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With less than 4 weeks until World Routes, it’s time to start planning for Chengdu.

Aviation consultant John Grant shares his top tips when it comes to conducting business in one of the fastest growing markets in the world. To gain more insight in preparation for World Routes in Chengdu, attend the China-Europe Air Transport Symposium.

Scoot said the commencement of the service to Europe is part of the Singapore Airlines Group’s strategic move to “stimulate passenger traffic between Asia Pacific and Europe, as well as to boost connectivity through the Singapore hub”. It will be the only non-stop connection into the Asia Pacific region from Athens.

The Highlands and Islands make up half of Scotland’s land mass of 15,000 square miles and are home to a tenth of the country’s population. Regular, hassle-free access to the world from airports like Inverness is vitally important to the increasingly young and entrepreneurial population who live and work there. Half of inhabitants are under 44 and the region is home to 21,000 businesses, according to Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

The A330-300 Regional is optimised for missions up to 2,700 nm (5-hour flight) covering short to medium haul routes and offers significant cost savings through a reduced operational weight of around 200 tons. The reduction in fuel burn per seat and maintenance costs will result in an overall cost reduction of around 20% compared with today’s long-range A330-300.

As part of a series of articles looking at 'The Fundamentals of Route Development', we explain the different types of airlines in the market today.

In our regular Routes News series we aim to help the air service development community to better fulfil their jobs with guidance on industry trends and key topics.

Environmental considerations can constrain airport operations and affect dozens of parties, but how do you assess the opportunities and risks?

One of the rising stars of the Chinese economy, the emerging city of Chengdu, will move closer towards its ambition of becoming the main transport hub for western China when it hosts the World Routes aviation forum next month (24-27 September).

The major American carrier has announced it will cancel service at Tokyo-Narita from New York-JFK, and to Osaka and Bangkok in autumn. The decision comes a few weeks after Delta has been tentatively awarded daytime service to Tokyo-Haneda.

We sat down with Kirsty Studholme, Digital Sales Manager, to find out how delegates can use Route Exchange to maximise their presence at World Routes.

Route Exchange Briefings are the only place to gain an understanding of how airlines decision makers see the market place.

As the world’s ninth largest country it is no surprise that Kazakhstan has a real diversity of cultures, climate and infrastructure. But a renewed focus on its aviation sector and investment in tourism means the country will soon be appearing on more airline network maps.

HNA Group’s airline operations are central to its expansion plans as it seeks investments to reach its goal of becoming a global top 50 company by 2030.

Take time out from your World Routes schedule to experience Chengdu’s ancient heritage and tourist hot spots.

The aviation industry supports 3.5 percent of the world’s GDP. More than 100,000 flights take off daily, serving 9.8 million passengers. Route development is important to the global economy – this paper will give you an introduction and overview on the topic.

Former senior manager at TUI Group, Paul Cooper, has joined ASM as a licensee.

The World Routes Strategy Summit (sponsored by Oman Airports Management Company) will shine a spotlight on the challenges facing the aviation industry in turbulent times.

In our regular Routes News series we take a look at the people that attend Routes events and find out more about them, their jobs and the current industry issues impacting them.

Despite making its retreat from the European market back in 2012 due to high fuel costs, airport taxes and weak demand, it has been AirAsia X’s ambition to return to the Continent with more fuel efficient twin engine equipment once market conditions improved.

Have you wondered what enticed an airline to a certain destination? What the data says about demand on the city pair and connecting markets? What external factors may have influenced the airline in selecting a specific city pair? How this business case differs from others? Our new ‘Route Case’ offering will seek to provide the answers all within a single 20 minute meeting slot at our events.

The vote to leave Europe raises a whole host of issues for airlines that are well beyond the immediate and significant impact of the exchange rate.

The latest issue of the air service development magazine, Routes News, is now available to view.

It was believed that Air China, one of the ‘Big Three’ in the country, was considering taking a considerable minority stake in LOT Polish Airlines. The Eastern European carrier has now denied this, claiming that any link with the Chinese carrier would be “simply commercial cooperation.”

Taking place on Monday 26 September, the World Routes Tourism Summit will provide delegates with an insight into the current state of the tourism industry.