What’s New with Routes, Aircraft, and Seats

United New Seat Update: Its B777-300ER with the new Polaris Business Class seat, already in service on SFO-Hong Kong route, starts flying between Newark and Tel Aviv on May 5 (UA90/UA91), and on June 14 between San Francisco and Tokyo (UA837/UA838). No award space right now. Newark-Tel Aviv starts at $3,349 r/t.

Virgin Atlantic Amazing Biz Fares: Now through October, VA will fly to Manchester from Boston and San Francisco, and starting May 25 New York-Manchester year-round. No award space currently on the Boston and SF routes, and just a handful of seats on NY-Manchester in June, September, and October. Until May 4 San Francisco-Manchester can be had for only $2,256 round-trip in Business Class. For more information go here.