Virgin America launched weekly Palm Springs-New York JFK service. Transaero Airlines signed a multilateral agreement with UTair Aviation to establish interline connections via Moscow Vnukovo to cities in Russia, the CIS, the US and Western Europe. Dragonair will launch 3X-weekly Hong Kong-Da Nang Airbus A320 service March 28.
Dutch consultants NACO, its Saudi Arabian branch SADECO and the global architect firm HOK which has been involved in Doha's new Hamad Airport have been awarded the contract to design the expansion of King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh.
Erbil International Airport (EIA) has announced that in 2012, 947,600 passengers used the airport, a 53% increase on the previous year, whilst cargo tonnage also increased dramatically, with a 54% increase to 27,849 tonnes per annum.
The State of Qatar is ready to welcome a new chapter in the country's remarkable aviation industry with preparations well underway for the (1 April) first phase opening of the new Hamad International Airport to be operated by national carrier Qatar Airways.
Ryanair will launch 2X-weekly London Stansted-Kefalonia service April 1. Kefalonia is Ryanair's sixth Greek destination from Stansted. Frontier Airlines will launch Trenton service to Atlanta (4X-weekly, April 8), Chicago Midway (6X-weekly, April 8), Columbus (3X-weekly, April 8), Detroit (4X-weekly, April 9) and Raleigh (6X-weekly, April 8) using Airbus A319s.
UK airport company Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA) has agreed to sell its 100% interest in London Stansted Airport to Manchester Airports Group (MAG) for £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) in cash.