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Speaking at the World Routes Tourism Summit, the managing director of Tourism Australia sheds some light on the record breaking growth of the country.

The point-to-point business model of the start-up will be supported with a simple organisational structure to maintain low operating costs and deliver low fares and a customised offering to consumers with ancillary charges for hold baggage, seating selection and boarding as well as food and drinks.

The latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast suggests that the developing Asia-Pacific region will be the source of more than half the new passengers over the next 20 years. China will displace the US as the world’s largest aviation market (defined by traffic to, from and within the country) around 2029, while rapid growth in India will see it displace the UK for third place in 2026, while Indonesia will enter the top ten at the expense of Italy.

The new route, announced today, is now just the airport's second link to Europe. Condor’s seasonal service from Frankfurt, which will begin next year, saw the first European route at the airport for more than 30 years.

TTG’s Daniel Pearce chairs the panel who discussed some of the challenges facing the industry today, including the impending prospect of reaching airport capacity and the need to update infrastructure.

Presenting at the World Routes Strategy Summit, Vinoop Goel, Asia-Pacific Regional Director of Airport, Passenger, Cargo & Security Department, IATA

Speaking at World Routes in Chengdu, Dr Wolfgang Arlt highlighted the need to keep pace with the changes in China’s outbound tourism market.

Over 18,000 face-to-face meetings are expected to take place at Routes events in 2017. Don’t miss your opportunity to engage with your key targets next year.

Leading carriers form North, Central and Latin America register for Routes Americas in Las Vegas.

Richard Evans, senior consultant, Flight Ascend Consultancy took to the stage in Chengdu, China to discuss the ongoing issue of delayed flights in the country.

Following an overwhelming response from the business community, Flybe has taken the commercial decision to extend its limited series between Cardiff and London City Airport into a regular operation from this winter.

Speaking at the World Routes Strategy Summit, the use of artificial intelligence was looked at in terms of understanding air transport passengers.

One of the sessions at the World Routes Strategy Summit looked at the importance of partnerships in aviation as a means to expand network reach.

With the handover last week of an A350-900 to Singapore Airlines it underscored the company’s growth that has transformed a European upstart in the 1970s to a global performer now offering a modern and comprehensive product line ranging from 100 to more than 600 seats.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Etihad Airways is to reduce the frequency of its flights between Abu Dhabi and San Francisco from early next year in a move that will help facilitate the growth of its flights into Dallas.

As part of the Strategy Summit at World Routes, a panel of industry experts tackle some of the big issues facing the aviation world today.

China is Australia’s most valuable market, with Chinese visitors spending more than $7.7 billion annually. Spend has increased by more than 400 percent in the past 10 years, from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $7.7 billion in 2015. Year-on-year spending grew 43 per cent in 2015 – double the previous 12 month’s growth rate.

Over the past three years Okinawa’s Naha Airport has more than trebled its international flight capacity, and it hopes that hosting next year’s Routes Asia will help attract additional foreign air links into the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

2016 has been a year of challenges, as terrorism disrupts cities and travel, while migrants and viruses cross borders at will. A panel of industry

Full highlights from World Routes 2016. Our largest ever event which took place in the fast-growing city of Chengdu, China.

The confirmation of the funding ends a couple of weeks' speculation over the future of the operator after social media reports started appearing late last month highlighting that a fleet of chartered aircraft were being positioned across to Europe apparently by the CAA to safeguard passengers in the event of Monarch’s collapse.

Under the new Air Service Agreement passenger flights can now increase from the current maximum of 40 per week for each nation to up to 100. There will be no limit on the number of all-cargo services, creating new opportunities for trade and businesses. A restriction on the number of destinations that airlines can serve has also been lifted, meaning services can be operated between any point in the UK and any point in China. Up until now, airlines could only serve six destinations in each country.

The recently-announced HK Express flights to Guam and Saipan will further stimulate the US territory island after a number of other recent breakthrough routes, according to Nigel Mayes of ASM.

Peter Bellew, the chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines, speaks exclusively to Routes at the Strategy Summit of World Routes 2016. FlightGlobal's Mark Pilling asks the questions.

Emirates Airline's new daily link between Dubai International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport will commence from December 15, 2016 and will primarily serve the South Florida area, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Beach. It will be the airline’s eleventh direct route into the US.