Airports & Networks

British Airways (BA) has announced plans to inaugurate a three times weekly link between London and the fast expanding Chinese city of Chengdu from

Qatar Airways today announced an increase in the number of scheduled flights to Bangkok from three to four a day, effective 20th February next year.

Air Canada has unveiled the launch plans of its new leisure airline, marking a major step in the transformation of Canada’s flag carrier to compete in

EasyJet will increase 12X-weekly Belfast-Birmingham service to 13X-weekly March 31. It will launch 3X-weekly London Southend-Newquay service June 20. Darwin Airline will launch service to Pristina from Zurich (daily) and Geneva (2X-weekly), Dec. 14. The carrier will use Belle Air Europe Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 aircraft on the routes. US Airways will launch daily Charlotte, N.C.-Sao Paulo Boeing 767-200 service May 5.

XL Airways Germany temporarily suspended operations for the winter season from Dec. 14.

US carrier Virgin America is to bring its low-fare, upscale service to the New Jersey market after it revealed plans to launch its first flights to

At the end of last week Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline inaugurated a new daily route between Zurich and Priština, the capital and largest city

Emirates launched 5X-weekly Dubai-Lyon Airbus A340-500 service. Jet Asia Airways will launch 4X-weekly Phuket-Beijing Boeing 767-200ER service in January. IndiGo will launch daily Kolkata-Bangkok service Dec. 21. Taca Airlines will launch 4X-weekly El Salvador-Medellin Embraer E-190 service Jan. 2.

American Airlines has inked agreements to begin codesharing with LATAM Airlines Group carriers LAN Colombia and Brazil's TAM.

Ukrainian AeroSvit Airline has reached an agreement with Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport and has reinstated flights.

German carrier airberlin has confirmed it will introduce flights between the German and Spanish capitals, maintaining air services on the route after

Self-service check-in at Abu Dhabi International Airport is growing at a rapid pace according to the latest figures from the seventh SITA/Air Transport World Passenger Self-Service Survey. The 2012 results found that 17% of passengers surveyed at the airport used self-service check-in; nearly double the rate of 9% recorded last year.

US low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways is to end US Airways’ monopoly between Boston and Philadelphia with the introduction of its own daily service

AirBaltic will launch weekly Riga-Heviz Bombardier Q400 service May 4 and 3X-weekly Riga-Prague Bombardier Q400 service Jan. 1. Copa Airlines increased its Panama City-Cancun service to 5X-daily Dec. 4. The airline started operating this route with 5X-weekly service in 2000. Qatar Airways will launch 3X-weekly Doha-Chengdu Airbus A330 service March 19. It launched 4X-weekly Doha-Warsaw Airbus A320 service Dec. 5.

LOT Polish Airlines launched its first Boeing 787 service from Warsaw to Prague.

Ryanair will open two new bases in Europe in April, and will also launch services at three new Swedish airports.

UK low-cost carrier easyJet announced its second route to Russia. On March 28, easyJet will launch 4X-weekly Manchester-Moscow service.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced it will establish air links between the UAE and the Republic of

United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia is to introduce a third destination in Pakistan to its expanding network with the introduction

Qatar Airways today launched its inaugural long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner service on the Doha – London Heathrow route, becoming the first airline to operate regular scheduled flights with the state-of-the art aircraft to and from the UK.

Etihad Airways has announced it will establish air links between the UAE and the Republic of Guinea, in West Africa, by extending its existing codeshare agreement with Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco.

Etihad Airways has announced it will establish air links between the UAE and the Republic of Guinea, in West Africa, by extending its existing codeshare agreement with Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco.

Earlier this week the Routes business announced a partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), a private, non

Routes Americas 2013, in association with ALTA, will take place on 10-12 February 2013 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia and scheduling for the event

Routes Asia 2013 will take place in Mumbai, India on 17-19 March. Mumbai, known as the commercial capital of India, holds the pulse of India’s