Delta Air Lines will end scheduled Boeing 747-400 operations on December 17 when flight DL154 from Seoul/Incheon touches down in Detroit. The SkyTeam carrier intends to keep the type in service until December 31, flying sports teams and ad-hoc charter flights.
Dominican carrier Air Santo Domingo has outlined plans for scheduled and charter flights to the US. The airline has applied to the US Department of Transportation for a renewal of exemption authority, Swiss airline intelligence provider ch-aviation reports, aiming to offer scheduled flights to Miami and New York as well as Puerto Rico. The carrier also plans to offer Part 212-compliant charters to the US.
Sunrise Airways launched a new twiceweekly service from Port-au-Prince south to Curaçao on November 28. The Haitibased carrier will deploy both its Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320 jets on the route. “Curaçao has been on our wish list for route expansion since our start as a commercial airline in 2012”, said Philippe Bayard, President of Sunrise Airways. “The route shows tremendous potential for growth on a point-to-point basis between Haiti and Curaçao, while also opening up some very attractive connectivity options within our existing route structure.”