Airports & Networks

Oneworld alliance member Finnair is to introduce its first Sharklet-equipped Airbus A321s into its fleet this winter and will use the aircraft to

Fastjet has received vital international route rights from Tanzania, which will now take priority over its South African domestic launch.

TAP Portugal is eyeing “up to six additional Airbus A330-200s and several A320s for short- and medium-haul routes” as it aims to increase its presence in Africa.

Airline Routes

Air India is set to begin flights between New Delhi and Birmingham within the next couple of months, a source at the Indian national carrier revealed

Leisure carrier Thomson Airways became the first UK airline to launch passenger operations with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on June 20, 2013 when it

US carrier Frontier Airlines has made an official application to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to launch flights between Chicago Rockford

One of the highlights of this year’s Strategy Summit at Routes Africa will be a keynote address from Hon. Amama MBABAZI, the HON Right Prime Minister

Routes CIS, which will take place on 21-23 July hosted by Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, is the only network planning forum for the

Scheduling for Routes Africa will close on Friday 28thJune, just one week from now! If your delegate package includes a diary of pre-scheduled

Scheduling for the 18thWorld Route Development Forum, which will take place on 5-8 October 2013, opened earlier this week and with over 700 meetings

Route Exchange Airline Briefings continue to go from strength to strength as is shown by the success of the briefings already held this year at Routes

Arik Air has introduced a new online check-in service to further improve its passenger experience.

UK low-fare carrier easyJet has confirmed it has reached a tentative agreement with Airbus to acquire up to 235 new Airbus aircraft after it selected

United Arab Emirates (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways is to introduce a second daily rotation on its route between its Abu Dhabi International

After its recent announcement on the deployment of a Boeing 747-400 for its full summer schedule of flights between Glasgow and Orlando in 2014, UK

Indian start-up carrier Air Costa is on track to launch operations next month and was confirmed at this week’s Paris Air Show as a customer for the E

Irish budget carrier Ryanair will be the first carrier to introduce scheduled operations at the recently opened Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, which

Asian budget carrier Jetstar Airways is to launch a new direct link between Perth and Lombok in Indonesia, the first scheduled air service between

A commitment from Doric Lease Corp to potentially acquire twenty new Airbus A380s could open the door to new operators introducing the type into their

As low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air accepted delivery of the most-densely configured Airbus A330-300 in Toulouse, France this past week, it emerged

Luxembourg freight carrier Cargolux Airlines International has operated its first ever scheduled flight into Brazil with the Boeing 747-8F after

The new owners of London Stansted Airport, Manchester Airports Group, and easyJet have reached an agreement that will see the low-cost carrier (LCC) greatly expand its passenger throughput at the airport over the next five years.

Major airspace changes have been implemented by the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain in a combined effort to increase capacity and ease congestion in the region.

Briefs from the June 17, 2013 issue of ATW's Skypaths