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AIR NEW ZEALAND now flies non-stop to Taipei, cutting the journey time by three hours by eliminating the need for a Hong Kong stopover and connecting flight.

DELTA AIR LINES plans to give MinneapolisSt Paul its first ever non-stop connection to China with flights to Shanghai in 2020, flown by its Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

GARUDA INDONESIA has reinstated its non-stop Jakarta-London flights less than a month after deciding to axe the service at the end of October.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES continues to ramp up its recent US expansion with plans to fly non-stop to Seattle starting September 3 next year, using its Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

UNITED AIRLINES has expressed a desire to boost its current daily flights between New York (Newark) and Shanghai to double-daily by June 2020.