Delta Air Lines will end most of its flights to Venezuela. It will replace its daily service between Caracas and its hub in Atlanta (Georgia, U.S.) with a single round-trip weekend flight. The airline cited ticket sales revenue thatit trapped in the country by the Venezuelan government's monetary policies.
Colombian airline Avianca is once again flying between Bogotá and London Heathrow, with four round-trip flights weekly, on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It is the only direct flight between Heathrow and the Colombian capital.
TAP Portugal will reduce its Lisbon, Portugal - Bogotá - Panama City - Lisbon service to three weekly, cancelling its Tuesday service, as of September 12.
Central America
Beginning August 1, Sunwing Airlines will offer year-round weekly flights between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Playa Blanca Airport in Río Hato, Panama. The airport, on the nation's Pacific coast, is also known as Scarlett Martinez International Airport.
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Gol Transportes Aeros
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Airline Alliance News
Several airlines have recently expanded their codeshare agreements. Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines added service to the U.S., operated by Turkish, to their agreement. Virgin Atlantic and Delta added Virgin's VS code to another 27 Delta routes within the U.S. U.S. Airways and British Airways began putting the US code on another 11 routes operating by BA from London Heathrow.
IBERIA began codeshare service with Interjet, the Mexican low-cost carrier, placing its IB code on 21 routes operated by Interjet within Mexico.
Gol Transportes Aeros, based in Brazil, signed a codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, which requires approval from the two nations' aviation agencies. The codeshare will expand their existing interline agreement, and will soon be joined by frequent flyer program reciprocity.
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Etihad Airways
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Etihad and Philippine Airlinesrenewed the codeshare agreement that had ended in October 2013.
Other Airline News
JetBlue Airways has begun introducing automatic check-in for travelers, starting with those booked for domestic itineraries with Even More Space seats. Eligible travelers now receive an email 24 hours before their scheduled flight with a ready-to-print boarding pass and the option to download a mobile boarding pass. The airline will expand the program during the next 12 months or so, eventually including international travelers and customers without assigned seats.
Hotel News
Atlantis, the 3,400-room resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas, will join Marriott International's Autograph Collection of independent hotels.
