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By Richard Maslen
Our sister publication, AvNews, rounds-up this week's news from the Americas and Caribbean including American Airlines Chicago-Beijing service to
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By Richard Maslen
This week's top talking points include Air France to deploy an A380 on London-Paris; Jetstar Asia signals long-haul plans; Emirates announces its
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Cairo based Almasria Universal Airlines has revealed that from June 1st it plans to add non-stop service from Cairo to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia
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Middle East Airlines has become the latest carrier to begin services to Iraq, with a 4x weekly rotation to Erbil in the North of the country. The
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British Airways will increase its scheduled daily flight from London Heathrow to Kiev to a 10x weekly service. The increase in capacity will become
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TAM Linhas Aereas has become the 27th official member of Star Alliance, offering Star access to the largest carrier in Brazil, offering 867,483 weekly
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Effective September 19th, Delta Airlines will inaugurate a third daily rotation between JFK and London Heathrow. The lucrative route already has a
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Warsaw based LOT Polish Airlines has announced that it will resume scheduled services from Warsaw to Kaliningrad. From June 28th the carrier will
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Effective October 21st, Skyteam member Delta Airlines will add a new 2x weekly non-stop service from Detroit, Michigan to Sao Paulo. The route will be
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AirTran Airways has announced new non-stop scheduled flights from Grand Rapids (GRR) to the Florida markets of Tampa and Fort Myers (RSW). AirTran
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Jetstar is to fly long-haul from Singapore to Australia, North Asia and/or European destinations from late 2010, the airline has announced. As part of
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Southwest Airlines has said it would like to serve two South Carolina airports (Charleston (CHS) and Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP) next year. Southwest
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Delta has outlined its intentions to add flights between New York JFK and key business markets. Gail Grimmett, Delta's senior vice president (New York
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Thai Airways International will resume non-stop services from its Bangkok base to Johannesburg, South Africa. After having discontinued the route in
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The Saudi Arabian city of Medina, will gain a new 4x weekly service from Bahrain operated by Gulf Air starting June 18th. Gulf Air will be the only
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Air Arabia Maroc, the subisdiary of Sharjah based Air Arabia, has announced that from June 14th it will add new non-stop service on a 3x weekly basis
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Frontier Airlines which is now wholly owned by Republic Airways will launch a new non-stop service from Milwaukee to Branson, commencing July 1st. It
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The chairman of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, Jean-Michel Vernhes, today handed over the Routes Europe event to next year’s host, Sardinia’s Cagliari
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Middle East Low Cost carrier FlyDubai has announced that from June 2nd it will begin operating from Dubai to Lucknow, India. The carrier will operate
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Barcelona based operator Spanair will begin a new codeshare agreement with fellow Star Alliance member Singapore Airlines. The agreement will cover a
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Turkish Airlines low cost subsidiary Anadolujet will launch a summer seasonal service from the Turkish capital of Ankara to Cologne. The new service
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Uzbekistan Airways will start new services from Tashkent to Madrid from June 1st, operating on a 2x weekly basis,consolidating existing service to
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Dubai based Emirates Airlines will launch non-stop scheduled service to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad from June 1st. The service will be operated with
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Hamburg Airport last night went home with the Routes Airport Marketing Award in the European heat of the annual recognition of outstanding airport
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Jean-Michel, Vernhes, chairman of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, welcomed over 700 delegates to Routes Europe this morning at the event’s official press
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