Airports & Networks

An additional order by Emirates of Airbus A380s will depend on the infrastructure at Dubai Airport, president Tim Clark told ATW on the sidelines at the IATA AGM in Cape Town.

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Small businesses wanting to be close to the heart of the world's biggest airport have a new home from today as Dubai World Central, (DWC), the world's first purpose-built aerotropolis, has inaugurated the DWC Business Centre (DWCBC).

The Gombe State Government in Nigeria is to upgrade facilities at the Gombe airport to international standard, Alhaji Shehu Ahmed, Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure said.

Etihad Airways and Air Algerie both begin services to São Paulo, Brazil.

EasyJet will begin 2X-weekly Rome Fiumicino-Tel Aviv Airbus A320 service September 24.

Norwegian Air Shuttle launched its first long-haul flight Thursday with Oslo-New York JFK services, followed by Stockholm Arlanda-New York JFK services Friday.

Briefs from the June 3, 2013 issue of ATW's Skypaths

High level meetings between Qatar Airways' chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker and senior officials of Catalonia have been held in Barcelona - following Monday's announcement that the airline is to be a strategic partner of FC Barcelona - with the aim of boosting business between Catalonia and Qatar.

Aviation professionals will be gathering in Dubai 7-8 May for the first Global Airport Leaders' Forum (GALF) being held alongside the established Airport Show, to share their professional insights, practical experiences and future perspectives on airport operations, leadership challenges (in the wake of multibillion dollar expansions), optimum technology investment, management best practices, leadership development, and cross-border partnerships and cooperation.

Air Seychelles has extended its codeshare agreement with equity alliance partner Etihad Airways to include new connections to Australia.

Kenya Airways has expanded the scope of its code share agreement with fellow Sky Team member China Southern Airlines as it works towards deepening its global presence.

UK low-fare carrier easyJet has announced plans to add a fifth connection to Tel Aviv to its network as it continues to expand its network outside of

United Arab Emirates (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways will significantly expand its operations into the Belarusian capital Minsk this month after

More people are spending more time in airports and while they are there, their appetite for bandwidth has skyrocketed as mobile devices play an increasingly large role in everyday life and the travel experience.

Snapping at the heels of today’s commercial air transport industry is the sector’s unruly younger cousin, variously dubbed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned aerial systems (UAS), remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), or just—and particularly in a military context—drones.

Abu-Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will substantially increase its connections with the Eastern European nation of Belarus.

Lufthansa, which took delivery of its seventh Boeing 747-8I Thursday, is considering introducing the aircraft on its daily Frankfurt-Chicago O’Hare services.

Thomson Airways, the first UK airline to fly the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has celebrated the arrival of its first aircraft at Manchester Airport

Airline CEOs and Ministers of Tourism sign up to participate in Routes Africa Strategy Summit 31stMay 2013 Routes Africa is the only network planning

This week saw the official launch of Routes CIS 2013 which will take place on 21-23 July and will be hosted by Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International

Routes Africa will take place on 7-9 July 2013 in Kampala, Uganda and scheduling for the event opened earlier this week. The event, which is the

This year’s Routes Africa event which will take place on 7-9 May 2013 will see the Route Exchange Airline Briefings Programme build on the strength of

This year all attending World Routes delegates will be able to take advantage of discounted rates for a range of tours based in and around Las Vegas

Over 200 Route Development Professionals expected to attend 3rd Routes CIS Event 30thMay 2013 Routes CIS is the only route development forum for the