Airports & Networks

Dubai World Central is to become the new business aviation hub for Dubai as early as next year.

Alitalia, Italy's flag carrier, has begun direct services from Rome to Abu Dhabi.

Emirates has touched down in Lyon, making it the third destination in France and fourth new European destination for the airline since the start of 2012.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) welcomed yesterday the first route from a Chinese carrier to Abu Dhabi when the inaugural flight from Hainan Airlines arrived at Abu Dhabi International Airport from Beijing. The new route will be operated twice weekly connecting Beijing to Luanda via Abu Dhabi.

Qatar Airways has this week revealed it will launch scheduled flights to Chengdu – its sixth gateway in the People’s Republic of China. The carrier

African low-fare start-up FastJet has confirmed it has opened negotiations with the former management team and directors of failed South African low

Frontier Airlines launched 3X-weekly Orlando International-Shenandoah Valley, Va. Airbus A319 service. Emirates SkyCargo will launch daily Dubai-Phuket Airbus A340-300F service Dec. 10. Southwest Airlines will launch Wichita, Kan. service to Chicago Midway, Dallas and Las Vegas as well as San Juan-Baltimore, Houston Hobby-New York LaGuardia and Chicago Midway-Tulsa service June 2.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has celebrated the expansion of its global network at Abu Dhabi International Airport with the start of the operation of Garuda Indonesia flights connecting Abu Dhabi to Jakarta, Indonesia and Amsterdam, Holland.

Qatar Airways today announced plans to launch scheduled flights to Chengdu – its sixth gateway in the People's Republic of China - beginning March 19 next year.

US carrier Hawaiian Airlines has announced plans to launch non-stop flights between Honolulu and the Taiwanese capital Taipei from July next year

Additional flights will be introduced between Spain and Equatorial Guinea after a new Bilateral Air Services Agreement between the two countries

Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana closed its flights from Astana to Semipalatinsk (Semey) and Uralsk and from Atyrau to Uralsk on December 1, 2012 as a

London Heathrow Airport has lost its position as Europe’s primary hub airport due to its runway capacity shortage, according to former IATA CEO Giovanni Bisignani.

SkyTeam alliance member Air France has announced plans to introduce a new daily flight between Paris CDG and Tokyo Haneda from summer 2014, subject to

Qatar Airways has announced it will launch direct scheduled flights from Athens to New York from the middle of 2013.

West and Central Africa's largest commercial carrier, Nigeria's Arik Air, is expanding its regional African network with the addition of new flight services from Lagos to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Irish regional carrier CityJet has confirmed plans to further expand its network in Germany with the introduction of flights from its London City

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in Central and Eastern Europe has signed a five-year agreement with Liverpool John Lennon Airport and

Engaging in nepotism, accepting expensive gifts, ignoring regulations . . . these are among the charges leveled against the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) in a government report released last month. MWAA, which manages Washington National (DCA) and Dulles (IAD) airports, has largely acknowledged the failings.

Emirates will increase 11X-weekly Dubai-Mauritius service to 14X-weekly Dec. 2 with a Boeing 777-300. TAME launched daily Quito-Lima service Nov. 26th. SriLankan Airlines launched 2X-daily Colombo-Trivandrum service Nov. 22. American Airlines launched 4X-weekly Miami-Asunción service Nov. 17 after a six year absence.

Shenzhen Airlines was officially inducted into the Star Alliance at a special ceremony at its Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on November 29

A UK start-up carrier plans to inaugurate an alternative scheduled flight option for passengers travelling between the south east England and Paris

Nordic national carrier Finnair has outlined plans to further extend its Asian network with the introduction of a new seasonal service between

Fast-expanding Middle East carrier Qatar Airways made the surprising announcement this week that it will inaugurate scheduled passenger flights

Earlier this week the airline attendee list for Routes Asia was made available on Routesonline.com and with over three months to go until the event