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It's Interjet, Turkish Airlines and Delta Leading This Week's New Route News

August 3, 2012 at 9:46 AM | by | Comment (1)

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.

· Turkish Airlines:
Just like everyone else we’d love to spend a few days—or a few months—over in the Maldives, but getting there isn’t exactly as easy as hopping aboard a ferry. There are plenty of flights to reach the island destination, but a new option from Turkish Airlines might just make it a little bit more accessible.

Beginning on November 24, the airline will start nonstop flights between Istanbul and Male. The flights will run five times per week, and all the flying fun will be completed thanks to the carrier’s fleet of Airbus A330s. Tickets haven’t gone on sale as of yet, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see the fares loaded into the system within the next few days or weeks. If money is an issue—no problem—just keep saving those frequent flyer miles, as Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance.

· Delta:
It’s been a little bit of time since Delta announced their big expansion plans for New York-LaGuardia, but recently they kind of completed the launch of some of their newest flights to and form the Big Apple. The flights are a mix between mainline Delta jets and some regional carriers, but anyway look slice it you’ll get to where you need to go. Some of the most recently added options include spots like Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, Charlottesville, Houston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, as well as Halifax, Ottawa, and Montreal.

All in all, Delta is planning to spend a cool $160 million—give or take a couple bucks—on upgrades and improvements over at LaGuardia. That means your time on the ground might just be a little less crummy and a little more pleasant, especially with a visit to the beer garden.

· Interjet:
We remember hearing about Interjet late last year, and how they were looking to cross the border into the United States for the first time. Well things must be going well for the carrier, as now they’re looking to bring another flight up to the nifty fifty. As of today, Interjet—second largest air carrier in Mexico—is now flying new nonstop flights between New York-JFK and Mexico City.

The new flights will do their thing each and every day of the week, and these New York flights are in addition to existing flights to other spots like Miami and San Antonio. If you want to check out Interjet—or just Mexico—roundtrip fares can be had for as little as $349 through the end of August. Best of all, they’ll even allow you to bring along two checked bags for free.

· Volaris:
Who wants to go to Uruapan? It might not be the first destination in Mexico that is on the tip of a traveler’s tongue, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t deserving of their very own nonstop flight. Low-cost carrier Volaris is planning to link the city with a new nonstop flight right up and over to Los Angeles. Our buddies over at AirlineRoute.net spill the beans on the new option, as this is nonstop flight option number seven between Mexico and Los Angeles for Volaris. The flight will just do its thing once per week on Tuesdays, and should be ready to go starting on October 2.

· United Airlines:
This isn’t exactly a new route, but we wanted to share it with you—just in case. Through its United Express affiliates, United is already flying between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Virginia and Washington-Dulles. However, Silver Airways took over the flight responsibilities earlier this week.

They’ll be sending passengers back and forth between the two cities thanks to a little propeller power through their Saab 340 airplanes. For passengers it should really just be business as usual, but we thought we’d let you know about the change. Just in case you weren’t familiar with the Silver Airways sticker on the side of your plane.

[Photos: BriYYZ and Wikimedia]

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Nice routes

Good routes, I like the Turkish one to Male. Turkish airlines always have nice prices on tickets connecting in IST . And even if there is a long layover - it's nice, you can walk around beautiful Instabul and relax after your first long flight. I was able to find Turkish airlines direct route to Male only on one site - Europe By Air ( http://l.wayanyway.com/270855 ) for $753 and all other sites showed only Etihad arways with one stop for about $1080 ... over $300 savings and direct flight is not bad at all!!
Anton Rachitskiy on August 4, 2012 at 4:15 AM #Permalink

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