Air France will begin flying to Las Vegas on April 15th, 2026 with a regular schedule, which will be operated three times a week using Airbus A350-900 aircraft seating 324 passengers in three classes (34 seats in Business, 24 seats in Premium Economy, and 266 seats in Economy).

Vegas will become Air France’s 17th destination in the U.S., its 21st in North America, and its 39th on the continent including the Caribbean and South America. The United States is its main market, followed by Brazil, with six routes.

The French capital will join Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, and Manchester as Las Vegas’ connections to Europe, currently offered by KLM, Aer Lingus, Condor, Discover Airlines, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic.

Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

• AF 56  Paris CDG 13:40 · 15:35 LAS Las Vegas
• AF 57  Las Vegas LAS 17:50 · 13:05+1 CDG Paris

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Newark, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. are part of Air France’s regular network in the United States.

• Atlanta (ATL): 13 weekly · Airbus A350 and Boeing 777-200
• Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Dallas (DFW): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Detroit (DTW): 5 weekly · Boeing 777-200(ER)
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Los Angeles (LAX): 19 weekly · Airbus A350 and Boeing 777-300
• Miami (MIA): 10 weekly · Airbus A350 and Boeing 777-300
• New York (JFK): 35 weekly · Airbus A350 and Boeing 777-300
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-200(ER)
• Orlando (MCO): 4 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Phoenix (PHX): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 5 weekly · Boeing 777-200(ER)
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Washington D.C. (IAD): 11 weekly · Airbus A350-900

Air Canada

Air Canada has confirmed its first three regular routes between Canada and Europe with Airbus A321XLR aircraft, which will enter service in 2026.

According to the airline, Edinburgh, Palma de Mallorca, and Toulouse will be the first three intercontinental services for these aircraft, featuring a 162-seat configuration in two classes (14 seats in Business and 168 seats in Economy).

Montreal – Toulouse · May 15th, 2026

Daily

• AC 878  Montreal YUL 20:30 · 10:05+1 TLS Toulouse
• AC 879  Toulouse TLS 12:15 · 14:45 YUL Montreal

Palma de Mallorca · June 17th, 2026

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• AC 924  Montreal YUL 18:45 · 08:25+1 PMI Mallorca
• AC 925  Mallorca PMI 12:15 · 15:10 YUL Montreal (Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat)

Montreal – Edinburgh · June 18th, 2026

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• AC 936  Montreal YUL 20:30 · 07:55+1 EDI Edinburgh
• AC 937  Edinburgh EDI 09:30 · 11:50 YUL Montreal (Wed/Fri/Sun)

Currently, the Montreal-Edinburgh and Montreal-Toulouse routes are operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, respectively. Palma de Mallorca will be a new destination for Air Canada.

The airline will serve three cities in Spain, Barcelona, Madrid, and Palma de Mallorca, with the first two being conducted by wide-body aircraft.

Conviasa

The Venezuelan state-owned airline will add a second destination in Russia with the introduction of St. Petersburg, planned to begin on November 1st. In accordance with its website, Conviasa will operate the Caracas – Varadero – St. Petersburg route and vice versa by Airbus A340-600 aircraft, configured for 311 passengers.

These flights, as with its Caracas–Moscow–Guangzhou service, will operate bi-weekly, departing from the Venezuelan capital on Fridays and leaving the Russian city on Mondays.

In November, the Caracas–Moscow Vnukovo–Guangzhou service performs on the same days with the same aircraft, during the week when it does not operate to Varadero and St. Petersburg. Conviasa plans to increase to a weekly frequency to Moscow and Guangzhou on December 5th.

United Airlines

The US airline has announced the addition of new routes between the United States and Europe starting in April 2026.

United will fly to Bari, Glasgow, Santiago de Compostela, and Split from Newark, in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Croatia, respectively, with two of these routes scheduled to be operated by narrow-body aircraft.

