Airports & Networks

Sri Lanka has experienced a tourism boom since its civil war officially ended five years ago. Its flag carrier’s chief executive officer, Kapila

Abu Dhabi Airports has announced that Abu Dhabi Duty Free has achieved record sales in the first six months of 2014, reaching AED 487.9 million, which represents a rise of 11.5% compared to the first six months of 2013 (AED 437.6 million).

It was a back to nature tour for some of the senior airline delegates before the official opening of Routes Asia 2014 when they got to see orangutans

The head of Dubai's aviation industry, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of DCAA, chairman of Dubai Airports and chief executive of Emirates Airline, said he is confident that despite the three-month closure of one of Dubai International's two runways the airport will hit its 70 million passenger target this year.

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has welcomed Garuda Indonesia as its 20th member and second airline from Southeast Asia. Garuda’s membership

Indonesian carrier Batik Air will be increasing its fleet this year to 16 aircraft and aims to launch services to 12 new domestic destinations, as

The Government of Kazakhstan is backing a new airline start-up that will ensure domestic air connections are maintained in the Central Asian country

Hong Kong-based carrier, Dragonair, has announced that it will commence a twice-weekly service to Denpasar, Bali, starting April 27, 2014, adding one

The reason for State Government of Sarawak and Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad hosting Routes Asia is to boost the international awareness of Kuching

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed to approve United Airlines’ application to serve Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport from San

AirAsia X is plotting its pan-Asian multi-base strategy, bolstered by a major aircraft order, chief executive officer, Azran Osman-Rani, explained to

The current project of reimaging Kuching as a destination is part of a five-year Tourism Industry Transformation Program which began in 2010 with one

Indian carrier Jet Airways launched a new non-stop link between Hyderabad and the Abu Dhabi International Airport hub of its new equity partner

Qatar Airways is significantly enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying its new

Benefiting from a period of staggering economic growth and seismic demographic shifts Asia could easily become an aerospace manufacturing and

The business events industry is one of the fastest growing segments within the tourism industry. Competition to host events is stiff with each

Codeshare partners Singapore Airlines (SQ) and Turkish Airlines (TK) will extend their links in what could be the first of a new tranche of partnerships for Singapore Airlines.

US-based Metron Aviation, which is part of Airbus ProSky, has won a contract from Aerocivil Colombia Air Navigation Services to deploy its Harmony Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) system to improve the operational efficiency of Colombia’s national airspace.

Italy’s air navigation services provider ENAV has signed a memorandum of collaboration with Boeing aimed at developing ideas to build on the work being done in the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) and the US NextGen programs.

Europe’s A6 alliance of air navigation service providers (ANSPs) will bid for European Commission Trans European Network-Transport (TEN-T) funding to define the best model for common services provision to support deployment of future network and datalink infrastructures.

Airline Routes

7 th March 2014, Berlin, Germany Earlier this week at ITB in Berlin, Routes (part of UBM live) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reached an

Former Eurocontrol DG David McMillan has called for more separation of air navigation service providers (ANSPs) from their regulatory counterparts, and for a move toward a more market-driven approach to air navigation services.

Ethiopian Airlines is eyeing new services to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia using its Boeing 787 fleet, as glitches that have affected the type start to subside.

Air France will increase overall capacity 1.2% over the forthcoming summer season, with most growth focused on long-haul routes at the expense of middle-haul sectors.