Airports & Networks

UK carrier Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it has selected Irish national carrier Aer Lingus to support its growth into the UK domestic market and will

US carrier Delta Air Lines has confirmed it will operate three daily flights between its Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport hub and

Thai carrier Jet Asia Airways is set for a major expansion into China as it adds further Boeing 767-200s to its fleet. The little known carrier

London Heathrow Airport has begun a five-month trial to see if creating noise relief zones for communities under the flight path can ease disturbances for residents.

Milan airport operator SEA has scrapped a planned initial public offering (IPO) due to a lack of investor interest.

Spanish carrier Vueling has announced it will open a second base in the Italian market next year at Florence’s Amerigo Vespucci Airport. The airline

SriLankan Airlines will this month boost the frequency of its flights between Colombo and Riyadh to meet increasing outbound demand from Saudi Arabia

European leisure carrier XL Airways France has expanded its fleet following the acceptance of its first brand new Airbus A330-300 from the

Ukranian AeroSvit Airlines and Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport have been in a clash over the carrier’s debt of RUB 95 million ($3 million).

Since The HUB last updated you on the Routes Americas Strategy Forum, which is being held in association with ALTA, a number of additional speakers

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

In a little over three months time the 11thRoutes Asia will take place in Mumbai and attending delegates should ensure that any visas necessary for

Qatar Airways launched scheduled flights to Poland yesterday, its latest entry into Central Eastern Europe and 12th new route of the year.

Air Arabia has announced the start of services to Basra, its third destination in Iraq.

It has emerged this week that Delta Air Lines is reportedly interested in acquiring Singapore Airlines’ 49 per cent stake in UK carrier Virgin

This year has marked a new dawn in the Slovak aviation business as a new terminal building was opened at its largest international gateway, M R

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. Alongside looking

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. Alongside looking

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. Alongside looking

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. Alongside looking

A Romanian court of appeals has ruled to cancel alleged state aid offered by Timisoara Airport to Wizz Air, upholding a ruling from the Timis Tribunal last year.

Aeroflot will increase daily Moscow Sheremetyevo-Donetsk SSJ100 service to 2X-daily Jan. 7, using an Airbus A319. Silver Airways will launch 17X-weekly Fort Lauderdale-Orlando service and 12X-weekly West Palm Beach-Tampa service Jan. 7. UTair will launch 2X-weekly Sochi-Trabzon Boeing 737-500 service Dec. 17. It increased daily Moscow Vnukovo-Kiev service to 2X-daily Dec. 3.

The opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport could be postponed again, according to several German media reports, after fire safety experts found more problems with the facility’s security system last month. The airport was originally scheduled to open in June, a date that was postponed to August, and then to March 2013, due to technical issues concerning fire protection installations. In September, it confirmed the new opening date would be Oct. 27, 2013.

Ryanair will cut its flight schedule at Budapest Airport 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.

London Stansted Airport is seeking financial aid from the UK government to improve its much-criticised rail link from London. Stansted lies approximately 30 miles northeast of the capital but the current Stansted Express rail service, although frequent and re-equipped just a year ago with modern rolling stock, takes between 45 minutes and an hour to traverse what is essentially a branch line. Journey times have actually increased in recent years due to ageing infrastructure, such as signalling equipment, which is becoming unreliable.