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Ryanair to cut 1 million seats, withdraw five aircraft and ~20 routes from Belgium after planned tax hikes

Ryanair will remove roughly one million seats from its Belgian schedule for winter 2026/27, pull five aircraft out of Belgian bases and axe about 20 routes after the Belgian government moved to double the national air‑passenger tax to €10 and Charleroi proposed an additional €3 levy.

2025-12-10T16:12:22.135921-08:00

Business Wire

Vertical Aerospace, Skyports and Bristow unveil plans for UK’s first Valo eVTOL air‑taxi network

2025-12-10T08:31:55.581255-08:00

Breitflyte

SAS and WestJet expand codeshare to strengthen Scandinavia–Canada connectivity

2025-12-10T03:34:39.766412-08:00

AeroTime

Qantas expands international network with Perth–Johannesburg nonstop, Gold Coast–Auckland return and daily New York flights

2025-12-09T02:09:01.655845-08:00

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Ryanair to cut 1 million seats, withdraw five aircraft and ~20 routes from Belgium after planned tax hikes Ryanair will remove roughly one million seats from its Belgian schedule for winter 2026/27, pull five aircraft out of Belgian bases and axe about 20 routes after the Belgian government moved to double the national air‑passenger tax to €10 and Charleroi proposed an additional €3 levy.

2025-12-10T16:12:22.135921-08:00

Ryanair to cut 1 million seats, withdraw five aircraft and ~20 routes from Belgium after planned tax hikes

Business Wire

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Vertical Aerospace, Skyports and Bristow unveil plans for UK’s first Valo eVTOL air‑taxi network Vertical Aerospace, Skyports Infrastructure and Bristow Group unveiled plans to launch the UK’s first electric air‑taxi network using Vertical’s Valo eVTOL. Proposed launch routes connecting Canary Wharf with Heathrow, Gatwick, Cambridge and Oxford were disclosed, with the announcement timed to Vertical’s new‑aircraft unveiling.

2025-12-10T08:31:55.581255-08:00

Vertical Aerospace, Skyports and Bristow unveil plans for UK’s first Valo eVTOL air‑taxi network

airliners.de

Air Dolomiti receives first Embraer E195 as fleet grows to 30 — will feed Vienna, not Rome Air Dolomiti will end 2025 with a 30-aircraft fleet as it takes delivery of the first of 13 Embraer E195s, positioning the Italian regional carrier to operate feeder services into Vienna. Notably, the airline will not route these jets to feed ITA Airways' Rome hub.

2025-12-10T08:16:31.360648-08:00

Air Dolomiti receives first Embraer E195 as fleet grows to 30 — will feed Vienna, not Rome

Breitflyte

LOT to add three year‑round routes from Gdańsk to Brussels, Oslo and Bergen for Summer 2026 LOT Polish Airlines will add three year‑round routes from Gdańsk for the Northern summer 2026 season: Brussels and Oslo from 29 April and Bergen from 30 April, using Boeing 737 MAX 8 equipment (Brussels four weekly, Bergen three weekly). The carrier also starts Gdańsk–Istanbul on 14 January.

2025-12-10T04:54:25.668016-08:00

LOT to add three year‑round routes from Gdańsk to Brussels, Oslo and Bergen for Summer 2026

Breitflyte

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SAS and WestJet expand codeshare to strengthen Scandinavia–Canada connectivity Scandinavian Airlines and WestJet have signed an expanded reciprocal codeshare that lets passengers book single‑ticket itineraries across their networks, widening connections between Scandinavia and Canada. SAS customers gain access to Canadian destinations via Toronto and US hubs, while WestJet travellers get direct access to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.

2025-12-10T03:34:39.766412-08:00

SAS and WestJet expand codeshare to strengthen Scandinavia–Canada connectivity

FlightGlobal

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Abra Group (Avianca) and Aerolíneas Argentinas sign bilateral codeshare linking 21 cities Abra Group (Avianca) and Aerolíneas Argentinas have activated a bilateral codeshare to offer single‑ticket, through‑checked connections between Colombia and Argentina. The agreement lets Avianca market services to nine Colombian cities and Aerolíneas sell onto 12 Argentine destinations — 21 domestic points connected via Bogotá and Buenos Aires.

2025-12-09T12:46:38.519101-08:00

Abra Group (Avianca) and Aerolíneas Argentinas sign bilateral codeshare linking 21 cities

AirInsight

Inbound U.S. travel weakens through November as Canada, Mexico and Caribbean partially offset declines DHS I-92 data through November show inbound U.S. travel softened as several key overseas markets weakened, while gains from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean partly offset the drop. The data extend a multi-month slowdown in overseas visitation and shift the mix of inbound traffic.

2025-12-09T07:10:52.437354-08:00

Inbound U.S. travel weakens through November as Canada, Mexico and Caribbean partially offset declines

Airways Magazine

airBaltic and Lufthansa expand RIX–FRA codeshare from Dec. 17 Air Baltic and Lufthansa will deepen their codeshare from 17 December, placing LH on airBaltic-operated Riga–Frankfurt flights and BT on Lufthansa services on the same route. The reciprocal agreement is restricted to transfer itineraries via Frankfurt to improve access to Lufthansa’s global network.

2025-12-09T07:06:07.891339-08:00

airBaltic and Lufthansa expand RIX–FRA codeshare from Dec. 17

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