United Airlines will operate 5X-weekly Chicago O'Hare-Shannon, Ireland 757-200 service June 6-Aug. 26, subject to government approval. It will also increase 2X-daily Houston-London Heathrow service to 3X-daily March 30. EasyJet will launch Edinburgh service to Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Copenhagen, Reykjavik and Dubrovnik in 2013.
Saudi Arabia's strategic plan to increase the number of domestic airports and improve air transportation across the Kingdom was given a boost this week as the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) confirmed plans to build three new airports in Jazan, Abha and Al Qasim.
Pegasus Airlines has launched scheduled flights between Istanbul and Batumi starting on 8 October. This new international destination was announced at a launch held at Istanbul's Radisson Blu hotel in Batumi