Ryanair (FR) will cut its flight schedule at Budapest Airport (BUD) by 40% following its latest spat with the airport’s operator over the cost of services. The Irish low-cost carrier will cut 10 routes and reduce the number of flights to and from the Hungarian capital from 280 to 170 a week because of what it says are increased charges and inefficiencies at the airport.
KLM will launch a twice-daily scheduled service from Manston Airport (MSE) in Kent, Southeast UK, to Amsterdam Schiphol, further consolidating its position as a significant player in the UK regional market.
ANA launched daily Delhi-Tokyo Narita service Oct. 28. WestJet launched weekly Calgary-Manzanillo service. Hawaiian Airlines launched 3X-weekly Honolulu-Sapporo Boeing 767-300ER service. JetBlue launched 3X-weekly New York JFK-Cartagena Airbus A320 service, its second Colombia destination.
The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has released a new report on the future of air traffic management at the ICAO Air Navigation Conference in Montréal.
Etihad Airways has forged a powerhouse group with partner airlines Virgin Australia, airberlin, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, and Czech Airlines to offer air travellers more streamlined services between Europe and Australia.