United Airlines will expand its operations in Australia, by launching flights to Adelaide beginning in December. The flights will have three weekly frequencies on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, with a capacity of 257 passengers in two classes.

Adelaide will become the airline’s fourth regular connection in the country, joining Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Currently, according to our database, United has 29 flights per week between the U.S. and Australia, being Sydney its main destination in terms of frequencies and routes.

Monday, Thursday and Saturday

• UA 207  San Francisco SFO 23:05 · 09:30+2 ADL Adelaide
• UA 208  Adelaide ADL 14:55 · 11:15 SFO San Francisco (Mon/Wed/Sat)

The first flight will be on December 11th.

Hawaiian to fly between Seattle and Honolulu by 787s

Hawaiian Airlines will commence services between Seattle and Honolulu with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft as of August 20th. The introduction of the 787 to this route is due to the agreement between Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines and the development of operations among the carrier’s main hubs.

Until September 11th, the airline will operate a daily frequency, when it will double its weekly flights using Boeing 787s on this service. These aircraft are configured for 300 passengers in two classes (34 seats in Business and 266 seats in Economy).

Daily

• HA 21  Seattle SEA 08:15 · 11:17 HNL Honolulu
• HA 22  Honolulu HNL 13:10 · 21:44 SEA Seattle

Second frequency since September 11th

Daily

• HA 635  Seattle SEA 16:55 · 19:57 HNL Honolulu
• HA 634  Honolulu HNL 21:45 · 06:19+1 SEA Seattle

At present, as per our database, Hawaiian offers 28 flights a week between Honolulu and Seattle Tacoma on Airbus A321s and Airbus A330s. It also operates a daily service to SEA from Kahului. 

LATIN AMERICA

Iberia to begin operations to Latin America with A321XLR

Fortaleza and Recife will be two new Iberia routes in South America, to be conducted on Airbus A321XLRs.

In accordance with its press release, Recife will enter the schedule effective December 13th, 2025, and Fortaleza from January 19th, 2026. Both Brazilian cities will have three weekly frequencies, although Fortaleza will increase to four services per week in February 2026, as Iberia recently announced.

The Spanish airline will reach four destinations in Brazil, with Rio de Janeiro Galeao and Sao Paulo Guarulhos being its current connections. Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, Montevideo, Quito and Santiago de Chile are part of the schedule in South America, in addition to Brazil.

Recife · December 13th, 2025

Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

• IB 139  Madrid MAD 12:45 · 17:45 REC Recife
• IB 140  Recife REC 19:15 · 07:15+1 MAD Madrid

Fortaleza · January 19th, 2026

Monday, Thursday and Saturday

• IB 149  Madrid MAD 12:40 · 17:30 FOR Fortaleza
• IB 150  Fortaleza FOR 19:00 · 06:45+1 MAD Madrid

Boston and Washington DC are the current destinations for Iberia’s A321XLRs. San Juan (Puerto Rico) will be added to the regular schedule of these aircraft in October.

EUROPE

KLM to start flights to Sint Maarten on 787s, and will commence a new route to South America

As of June 4th, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch operations to St. Maarten with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, which will join the Airbus A330-200s, currently used on this service.

The Boeing 787-9s will operate a triangular route that includes St. Maarten and Georgetown (Guyana), the latter located in South America. Guyana’s capital city will be a new regular KLM destination effective June 4th.

Wednesday and Saturday

• KL 789  Amsterdam AMS 09:45 · 12:40 SXM Sint Maarten
• KL 789  Sint Maarten SXM 14:10 · 16:25 GEO Georgetown
• KL 789  Georgetown GEO 17:40 · 08:40+1 AMS Amsterdam

KLM will increase from three to five weekly services from/to Sint Maarten (three flights per week will be non-stop, with A330s).

Virgin to fly between London and Seoul

Virgin Atlantic has announced its arrival in South Korea starting March 29th, 2026, with its new route between London Heathrow and Seoul Incheon. The airline will operate Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner airplanes, configured for 264 passengers in three classes.

As can seen in our database, Virgin will surpass 20 scheduled destinations from its hub in the British capital after the start of Seoul, and will reach four on the Asian continent. Currently, the company operates to Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai, with respect to destinations in Asia, all of them being in India.

Daily

• VS 208  London LHR 09:45 · 06:05+1 ICN Seoul
• VS 209  Seoul ICN 08:35 · 15:05 LHR London

ASIA

Dallas, EVA Air’s new destination

The Star Alliance member will initiate a new route between Taiwan and the United States beginning October 3rd, to be served by Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft.

Based on its website, EVA Air will fly three times weekly to Dallas Fort Worth, which will be its seventh U.S. destination, joining Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• BR 50  Taipei TPE 19:45 · 19:05 DFW Dallas
• BR 49  Dallas DFW 22:50 · 05:25+1 TPE Taipei

Jetstar to add two new routes from Denpasar

Jetstar will strengthen its operations in Denpasar (Indonesia), by launching two new scheduled routes between June and August. One of these will be carried out with 186-seat Airbus A320-200 aircraft, while the other using Airbus A321LRs configured for 232 passengers.

