United will add new service to eight cities from its Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles and Newark hubs next spring, including new flights to Elmira in New York. The carrier will add new service to El Paso and Fresno from Chicago O'Hare; Jacksonville from Denver; Kalispell, Medford, Missoula and Redmond from Los Angeles; and Elmira from Newark in April and June 2018, FlightGlobal schedules show. Elmira is the only new destination among the routes for United. The airline previously served the Central New York city from Chicago O'Hare from 2014 to 2016. The carrier may see an opportunity in American Airlines exit from Elmira in February 2017 after nearly 45 years. Delta is the only mainline carrier serving the city. United will fly a mix of Bombardier CRJ200, Embraer ERJ-145, Embraer 170 and Embraer 175 aircraft on the new routes, schedules show. The Fresno, Kalispell and Missoula services will operate seasonally. <br/>
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LOT Polish Airlines plans to begin 3X-weekly Warsaw-Singapore Changi services from May 15, 2018. Warsaw-based LOT will use a Boeing 787 in a three-class configuration—business class, premium economy and economy—on the service. Frequencies will increase to 4X-weekly from July 2018. LOT CEO Rafał Milczarski said the new service reflects the carrier’s promise to continue expanding its network of Asian connections and is part of its growth strategy. “Nearly three million passengers travel between Europe and Singapore each year. We are positive that opening the new LOT connection provides an excellent opportunity for passengers from Central and Eastern as well as Western Europe.” From the beginning of this year, LOT has announced the launch of 20 routes, including intercontinental flights to Los Angeles (California), Newark (New Jersey) and Astana (Kazakhstan), and from Kraków (Poland) to Chicago (Illinois).<br/>
Lufthansa has been busy restoring classic examples of its former fleet for displays and experience flights. It's just brought back into service the oldest aircraft in its fleet, a Junkers Ju-52, and is set to recommission a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner from 1957. Lufthansa has also been actively involved in the recovery of a 1970s Boeing 737 -- known as Landshut -- with an infamous past as the target for a hijacking. So what are the stories behind these illustrious old flying machines? Story has details. The aircraft, which sports the Luft Hansa 1936 historical livery, has a packed schedule during summer months. Between May and October it's usually booked up, attending air shows and carrying passengers on a unique flying experience around Germany and Austria. "It is not unusual to have elderly people, who flew on Ju-52 when they were very young, take their grandchildren on board," explains Wolfgang Weber, a Lufthansa spokesperson.<br/>