U.S. Airlines Add Unusual New Routes and 8 Other Aviation Trends This Week


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This week in aviation, some airlines are experimenting with unconventional routes and the CEO of Singapore Airlines talks about the difficulties of the Southeast Asia market. Plus, we explore the complex issue of lightweight plastics in airplane catering.

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U.S. Airlines Add Untapped International Routes in Next Stage of Growth: When U.S. airlines started making money again several years ago, they added flights to some of the biggest business destinations. But they have mostly filled in those gaps, so now they’re taking chances on more unusual routes. Some will surely fail. Singapore Airlines CEO Lays Out Challenges Without Any Domestic Routes: In a rare appearance at Skift Forum Asia, Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong says the carrier is in a unique position: It doesn’t opera