Cuba Says U.S. Commercial Flights Welcome

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has tentatively approved flights on eight U.S. airlines to Havana as early as this autumn, with American Airlines Group Inc ( AAL. ) receiving the most important share of the limited routes, the Transportation Department mentioned on Thursday.

Night time view of the Manila skyline taken by Vanessa David and licensed beneath Creative Commons Attribution License Version 2.0. One catch though! Due to the prolonged distance (assumption!), direct flights from Australia fly the Sydney to Dallas direct route, and return flights are direct into Brisbane (Dallas to Brisbane). Qantas are on account of take delivery of further A380 plane although, which probably will allow Dallas to Sydney routing. Maybe just a little bit! Doesn’t matter although – I even have heard it’s a beautiful city and one value being happy with.

The frequent flyer alliance is quickly turning into a two horse race between the Star Alliance and One World Airlines. There are a number of choices for flights from USA to Australia within every alliance. My private opinion is that the continued devaluation of frequent flyer miles and shortening of level expiry periods makes loyalty to at least one airline or alliance uneconomic.

Qantas will likely be flying the return leg, QF8 straight into Sydney from October 2014. The gear on this route may even be updated from a Boeing 747 to an Airbus A380. Miami and Fort Lauderdale, which have the biggest Cuban-American communities in the United States, acquired the most flights at 83 per week among six airways. Part of central Johannesburg. Taken by Mister-E and distributed below Creative Commons Attribution v2.zero license.

Norwegian has expanded rapidly with the addition of lengthy-haul flights in 2013, making it the one funds provider to fly between Europe and the United States. It also needs so as to add U.S. flights beneath an Irish subsidiary, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has not permitted or denied its software since it was filed more than a yr ago.