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American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has said in a press release it will launch its first African route, to Casablanca Int'l, on June 4, 2019.

The seasonal route from Philadelphia Int'l will operate 3x weekly using B757-200s. Royal Air Maroc (AT, Casablanca Int'l) is in the process of joining Oneworld, the alliance of which American Airlines is a member.

"We look forward to working with Royal Air Maroc when they join oneworld in January, which will allow for even more connections further into Africa to places like Marrakech, Lagos, and Accra. This is only the beginning," Vice-President (Network and Schedule Planning) Vasu Raja said.

Royal Air Maroc currently operates to Boston, Miami Int'l, New York JFK, and Washington Dulles in the United States. No other airlines operate services between Morocco and the US, the ch-aviation schedules module shows.

The American carrier said it will also resume year-round services to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion, flying 3x weekly from Dallas/Fort Worth...

Regional Jet (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) is planning to add Embraer regional jets, specifically E190s and E195s, the head of communications of parent Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) said.

In a social media post, Toomas Uibo did not clarify how many Embraers the Estonian carrier was planning to add. But, according to the local daily Posttimees, Regional Jet will add "more than one" Embraer ahead of the Summer 2020 season.

Uibo also added that the carrier planned to increase its fleet of Avions de Transport Régional turboprops and CRJ regional jets, without providing any details.

Regional Jet, which is 49%-owned by LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin), currently operates seven ATR72-600s, two CRJ700s, and ten CRJ900s. The ACMI/charter specialist wet-leases aircraft out to SAS Scandinavian Airlines, LOT, and its 51%-owner Nordica on long-term contracts. Nordica will end its own services at the end of the Summer 2019 season with LOT taking over the commercial risk of its remaining routes. Regional Jet also wet-leases aircraft...