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Fresh from announcing the first firm order for the upgraded A320neo earlier this month as part of its order for 60 additional short-haul airliners
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New Thai carrier CRYSTAL THAI AIRLINES plans to inaugurate operations on 03FEB11, initially providing twice weekly flights on the Bangkok - Seoul
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AIR ARABIA MAROC, the Casablanca-based low-cost carrier, is to expand its flights to the southern French city of Montpellier. From 28MAR11 the airline
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MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL is to launch its first route to China. From 03MAR11 it will open a Yangon – Guangzhou service. The twice-weekly link
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Polish national carrier and Star Alliance partner LOT POLISH AIRLINES is set to suspend its long-haul flights from Krakow and Rzeszow this summer and
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LUFTHANSA ITALIA, the German national carrier's Italian subsidiary, is to introduce summer flights from its Milan Malpensa base to Cagliari, Catania
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Italian low-cost carrier WINDJET is opening a new base at Rimini this summer and will initially offer services to ten destinations from 27MAR11. At
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Russian carrier YAKUTIA is to launch a twice weekly Irkutsk – Munich flight using a Boeing 757-200. The long distance service will provide access to
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UK budget carrier JET2.COM is to introduce the Boeing 737-800 at its Manchester base, providing the opportunity for the low-fare carrier to develop
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AIR GREENLAND is to lease a single Boeing 737 this summer to boost capacity on its Kangerlussuaq – Copenhagen and Narsarsuaq – Copenhagen routes. No
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AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES is to launch a second daily rotation on the Moscow Sheremetyevo – Shanghai Pu Dong route from 09APR11. Just under 80,000
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HAINAN AIRLINES has launched flights to Sydney from Shenzhen and Hangzhou. The three-times weekly service is operated by an Airbus A330-200 configured
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Abu Dhabi-based ETIHAD AIRWAYS has started placing its code on a number of Royal Air Maroc's (RAM) domestic flights and links into West Africa. With
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TURKISH AIRLINES (THY) will drop its First Class service on the Istanbul - Hong Kong route this summer as it replaces leased aircraft with brand new
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Australian regional carrier AEROPELICAN AIR SERVICES is to launch a weekday service on the Narrabri – Brisbane and a weekly Newcastle – Narrabri route
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MIAT MONGOLIAN AIRLINES is understood to have cancelled plans to launch flights from Ulaan Baatar to Frankfurt after a proposed lease deal for a
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AUSTRIAN AIRLINES is to add a sixth weekly frequency on its Vienna – Rostov route from 02MAY11. The link to Russia is operated under the Austrian
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SWISS EUROPEAN AIR LINES has entered into an operational partnership with BMI BRITISH MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL on flights from Basel's EuroAirport to the
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The Governments of Japan and Singapore have agreed to fully lift air service restrictions between the two countries. Through the agreement airlines
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By Richard Maslen
The Independent Indian carrier IndiGo, currently the third largest airline in the country by domestic traffic, has bold plans to become one of the
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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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EMIRATES AIRLINE is to launch direct services between Dubai and Copenhagen from August 1, its 112th international destination and 27th in Europe. Like
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By Richard Maslen
At last year’s World Routes event in Vancouver, Canada, Karagandy International Airport in Central Kazakhstan offered delegates a prize with a
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By Richard Maslen
NEW GAMBIAN LINK TO EUROPE? A Russian airline is proposing a series of flights between Moscow and Banjul in the Gambia after receiving fifth freedom
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By Richard Maslen
HAITI LINK FOR CONTINENTAL Subject to Government approval, Continental Airlines will launch a three-times weekly Newark – Port-au-Prince service from
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