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Hello and welcome to London Air Travel’s Atlantic Update providing a weekly bulletin on developments on transatlantic travel between Europe and North America. The Atlantic Update is published every Wednesday morning at 06:00 GMT.
San Francisco Runway Works
One of San Francisco International Airport’s four runways, Runway 28L, is closed for works until 27 September 2019.
This has resulted in substantial delays at the airport. Some airlines including Air Canada, Delta and United have implemented flexible rebooking policies as a consequence.
Canada Lounge & Route Developments
A number of developments have been announced in the Canadian market have been announced in the past week or so:
Air Canada has announced that it will operate its service from London Heathrow to Ottawa with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Sunday 29 March 2020. This will replace a Boeing 767 aircraft. (Air Canada)
Air Canada has also announced that it will suspend its summer seasonal route from Frankfurt to Ottawa from 24 October 2019. Lufthansa will operate this route five times weekly from 16 May 2020. (Lufthansa)
Air Canada is to also introduce a year-round service from Brussels to Toronto from May 2020. (Air Canada)
Air Canada has opened what it hails as an innovative lounge concept for premium domestic customers at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
The Air Canada Cafe is located at Gate D20 and offers seating for 120 passengers with complimentary hot beverages and soft drinks and breakfast foods and sandwiches and salads later in the day.
Also of note this week:
American Airlines bids adieu to its last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft. (American Airlines)
Miami-Dade County invites bids for a new transit link between Miami Beach and downtown Miami. (Miami Herald)
Why reports of “soiled cars” on the New York Subway are increasing. (The City)
Virgin Atlantic has started Airbus A350-1000 operations from London to New York JFK with the inaugural flight departing under flight number VS153 yesterday.
Late post publication updates:
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