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AER LINGUS is offering its biggest-ever schedule to North America this year with 575 flights from Ireland. Having added routes to Philedelphia in March and Seattle in May, the carrier now offers 12 US destinations >> LUFTHANSA has introduced a daily service from Glasgow to Frankfurt, boosting German connectivity. The airline already has five flights a week from Glasgow to Munich >> BRITISH AIRWAYS has switched one of its three daily Heathrow flights to Moscow to Sheremetyevo International instead of Domodevo. The airport to the north of the Russian capital has been upgraded as part of the FIFA World Cup preparations >> NORWEGIAN has introduced a new service from London Gatwick to Austin, Texas, operating three times a week, year-round.