Split · April 30th, 2026

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• UA 305  Newark EWR 17:00 · 07:45+1 SPU Split
• UA 306  Split SPU 10:00 · 14:05 EWR Newark (Wed/Fri/Sun)

It will operate with 203-seat Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

Bari · May 1st, 2026

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• UA 380  Newark EWR 16:45 · 07:45+1 BRI Bari
• UA 381  Bari BRI 09:45 · 14:00 EWR Newark (Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat)

It will operate with 203-seat Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

Glasgow · May 8th, 2026

Daily

• UA 230  Newark EWR 22:15 · 10:10+1 GLA Glasgow
• UA 231  Glasgow GLA 14:00 · 16:35 EWR Newark

It will operate with 166-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Santiago de Compostela · May 27th, 2026

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• UA 222  Newark EWR 19:15 · 08:15+1 SCQ Santiago de Compostela
• UA 223  Santiago de Compostela SCQ 10:00 · 11:50 EWR Newark (Mon/Thu/Sat)

It will operate with 166-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Furthermore, as of May 21st, 2026, the company will operate flights between Washington and Reykjavik using Boeing 757-200 aircraft configured for 176 passengers, under the following schedule:

Daily

• UA 398  Washington IAD 22:55 · 08:50+1 KEF Reykjavik
• UA 399  Reykjavik KEF 11:30 · 13:55 IAD Washington

Iberia

Iberia will introduce a second regular destination in Mexico effective June 2nd, 2026, which will be provided from/to Madrid Barajas on 288-seater Airbus A330-200 aircraft, three times weekly.

Monterrey will enter Iberia’s network in the country, joining the Mexican capital, currently served by three daily flights with Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

Tuesday, Friday and Saturday

• IB 305  Madrid MAD 13:10 · 17:05 MTY Monterrey
• IB 306  Monterrey MTY 18:35 · 13:05+1 MAD Madrid

Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Havana, Lima, Montevideo, Mexico City, Panama City, Punta Cana, Quito, Río de Janeiro, San José (Costa Rica), San Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, and São Paulo are Iberia’s current destinations in Latin America.

IndiGo

London Heathrow, IndiGo’s new connection.

On October 26th at 15:07 local time, IndiGo’s inaugural flight departed from Mumbai to Heathrow Airport, marking the start of its second regular route in the India-UK market.

IndiGo will operate five times a week with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, which feature the Indian airline titles but are owned by Norse Atlantic Airways.

BOM – LHR

• 6E 1  Mumbai BOM 14:45 · 19:20 LHR London (Mon/Thu/Sat/Sun)
• 6E 1  Mumbai BOM 13:10 · 17:45 LHR London (Friday)

LHR – BOM

• 6E 2  London LHR 21:30 · 11:45+1 BOM Mumbai (Mon/Sat/Sun)
• 6E 2  London LHR 21:10 · 11:20+1 BOM Mumbai (Wednesday)
• 6E 2  London LHR 19:50 · 10:05+1 BOM Mumbai (Friday)

LOT

As of March 30th, 2026, LOT Polish Airlines will begin operating three new routes within Europe, to be flown to/from Krakow by 186/189-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

• Barcelona (BCN): 4 weekly
• Madrid (MAD): 6 weekly
• Rome (FCO): 5 weekly

Chicago O’Hare, Istanbul, Paris Orly, and Tel Aviv are its current destinations from Krakow, excluding domestic the two routes within Poland (Olsztyn and Warsaw).

Swiss

Swiss International Air Lines incorporated its first Airbus A350-900, which arrived at Kloten Airport on October 9th from Toulouse, brand new from the factory.

The aircraft, registered as HB-IFA, landed in Zurich at 15:26 local time after a two-and-a-half-hour ferry flight, which included a flight alongside Swiss Air Force aircraft. Over the next few days, the aircraft made several test flights in Taranto, Italy, entering regular service on October 25th with flight LX 2152 between Zurich and Palma de Mallorca, as you can see in this video on our YouTube channel.

Zurich-Boston will be the aircraft’s first intercontinental route, starting on November 20th, and Zurich-Montreal will commence on February 23rd, 2026.

• Zurich (ZRH) – Boston (BOS): 5 weekly flights with Airbus A350
• Zurich (ZRH) – Montreal (YUL): 7 weekly flights with Airbus A350

Swiss operates a daily flight between Zurich and Boston. The other services will be conducted by Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

China Eastern

The SkyTeam member will initiate flights between Shanghai Pudong and Delhi on November 9th, serving with Airbus A330-200 aircraft, after being suspended for a five-year hiatus due to the pandemic and border disputes.

Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday

• MU 563  Shanghai PVG 12:50 · 17:45 DEL Delhi
• MU 564  Delhi DEL 19:55 · 04:10+1 PVG Shanghai

It will increase to five weekly in January 2026

Both countries resumed non-stop flights on October 27th following a five-year hiatus, with the launch of IndiGo’s Kolkata-Guangzhou route, to be provided daily using Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Jetstar

On December 2nd at 15:25 local time, Jetstar Airways’ inaugural flight to Hobart will depart from Newcastle Airport. The airline currently operates in Tasmania from/to Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney on Airbus A320s and Airbus A321s.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• JQ 489  Newcastle NTL 15:25 · 17:25 HBA Hobart
• JQ 488  Hobart HBA 18:05 · 20:10 NTL Newcastle

Jetstar will serve this new route with Airbus A320-200 and Airbus A320neo aircraft.

easyJet

The low-cost airline will expand its regular schedule in Morocco, adding three new routes between Europe and Marrakech Menara Airport, beginning in May 2026.

These flights, which are already available for purchase on easyJet’s website, will be performed with Airbus A319-100 aircraft seating 156 passengers in single class.

• Hamburg (HAM): 2 weekly · May 1st, 2026
• Lille (LIL): 2 weekly · May 3rd, 2026
• Strasbourg (SXB): 2 weekly · May 3rd, 2026

Riyadh Air

Riyadh Air, the new Saudi airline based in Riyadh, launched its first regular route on October 26th.

At 03:26 local time that day, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registration HZ-RXX, departed King Khalid International Airport bound for London Heathrow, where it landed at 07:14 local time after a 6-hour and 48-minute flight.

The company will operate a daily frequency on this service with its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner configured for 288 passengers. Riyadh Air has a firm order for 39 Boeing 787-9s, with options for 33 more.

Daily

• RX 401  Riyadh RUH 03:15 · 07:30 LHR London
• RX 402  London LHR 09:30 · 19:00 RUH Riyadh

Riyadh Air becomes the fourth airline to operate on the Riyadh-London Heathrow route, following British Airways, Saudia, and Virgin Atlantic.

Delta

Effective October 2026, Delta will initiate its first route between the United States and Saudi Arabia (Atlanta – Riyadh), to be operated by its Airbus A350-900 aircraft, featuring four product experiences on board: Delta One®, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort and Delta Main.

The airline will be the first U.S. carrier to serve this market, joining Saudi Arabian Airlines, currently flying to New York JFK, and Washington, D.C., from Jeddah and Riyadh.

At the time of publication, flights are not yet available for purchase.

The capital of Saudi Arabia joins a long list of new international destinations for Delta Air Lines, including Melbourne, Sardinia, Porto, Hong Kong, and Malta, which will begin on December 3rd, May 20th, 2026, May 21st, 2026, and June 6th, 2026, respectively.

Furthermore, on October 26th at 06:43 local time, Delta’s inaugural flight from Atlanta arrived at Menara International Airport in Marrakech. The airline will operate three times weekly using 238-seat Boeing 767-400(ER) aircraft.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• DL 186  Atlanta ATL 16:50 · 06:55+1 RAK Marrakech
• DL 187  Marrakech RAK 08:55 · 13:00 ATL Atlanta

Marrakech becomes Delta’s sixth destination in Africa, joining Accra, Cape Town, Dakar, Johannesburg, and Lagos.

Brussels Airlines

Starting June 3rd, 2026, Brussels Airlines will begin flights to Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) on a triangular route with Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. According to its website, the company will offer two weekly flights on the Brussels – Kilimanjaro – Nairobi – Brussels route with Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

Wednesday and Saturday

• SN 487  Brussels BRU 10:20 · 20:35 JRO Kilimanjaro
• SN 487  Kilimanjaro JRO 21:35 · 22:25 NBO Nairobi
• SN 487  Nairobi NBO 23:40 · 07:40+1 BRU Brussels

Brussels currently operates twice-weekly flights between Brussels and Nairobi, and offers two additional weekly flights on a triangular route with Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.

New aircraft

These are the new aircraft incorporated by airlines during October. Only new aircraft from the factory are taken into account.

Cover photo: © Terrill L. Murriel – JetPhotos (Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport, United States)