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Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia have signed a landmark agreement to form a long-term commercial business alliance. The deal will see the
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EgyptAir is to resume services to Iraq over 20 years since it last operated flights into the country. The airline is to offer a four times weekly link
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Australian carrier Strategic Airlines has received approval from the International Air Services Commission (IASC) to launch flights to China and will
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Tiger Airways says it is cutting back its flights in Australia to improve profitability and customer relations. The low-cost carrier’s routes from
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Air China is to add three more weekly rotations on the Tianjin – Hong Kong route from July 1, increasing its schedule to ten flights per week. These
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Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana has utilised its recently delivered Embraer E190 regional jets to inaugurate flights from Almaty to the Georgian capital
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Filipino low-cost carrier airphil Express is to expand its international activities with a new daily link between Cebu and Hong Kong from July 28. The
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Ukrainian carrier Aerosvit Airlines is to suspend its flights between Kiev and Belgrade this week, according to sources that specialise in aviation
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Colombian carrier Avianca has introduced a second daily flight on its domestic link between Cali and Tumaco. There has been a large increase in
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator Emirates Airline is to inaugurate flights to the Russian city of St Petersburg from its Dubai International
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China Eastern Airlines is set to introduce flights to Taipei Taoyuan from the Chinese city of Wuxi, taking advantage of recent changes to the
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Thai budget carrier Nok Air has inaugurated flights to the southern province of Narathiwat, ending the monopoly of low-cost carrier Thai AirAsia on
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Kenya Airways has taken a further step in its ambition to open air services to every African capital city by the end of 2013, by formalising its
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Air Moldova is looking to establish its Chisinau International Airport base as an alternative gateway between East and West. The carrier launched a
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Australian regional air service provider QantasLink is to introduce a new 74-seat Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 on its flights between Brisbane and Moranbah
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African carrier RwandAir has confirmed that it has resumed flights between Kigali and Gisenyi in the western district of Rubavu after renovation work
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South Korea’s national carrier Korean Air has confirmed that it will launch scheduled passenger flights with the Airbus A380 between Seoul Incheon and
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Spanish national carrier Iberia has raised capacity on its routes between Spain and Russia for the summer period. It resumed a twice-weekly Airbus
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Malaysia Airlines is set to become a full member of the oneworld global airline alliance during the second half of 2012 after the Chief Executives of
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Orlando-based SST Air is to launch the first direct flights between Orlando Sanford International Airport and the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo and
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UK regional carrier Eastern Airways has today expanded its network from it Dijon base with a new three times weekly summer service to Southampton, its
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Continental Airlines is to reduce capacity on a number of its transatlantic routes this winter, reducing frequencies and introducing smaller aircraft
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SAT Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy has this week inaugurated a weekly passenger service between the Eastern Russian city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and the Chinese
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) has chosen the 40th anniversary celebrations of its flights between Singapore and London Heathrow, to confirm plans to
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By Richard Maslen
A lot has changed in the 15 year period since Sir Stelios Haji-Iaonnou first approached officials at London Luton Airport and sold them his idea of
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