Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Air Transat inaugurated its first nonstop flights to Rio de Janeiro last week, launching services from Toronto Pearson and Montréal–Trudeau. The new routings establish direct scheduled links between Canada’s two largest international gateways and Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, expanding the carrier’s long‑haul leisure network.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Porter Airlines has launched its first-ever Caribbean route from Montreal, introducing nonstop seasonal flights to Nassau, The Bahamas (NAS).
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Birmingham Airport (BHX) is taking bold steps to bring back direct flights to New York, offering a major financial support package to airlines.
ch-aviation
By ch-aviation: Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) has acquired a 5% stake in fellow New Zealand document compliance platform OneReg for an undisclosed amount.The flag carrier first...
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By ch-aviation: Several daily Operator News updates covering all Operator Route Network changes, strategic fleet developments and aircraft orders, start-ups and bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions and partnerships and alliances.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Israeli fighter jets intercepted a Wizz Air flight from London following a terror alert caused by a passenger's prank Wi-Fi network.
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By ch-aviation: Several daily Operator News updates covering all Operator Route Network changes, strategic fleet developments and aircraft orders, start-ups and bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions and partnerships and alliances.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Allegiant Travel Company has reported a fourth quarter 2025 net profit of $31.9 million or $1.73 per diluted share on a year-over year increase in revenue of 4.5 percent to $627.7 million.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
