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By Richard Maslen
Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further
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By Richard Maslen
Hong Kong Airlines is preparing its cabin staff for any eventuality onboard its aircraft by training them in the martial art of wing chun. This, says
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UK low-fare carrier Flybe has today (April 19) inaugurated flights between Ireland West Airport Knock and Edinburgh. The new service will operate
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British Airways (BA) has confirmed that it is to double capacity on its flights from London Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro this winter, as first revealed
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines is reported to have dropped its three times weekly Copenhagen – Dubai link from its forthcoming winter schedule. During the
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Caribbean carrier Insel Air is to launch flights to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, USA in June. The twice weekly flight
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A second weekly flight is to be launched by COPA Airlines Colombia between Bogota and Cancun from June 15. In addition to the Saturday flight
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Belarusian flag carrier Belavia is to inaugurate flights to the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad from Brest, its only current scheduled link
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Air Europa is to introduce a third daily flight between Valencia and Paris CDG, a route that it is currently the sole operator. The airline offers a
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LANChile is to suspend its weekly service from Santiago de Chile to the Cuban capital, Havana, from May 7, however, it intends to maintain links to
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Air Busan will inaugurate flights between Busan and Tokyo Narita on June 23, two months after it had originally planned to commence the new route. The
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Start-up carrier FirstNation Airways is set to launch flights from Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport after taking delivery of three leased
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The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia has confirmed that it is currently studying applications from three airlines to launch
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Japanese carrier Star Flyer is set to launch its first international flights after placing its first ever firm order with a manufacturer for new
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Turkish Airlines (THY) is to inaugurate its three times weekly Istanbul Ataturk – Basra route on May 23. The carrier had previously said it would
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Vietnam Airlines, part of the SkyTeam global alliance, is to introduce flights to Kaohsiung from Hanoi, supplementing its current link from Ho Chi
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The national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Air, is to boost capacity to Milan by 117 per cent from July 1 with the introduction of two
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New Danish tour operator Comefly is to offer a series of charter packages into the United States this summer, including direct flights between Aalborg
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Independent Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines will this week add a third daily frequency between the cities of Bangalore and Pune. The aircraft will
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Aeroflot Russian Airlines is to reduce capacity on its daily Moscow Sheremetyevo - Ulan Baatar service during the peak summer season. The carrier is
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AirAsia Indonesia will introduce a second daily link to Singapore from Badung, the country’s third largest city and capital of the West Java province
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Asian carrier Garuda Indonesia is to alter its planned schedules to Hong Kong from Denpasar and Surabaya from the beginning of June. With effect from
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It was revealed earlier this month in an exclusive interview with The HUB at Routes Asia 2011 in Incheon, South Korea, that Bangkok Airways was
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A senior government official in Sierra Leone has said that South African Airways (SAA) may be awarded a licence to manage and operate domestic air
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US major Delta Air Lines is to reduce capacity on its Boston to London Heathrow route from June 2, due, according to sources, to low passenger demand
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