Routes

Bangkok Airways keen to receive bids ahead of the 15th World Route Development Forum.

Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia has posted a net first-quarter profit of Dhs103 million ($28 million), up nearly one-third.

Latvia's Air Baltic is intending to enter a co-operation agreement with SAS Group covering transatlantic services operated by Scandinavian Airlines.

Tiger Airways' Australian carrier is launching a daily service from Adelaide to Sydney.

Indian full-service carrier Jet Airways has introduced Jet Airways Konnect, an all economy-class no-frills service.

Brazilian carrier TAM reported first quarter profits of 57 million real (US$27 million) up from 47 million real for the first three months of 2008.

Singapore low-cost carrier Tiger Airways has firmed up plans to launch scheduled flights from Singapore to Langkawi and Penang in Malaysia.

Virgin Atlantic Airways is to open a new service to the Caribbean destination of Puerto Rico from November.

Ryanair has posted a 12% increase in its April passenger numbers, to 5.3 million booked seats flown, while load factor also rose three points to 82%.

Latvia's Air Baltic is to start services to new destinations in Finland, Lithuania and Switzerland this summer.

Thai Airways International is launching a non-stop passenger service from Bangkok to Norway's capital Oslo.

Virgin Atlantic Airways is replacing its London Heathrow-Mumbai service with a codeshare agreement with Indian operator Jet Airways, to be introduced tomorrow.

UK leasing company Astraeus has secured a Boeing 737-500 to provide damp-lease services from Bournemouth International Airport from 1 May.

Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is aiming to increase its Danish presence with up to three more aircraft and eight routes by the end of this year.

Middle Eastern carrier Bahrain Air is preparing to open a new Indian connection, to the city of Mumbai, from July.

US carrier looking at new markets.

Italian carrier seeks proposals online.

Southwest bolsters east coast presence.

Vilnius loses more service.

Asian carriers take advantage of Route Exchange.

New Angolan service to commence.

Flydubai to begin operations in June.

Astana link announced.

Routes announced the winners of the Asia Pacific region, when they celebrated the second regional heat of the internationally accredited Routes Airport Marketing Awards in Hyderabad, India. The awards were presented at the gala dinner of the 7th Routes Asia - the key networking event for the region's air service development industry.

Delta Air Lines will fly between North Carolina's Asheville Regional and New York LaGuardia airports from 4 June.