2016, one of which will see the carrier resurrecting the New York-Paris Orly route it first operated with jets in 1960.

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The extra flights will complement Delta’s existing daily service to Tel Aviv, giving the airline a total of 11 round-trips a week on the New York-Tel Aviv route. New York-Tel Aviv is its third-largest transatlantic market, according to Delta Air Lines.

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Star Alliance member Air New Zealand will launch non-stop service between Auckland and Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport, a major hub for alliance partner United Airlines, in mid-December.

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Austrian Airlines is adding two tourist destinations to its 2015 network, Mahon on the Mediterranean island of Menorca and Miami in Florida.

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American Airlines is launching daily service between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport on May 7.

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United Airlines will operate its seasonal Chicago-Rome service five times a week from May 16 through June 3, daily from June 4 to August 17, and six times a week from August 18 through September 23.

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American Airlines has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for the right to operate new service from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport beginning next summer.

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United Airlines plans to add Tokyo Haneda Airport to its route network by offering daily non-stop service from San Francisco from October 26, should it receive the requisite government approval.

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According to Delta, completion of the installations in all its international-service widebodies makes it the only U.S. carrier to offer flat-bed seats and direct aisle access in the business class cabins on all its overseas long-haul flights.

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United Airlines plans to fly six round-trips a week on the route, using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. United is the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787-9 and this will be its first international deployment of the type.

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The inaugural flight will take place on May 2, Korean Air operating the service with a Boeing 777-200ER.

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To be operated as part of American’s joint business agreement with fellow oneworld alliance member Japan Airlines, the new route will complement American Airlines’ existing services to Shanghai from its hubs at Los Angeles International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

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Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand have agreed to form an alliance which will enable Air New Zealand to fly the Auckland-Singapore route again and Singapore Airlines to operate the Airbus A380 to New Zealand for the first time.

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SIA says its cabin-upgrade program for its Boeing 777-200ER fleet will provide greater product consistency across the airline’s long-haul fleet, with Business Class seats that convert into full-flat beds and larger in-flight entertainment screen sizes for both Business Class and Economy Class.

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SIA currently operates three round-trips a week between Singapore and Copenhagen. Subject to airport slot availability, Singapore Airlines’ schedule frequency on the route will increase to five flights per week from March 31, 2013.

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The airline is operating its three-times-weekly service between London Gatwick Airport and Las Vegas with three-class Boeing 777-200ER widebodies featuring Club World (business class), World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and World Traveller (economy class) cabins.

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American Airlines plans to launch service to new markets in Asia, Europe and Latin America in 2013. On February 14, American will also add four new domestic routes, through its regional-airline affiliates American Eagle and ExpressJet.

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British Airways is launching three-times-weekly service from London Gatwick Airport to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, via the Maldives, on March 31. BA is also doubling its service between London Heathrow Airport and Dublin Airport from four round-trips a day to eight, from October 28.

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