flight plan

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES starts direct flights from Boston to Vienna in March 2020. The flights will operate four times weekly, increasing to six a week in April. Lufthansa adds more connectivity from Boston in the summer when its A380 begins flights from Boston to Munich. austrian.com

AIR CANADA will be the first Canadian airline to take delivery of the Canadian-designed and developed Airbus A220 aircraft when it receives the first of 45 aircraft it has on order in December. The A220 features an innovative cabin design, as well as significantly lower emissions and a reduced noise footprint. The A220-300 for Air Canada has a 137-seat dual-class cabin layout. The new aircraft replace the airline’s existing fleet of smaller, narrower aircraft. aircanada.com

LUFTHANSA GROUP has made significant changes to its status program, designed to make it easier for customers to get and maintain Frequent Traveller, Senator and HON Circle levels. All changes to the status program will apply to flights beginning in January. Under the plans, in addition to the award miles for their flight, guests will receive points instead of the current status and HON Circle miles to simplify the different types of credits. Read more details about the changes at lufthansa.com ETIHAD AIRWAYS has announced a fourth daily flight from Abu Dhabi to Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Flights begin December 8 and will be operated by an Airbus A320 configured with eight seats in business and 150 in economy. eithad.com