Singapore will join the schedule to/from Denpasar on June 6th, which will operate with a daily frequency on A321LRs. Meanwhile, Gold Coast, a city located 70 kilometers south of Brisbane, will have three flights a week with A320s starting August 1st.

Daily

• JQ 43  Denpasar DPS 15:50 · 18:30 SIN Singapore
• JQ 44  Singapore SIN 19:45 · 22:20 DPS Denpasar

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• JQ 93  Gold Coast OOL 18:15 · 22:35 DPS Denpasar
• JQ 94  Denpasar DPS 23:45 · 07:15+1 OOL Gold Coast

OCEANIA

Qantas resumes two internacional routes in December

The Australian airline will introduce two new international routes from Perth International Airport, both as of December 7th. In accordance with its website, Auckland and Johannesburg will return to Qantas’ regular schedule from/to Perth, each operated with 255-seat Airbus A330-200s, three times weekly.

London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Singapore are its current international destinations from PER, served by Boeing 787-9s (LHR and CDG) and A330-200s (Singapore).

Auckland

Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

• QF 111  Perth PER 17:00 · 04:45+1 AKL Auckland
• QF 112  Auckland AKL 08:30 · 11:30 PER Perth (Tue/Fri/Sun)

Qantas will compete with Air New Zealand on this route, which has nine weekly flights using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Johannesburg

Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

• QF 65  Perth PER 13:30 · 18:45 JNB Johannesburg
• QF 66  Johannesburg JNB 21:35 · 13:30+1 PER Perth

Qantas will compete with South African Airways on this route, serving five times weekly by Airbus A340-300s.

The oneworld Member has more than 15 domestic routes to/from Perth, performed on Airbus A320-200s, Airbus A330-200s and Boeing 737-800s.

AFRICA

Uganda Airlines to operate flights to the United Kingdom

Uganda Airlines announced that it will begin flying between Entebbe and London Gatwick from May 18th, thus entering the European market for the first time in almost a decade. The Ugandan flag carrier will operate Airbus A330-800neo aircraft, configured for 261 passengers in three classes (20 seats in Business, 28 seats in Premium Economy and 213 seats in Economy).

London Gatwick will become Uganda Airlines’ third regular destination offered outside Africa, its main market of operation. Currently, according to our database, Dubai and Mumbai, in the United Arab Emirates and India, respectively, are its current routes in other continents.

The airline will serve three times weekly to the British capital from Entebbe, scheduled to provide 783 seats per week on each leg. Uganda Airlines will be the sole operator between Uganda and the United Kingdom, and the third airline to operate to the country from Europe, following Brussels Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

EBB – LGW

• UR 110  Entebbe EBB 00:05 · 07:35 LGW London (Tue/Wed)
• UR 110  Entebbe EBB 03:10 · 10:40 LGW London (Friday)
• UR 110  Entebbe EBB 09:25 · 16:55 LGW London (Sunday)

LGW – EBB

• UR 111  London LGW 09:40 · 21:10 EBB Entebbe (Tuesday)
• UR 111  London LGW 09:50 · 21:20 EBB Entebbe (Wednesday)
• UR 111  London LGW 12:40 · 00:10+1 EBB Entebbe (Friday)
• UR 111  London LGW 19:05 · 06:35+1 EBB Entebbe (Sunday)

MIDDLE EAST

Qatar Airways strengthens its presence in Canada 

Nearly a year after the start, Qatar Airways plans to expand to a daily frequency between Doha and Toronto Pearson from late October 2025.

The airline currently offers three weekly services on this route, which it has maintained since its first flight on December 11th, 2024, with Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft seating 354 passengers in two classes, and is scheduled to increase, prior to the daily flight, to five operations per week on June 19th.

Daily except Monday and Tuesday

• QR 767  Doha DOH 08:10 · 15:00 YYZ Toronto
• QR 768  Toronto YYZ 21:00 · 16:40+1 DOH Doha

It currently operates on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Etihad to fly to France by A321LRs

For the first time, the airline will operate to the French capital with Airbus A321neo LR aircraft.

In accordance with its website, starting February 1st, 2026, Etihad Airways will increase from 14 to 18 flights per week on the Abu Dhabi – Paris Charles de Gaulle route, which is currently operated using Airbus A380s and Boeing 787-9s.

The new four flights a week will be conducted on Airbus A321LR configured for 160 passengers in three classes (2 seats in First, 14 seats in Business and 144 seats in Economy).

Airbus A380-800 · 486 seats

Daily

• EY 31  Abu Dhabi AUH 02:40 · 07:30 CDG Paris
• EY 32  Paris CDG 09:45 · 19:25 AUH Abu Dhabi

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner · 290 seats

Daily

• EY 33  Abu Dhabi AUH 14:20 · 19:10 CDG Paris
• EY 34  Paris CDG 20:50 · 06:30+1 AUH Abu Dhabi

Airbus A321neo · February 1st, 2026

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• EY 35  Abu Dhabi AUH 08:20 · 13:00 CDG Paris
• EY 36  Paris CDG 14:50 · 00:30+1 AUH Abu Dhabi

New aircraft incorporated by airlines during April

Cover photo: Dayon Wong – JetPhotos (San Francisco, United States)