{"id":3676,"date":"2010-02-02T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T13:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2016-12-16T21:46:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T03:46:06","slug":"new-international-flights-start-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/new-international-flights-start-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"New international flights start this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2999\" title=\"AirplaneStock1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/AirplaneStock1.jpg\" alt=\"flights\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t much sign that international premium-class travel is picking up, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the airlines from looking for niches to add new service. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on tap for the so-called &#8220;summer schedule&#8221; that, by airline tradition, starts in late March.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong><a title=\"Continental Airlines on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/GDDC?deal_id=air-continental-airlines\" target=\"_blank\">Continental Airlines<\/a><\/strong> will link its <a title=\"Newark Liberty travel conditons from Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/updates.orbitz.com\/airports\/EWR\" target=\"_blank\">Newark Liberty International<\/a> hub with Frankfurt, the primary hub of Lufthansa, its Star Alliance partner. Daily <a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\">flights<\/a> begin on March 27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Meanwhile, Continental will also resume flights between <strong>Hong Kong and Guam<\/strong> on April 2. The twice-weekly service will be operated with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Speaking of Lufthansa, it will begin flying between its <strong>Munich<\/strong> hub and <strong><a title=\"Miami airport conditionsfrom Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/updates.orbitz.com\/airports\/MIA\" target=\"_blank\">Miami International Airport<\/a><\/strong> on March 29. Flights will operate three times a week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Icelandair<\/strong> will launch three weekly flights from Orlando\/Sanford to Keflavik on March 27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Taiwan travelers take note: <strong>EVA Air<\/strong> will launch <strong>Taipei-Toronto<\/strong> flights on March 29. The three-day-a-week service will make an intermediate stop in Anchorage on the Asia-bound flights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And <strong>China Airlines<\/strong> will launch a <strong>Taipei-London<\/strong> service on March 28. That, too, will operate three times a week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Business travel on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Business travel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Flights<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Miami hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Miami-Hotels.d178286.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miami hotels<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Toronto hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Toronto-Hotels.d178314.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Toronto hotels<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"London hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/London-Hotels.d178279.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\">London hotels<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a  non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe  Brancatelli. 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