Africa

By David Casey
A closer look at the facts and figures shaping the host country of Routes Africa 2018.
Airports & Networks

By Wesley Charnock
The location for Routes Africa 2018 is set to be revealed in the next few weeks.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Michael Yohannes from Ethiopian Airlines explains more about the carrier's strategy from the UK to help achieve its long-term ambitions.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The much-delayed Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) will be formally established in the coming days, but can it achieve its aims of creating a unified air transport market in Africa?
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Ethiopian Airlines has finalised a shareholder agreement with the Zambian government to relaunch the southern African country’s national carrier.
Airports & Networks

By Sam Lesbirel
ASM is hosting two of its flagship courses, The Fundamentals of Route Development and Route Traffic Forecasting Data Tools & Techniques in London this spring.
Airports & Networks

By Sam Lesbirel
ASM offers the world’s most comprehensive route development training program, specifically tailored for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Airports & Networks

By Sam Lesbirel
ASM is hosting two of its flagship courses in December, set against the backdrop of the world-famous Manchester Christmas markets.
Airports & Networks

By Sam Lesbirel
Introducing the world’s most comprehensive air service development training programme, specifically tailored for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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By Routes News
Rwanda, a small landlocked country in east-central Africa, has put its troubled past behind it and is now looking to enhance transport links in the region, helped by its national carrier, RwandAir.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
African governments need to work together to stimulate trade and improve connectivity.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Bombardier has forecast strong global growth for 60- to 150-seat range over the next 20 years, with the manufacturer’s Imed Ben Abdallah explaining why the turboprop aircraft could become a critical tool to develop domestic networks in Africa.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
RwandAir has opened a new hub in Cotonou at the same time as the governments of Benin and Rwanda revealed plans to launch a joint venture airline.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routesonline analyses the African aviation industry, taking a monthly look at the top routes served and revealing the airlines that are dominating the market. We also rank the top ten airports by available seat capacity and examine the most common aircraft used.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
While its rivals Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways are looking closely at the sustainability of their business models, Qatar Airways shows no signs of slowing its incredible network growth and surprised guests at this year’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai this week by revealing an additional 12 new markets that should see the airline service in 2018.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Long-haul arrivals in Western Europe are on the increase – showing its resilience in the face of last year’s terror attacks. It has taken over a year to recover, but long-haul arrivals are starting to surge again, reaching visitor numbers higher than those seen before the Paris attack in November 2015, reports ForwardKeys.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
In one of the most significant brand expansion in the history of luxury travel and hospitality, Crystal Cruises is not only introducing new ships to its fleet effectively establishing three brand new classes of cruising, but also inducting two commercial airliners to launch Crystal Luxury Air in 2017.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
February international passenger demand rose 5.8 per cent compared to February 2016, which was down compared to the 9.1 per cent yearly increase recorded in January. Adjusting for the leap year, however, growth actually accelerated slightly compared to January. Total capacity climbed 3.4 per cent, and load factor rose 1.8 percentage points to 78.4 per cent.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Wizz Air will inaugurate twice weekly flights between Warsaw and Agadir from June 30, 2017, its first scheduled flights into the continent since it served Hurghada in Egypt back in 2014 and 2015.
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By Richard Maslen
As low-cost carrier Jambojet once again seeks rights to fly internationally from Kenya, we explore its growth plans and also look at the potential for new non-stop flights into USA after the US Department of Transportation (DOT) delivers a clean safety review for Kenya.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Latest data from the organisation’s membership shows global passenger traffic grew 7.3 per cent in December 2016 and 5.5 per cent for the year as a whole. All regions except Africa posted growth in passenger volumes for the year, ranging from 2.2 per cent in the recessionary Latin America-Caribbean region to over 9.0 per cent in the buoyant Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.
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By Richard Maslen
The new flight will, according to Emirates, give customers “greater flexibility and choice” when planning their travel and also underscores Emirates’ “commitment to Kenya and confidence in the route”. The airline first launched services in October 1995 and this has become one of its busiest air corridors in and out of Africa over the past 20 years.
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By Richard Maslen
The airline has agreed to initially acquire five E-Jets - three E170s and two E190s, from ECC Leasing, a wholly-owned Embraer subsidiary. It will start to receive the aircraft in the first half of this year with a further eight E190s joining the Airlink fleet subject to formalisation of lease deals.
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By Wesley Charnock
Egypt has suffered a decline in tourism for the last few years. But a network planning expert is predicting a resurgence in 2017.
Airports & Networks

By Wesley Charnock
14 years after the final flight of the iconic Concorde, Boom is working to bring supersonic travel back to commercial networks. We spoke to founder and CEO Blake Scholl to hear what impact he believes his business’ aircraft can have on global route development.
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