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.

UAE-based Emirates has ordered 15 further Airbus A350-900 aircraft at the Dubai air show, taking its total firm commitments for the type to 65 jets. The value at list prices of the Airbus order is $6 billion, though the carrier has likely received a significant discount. The first A350 is scheduled to join Emirates’ fleet in August next year, with the carrier receiving deliveries until early 2028. “The A350-900s will add to our fleet mix and we are pleased to announce additional orders for this aircraft type. We plan to deploy our A350s to serve a range of new markets including long-haul missions of up to 15 hours flying time from Dubai,” comments Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chief executive of Emirates. The deal follows on from an order for 95 Boeing aircraft on 13 November – 55 777-9s, 35 777-8s and five 787s – as the carrier looks to revamp its fleet into the coming decade. In total, Emirates has orders for 310 widebody aircraft.