IAG has issued a request for proposals for the financing of five widebodies set to be deployed by Spanish subsidiary Iberia. The airline group is seeking financing bids for two Airbus A350s and three A330-900neos being delivered to Iberia, a source who has seen the RFP says. IAG has declined to comment. IAG had an RFP out earlier this year for the financing of 10 aircraft, including two A350-100s and two Boeing 787-10s to be delivered to British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia.

Alaska Airlines has launched year-round daily services to the Hawaiian city of Honolulu from Seattle/Everett along with flights between Portland and Miami.

The carrier says that it flies eight West Coast gateways to Hawaii from Anchorage, Seattle/Everett, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego serving Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Island of Hawaii with an average of 30 daily flights. With the new service to Miami, it currently serves 52 nonstop destinations from Portland, Oregon, it adds. Miami is the fourth Florida city the carrier will serve from Portland, joining Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa. Alaska Airlines also operates flights between Miami and Seattle. Vice-president of revenue management and network planning, Kirsten Amrine, states: "Our new nonstop between Seattle/Everett and Honolulu is our first regularly scheduled service connecting Paine Field to Hawaii. And our new coast-to-coast route between Portland and Miami links two destinations that were the largest underserved cities for each airport."

WestJet plans to launch flights from Halifax in Canada to Scottish capital Edinburgh on 20 June 2024. The carrier says it will operate the UK route at thrice-weekly frequency, and also intends to reinstate four-times-weekly services from Halifax to London and to Irish capital Dublin on 28 April and 19 June, respectively. Fleets data shows that Calgary-based WestJet has a fleet comprising 118 Boeing 737 narrowbodies – including 31 Max 8s – and seven 787-9 widebodies. It has 54 Max 10s on order, along with a trio of Max 7s and one more Max 8. The "return of vital transatlantic connections" to its summer schedule is described by WestJet as "successfully leveraging" its expanding Max fleet.