Low-cost carriers Jetstar Group and Tigerair Taiwan have signed an interline partnership designed to open new destinations, increase frequencies and provide better connectivity.
A focus on increasing frequencies to megacities in Asia, rather than adding new destinations in the continent, will be core to Finnair’s strategy over the next six years. Chief executive Topi Manner has also revealed plans to spend up to €4bn on new aircraft by 2025.
The market between Vietnam and South Korea has grown at a phenomenal rate in recent years, with fledgling carrier Bamboo Airways the latest airline to enter the fray. Routesonline looks at the rising competition on routes between the two countries.
After handling a record 46.5 million passengers in 2018, Taoyuan International Airport is on course for further growth this year. Yuanhung Ting, director of business planning and marketing, explains more about the airport’s marketing strategy and why it has been so successful in attracting new air services.
Japan Airlines’ new long-haul low-cost carrier has been granted an air transport business license, paving the way for its first flights to launch in May 2020.
With annual passenger numbers forecast to double to 50 million by 2040, Brisbane is positioning itself as Australia’s future international gateway. Routesonline speaks to Jim Parashos, the airport’s executive general manager of aviation development and partnerships, to find out more about its growth and how it intends to fulfil its ambitions.
A comprehensive air transport agreement between the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is nearing completion - which would provide a significant boost to air traffic and connect a combined population of 1.2 billion.
Four years after operating its last service to mainland China, South African Airways is set to return to the market later this year. It is also negotiating a codeshare agreement with Hong Kong Airlines.
This week: Air Astana’s new low-fare unit FlyArystan set to expand its network; Lucky Air to serve second point in Russia; and Air Italy to resume service to the Maldives.
Delta Air Lines will serve Mumbai from New York John F Kennedy, rather than Atlanta, as it seeks to re-establish itself in the fast-growing Indian market. The planned launch comes despite the suspension of services by Jet Airways, which would have provided feeder traffic.
As China Eastern schedules its latest new route to Western Europe, Routesonline looks at the growth of the market and the new services set to start in the coming months.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Garuda Indonesia are now codesharing on each other’s flights between Singapore and the Indonesian capital Jakarta after expanding an agreement that started nine years ago.
This week: Thai AirAsia is adding its first flight to China from Chiang Rai; HK Express to resume Okinawa; and Turkish Airlines plans to introduce additional service to Azerbaijan.
Cathay Pacific is set to enter the low-cost market after striking a deal to buy HK Express, Hong Kong’s only budget carrier. If completed, the deal would take the Oneworld member’s share of departure seats from Hong Kong to more than 50 percent.
More than 830 hours of meetings, 1,000 delegates and in excess of 100 airlines saw the route development forum for the Asia Pacific region reach new heights.
Air Belgium has cancelled plans to resume its Hong Kong service, but the start-up has vowed to begin routes two destinations in mainland China this summer and hopes to begin flights to the Americas by next winter.
With Routes Asia heading to Chiang Mai in Thailand in 2020, Routesonline looks at some of the key facts and figures shaping the Southeast Asian country’s market.
