Airports & Networks

US major United Airlines is to introduce three new domestic routes from its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport during the first quarter of

Russia and Kyrgyzstan have begun to liberalize a bilateral agreement regulating flights between the countries.

Airline Routes

Scandinavian low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle is expanding its long-haul network with the addition of Boeing 787 services to Los Angeles, Oakland-San Francisco and Orlando, plus a new Copenhagen-New York route, from spring 2014.

Air India has resumed service to Australia, becoming the first airline to operate Boeing 787 passenger service to Australia.

Briefs from the September 9, 2013 issue of ATW's Skypaths

easyJet has this week celebrated its 15th anniversary at Belfast International Airport by announcing two new routes and staging a water arch salute

British Airways is inviting GCC tourists to visit Britain with its special “Visit Britain” reduced fares and shopping discounts. The airline has slashed its fares from the GCC to several destinations in the UK in all its cabins, for bookings made during the month of September.

Qatar Airways Privilege Club members and British Airways Executive Club members are now able to earn miles, and can begin redeeming miles as of 1st October 2013 on each other's flights.

Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines last week launched a new route between Beijing’s Capital International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is to unlock a number of non-aviation property assets in a bid to boost non-aeronautical revenue after reporting largely similar results two years in a row, according to Global Airport Cities.

Norwegian Air Shuttle has delayed the commercial debut of its second Boeing 787 by four days due to problems with warnings from its brake system. A Norwegian spokesman told ATW that the aircraft was due to enter service Sept. 2, operating flights from Stockholm to New York and Bangkok.

Italy’s air navigation services provider ENAV has reduced its terminal air navigation charges 25% for the last four months of this year, saving airlines an estimated €20 million ($26.4 million).

Germany’s airport investor Hochtief has sold its shares in Australia’s Sydney Airport to the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) of Canada.

British Airways has announced that it has suspened its three times a week service from London Heathrow to Lusaka with effect from October 27.

Flight MK 120 to Rodrigues became the first flight to be processed at the new domestic terminal at Mauritius' main SSR International Airport .

The booming Mexican domestic market is helping to grow additional capacity in Latin America, where some of the world’s fastest growing country markets

UK carrier bmi regional is to launch the first scheduled services connecting Stavanger with Harstad and Tromsø in northern Norway in January 2014

LOT Polish Airlines has deferred its second tranche of public aid and detailed plans to cut a series of routes as part of its bid to achieve sustained profitability by 2015.

British Airways will launch flights between London Heathrow and Austin in Texas using its new Boeing 787 twinjets next year.

Airline Routes

ASM, the world route development consultants, have provided airports with some key pointers of how best they can approach their structured meetings at

As it launched scheduled long-haul passenger service with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the start of this month and celebrated the delivery of its

Icelandair is to boost operations from its Keflavik International Airport hub during the summer 2014 schedule with the introduction of new flights to

European budget carrier Norwegian has announced a major expansion of its long-haul route network with new connections to the United States from