Emirates, Frontier, and Qatar Airways Have Just Some of This Week's New Routes

August 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM | by kjb | Comments (0)

Sometimes it�s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we�ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· Hawaiian Airlines:
If you haven�t yet made it out to Hawaii this fall might be an excellent time to visit, and that�s especially the case if you call the west coast of country home. Hawaiian Airlines already sends plenty of planes back and forth between the mainland and the islands, but now it looks like they are shuffling things�in a good way�between Hawaii and the Bay Area of San Francisco.

Beginning on October 3, they�re upgrading the nonstop options to Maui out of Oakland and San Jose to as many as 14 flights per week. This does mean that the service to Honolulu will be decreased, but with a multitude of interisland flight options it�s easy to get to the other islands even from Maui. There�s even some decent fares with round trip options starting around $350 for a round trip flight�aloha!!

· Qatar Airways:
Big news for Chicago-O�Hare this week, as it looks like Qatar Airways has picked the airport as their newest option to and from the United States. Service to the Windy City will begin on April 10, as the planes and pilots do their thing back and forth from Doha.

Qatar Airways will use one of their Boeing 777-300ERs to get all the flying fun, and there will be room for about 335 passengers between business and economy class. It�ll take roughly 15 hours to complete the flight between the two cities, and the flights will be an option each and every day of the week. Chicago is just the latest option for Qatar Airways, as they�re already doing their thing in New York, Houston, and Washington.

· Frontier:
There isn�t that much to do in Fargo, North Dakota, but we�ve been a couple of times and always enjoyed our visits. That�s why we were excited to learn that Frontier is coming to the city with new nonstop options over to Denver. The flights will run three times per week, and Frontier will be sending Airbus 319s back and forth between the two spots.

The planes will have some of those extra legroom seats�for a fee�and even access to plenty of live television. We�re sure that residents of the area are already planning trips with Denver as a layover on their way to somewhere a little warmer. All the flying fun starts just in time for the holidays, as the planes will do their thing beginning on November 16.

· United:
We knew that United had something in store for residents of the Triangle down in North Carolina, and this week the new flights finally took to the skies. This week a new nonstop between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and San Francisco started doing its thing thanks to United.

Boeing 737s are doing the heavy lifting across the country, as the flights leave Raleigh around 7am local time on the way across the country. Local officials are hoping that this will boost business for companies located in the two areas, but we�re thinking that it would just make for an awesome long weekend. If you ask us, no connections just means more time to explore.

· Emirates:
Thailand is about to get a little bit more accessible, as it sounds like Emirates is getting ready to send some of their jets over to Phuket. The new flights are set to debut on December 10, and this will be the second destination�after Bangkok�for Emirates to and from Thailand.

The flights will run each and every day of the week, so there�s no need for along weekend when you can stay as long as you�d like. Three-class planes will do the flying between Phuket and Dubai, so if you�ve got some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket there�s always the option to upgrade yourself into first class.

[Photos: Ack Ook and Mr T in DC]

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