A report commissioned by Edinburgh Airport has outlined the employment and economic benefits of the 50 percent reduction in Air Passenger Duty (APD) in Scotland.
According to its update flight schedules for winter 2015/2016, WestJet will initially use the widebodied jets on a twice weekly service between Calgary and Honolulu and four times weekly link between Calgary and Kahului from December 11, 2015. The following day, a three times weekly link between Edmonton and Kahului will also be inaugurated.
While urging the US government to engage in consultations with the UAE and Qatar to address the capacity of the Gulf carriers into the United States, there is a call from the US majors for the US government to immediately call on these countries to halt the creation of any new routes into US market until the consultations are complete.
Ahead of this year's Routes Asia forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airports of South Asia and highlight the region's top performers.
Ahead of this year's Routes Asia forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airlines of South Asia and highlight the region's top performers.
Airlines will be able to choose their own direct routes through parts of Scottish airspace, due to a project led by air traffic controllers at NATS Prestwick Centre.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Etihad Airways has announced its plans to increase flights between Abu Dhabi and Tehran from three-times-weekly to daily.
Tottori Airport in Japan has recently reopened as “Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport”, following a ceremony to mark its renewal opening on March 1, 2015.
With five based aircraft, Berlin will become the airlines’ 73rd base, and will see the launch of sixteen new routes, bringing the total number of destinations to 22.
This study from Frontier Economics estimates that Emirates’ significant operations into Europe, including the catalytic impact of the 220 unique connections it offers, supported 85,100 jobs across the European Union in 2013/14, equivalent to €6.8 billion GDP. In addition, Emirates’ Airbus A380 deliveries for the same period supported 41,000 jobs, equivalent to €3.4 billion GDP.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has established a partnership with China Ready and Accredited (CRA) to help PATA members overcome potential 'profitless volume'.
Finnair has yet to confirm its proposed operational plans for the aircraft but will use the aircraft on its busiest Asian routes from its Helsinki hub and will initially deploy the aircraft to Shanghai, before later deploying it to Bangkok and Beijing in 2015 and Hong Kong and Singapore from 2016.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger statistics for January 2015, which indicate a slower start this year compared to 2015.
The latest development builds on Flybe's growing network of bases, including Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester and Southampton, showing the airline's commitment to improving connectivity across and from the UK.
In partnership with our Airline Route blog, Routesonline is launching a new weekly 'Historic Airline Schedule Snapshot' as part of our Throwback Thursday series, where we look back at the historic flight operations of a current or defunct airline.
Qatar Airways first launched services to Pakistan twenty years ago when flights to Karachi commenced in 1995. It subsequently introduced direct links to Peshawar in 1995, Lahore in 1999 and Islamabad in 2004 and currently operates 45 flights a week into the country.
Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings has announced its plans to start long-haul services from October 25, 2015, with flights initially departing from Cologne/Bonn Airport.
