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US startup Connect Airlines bags American Airlines interline

Waltzing Matilda Aviation (MW, New Bedford), the production carrier for the scheduled startup Connect Airlines brand, has signed an interline agreement with American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth), with plans for a codeshare partnership when flights begin in early 4Q21.

Details to this effect were reportedly revealed in an updated regulatory filing by the US Department of Transportation on August 26, but the relevant sections have since been redacted following a motion by WMA to withhold information from public disclosure for competitive purposes.

WMA chief executive John Thomas was not immediately available for comment.

American Airlines said the agreement with WMA was part of its “continued effort to build the biggest and best network.” “Our interline partnership is still in its developmental stages, and we look forward to providing more options for customers to travel from Toronto City Centre,” spokesman Jermaine Spight told The Dallas Morning News.

Several local news reports said the interline agreement with American was signed in March 2021 but the carriers expected to negotiate a codeshare agreement...

Gambia resumes commercial passenger traffic

Several West African and European carriers have resumed commercial flights to Banjul, Gambia, after the airport reopened following a seven-month lockdown because of COVID-19.

According to the ch-aviation schedules module, Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) was the first to return on October 31 with weekly service from Istanbul New, via Dakar Blaise Diagne Int'l. Transair (Senegal) (R2, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int'l) has also resumed weekly flights from Dakar, while Air Sénégal (HC, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int'l) has returned with four flights a week scheduled as of November 1.

Togo’s ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) flight KP22 resumed four times weekly from Lomé, Accra, and Freetown and to Banjul on November 5. TUI Airways (BY, London Luton) has come back with weekly flights from London Gatwick and Manchester Int'l, while Spain’s Vueling Airlines (VY, Barcelona El Prat) on November 7 restarts weekly services with flight VY7574 from Barcelona El Prat.

The Gambia currently has no home-grown national...

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