Airports & Networks

DELTA from 01JUN13 plans to boost capacity on Seattle – Tokyo Narita service, where it’ll operate Boeing 747-400 aircraft, instead of Airbus A330-300

AEROFLOT from 30OCT12 is launching new service to The Canaries, with twice weekly Moscow Sheremetyevo – Tenerife del Sur operation, on board Ilyushin

AIRFRANCE from 31MAR13 is starting 3 new routes from Paris Orly, with daily operation to Casablanca, Istanbul and Moscow Sheremetyevo. The dual-class

Due to strong demand, KLM from 27DEC12 to 10MAR13 is increasing Amsterdam – Kilimanjaro operation from daily to 9 weekly. Additional service to be

AeroSvit (VV) and Ukraine International Airlines (PS) are supporting Kiev Boryspil International’s (KBP) transformation plan into a competitive international hub. KBP handles about 8 million passengers annually.

Royal Air Maroc, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Morocco, and US airline JetBlue Airways (New York's Hometown Airline™), have announced the launch of an interline agreement to connect each other's networks and bring new flight options to travellers between North and Central Africa, and the Americas.

Jet Airways continues to strengthen Middle East operation, with latest expansion sees additional 13 weekly frequencies on to 3 markets from 18OCT12

Hainan Airlines from 01NOV12 is resuming service to Maldives. Initially, the airline to operate Beijing – Male service 3 times a week, and will

United starting 06JUN13 is launching new service to Europe, where it’ll offer 5 weekly seasonal service on Chicago – Shannon route, on board Boeing

Hawaiian Airlines from 04NOV12 to 01APR13 is boosting capacity on Honolulu – Manila service, where it’ll operate Airbus A330-200 instead Boeing 767

Lufthansa Cargo from 28OCT12 will begin all-cargo service to Tel Aviv, as Lufthansa Passenger service is switching from Airbus A330-300/A340-300 to

easyJet from February 2013 is expanding service to Iceland. The low-cost carrier from 14FEB13 will begin twice weekly service on Manchester –

From 01MAR13, Emirates will launch 3rd daily service on Dubai – Jakarta service, on board 2-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The new flight offers

QANTAS on Thursday (04OCT12) revealed its Northern Summer schedule in 2013, which reflects the airline’s planned cooperation with Emirates, which is

Fly Dubai from 07NOV12 will commence Dubai – Tabuk service, its 8th route to Saudi Arabia. Service will be operating twice a week with Boeing 737-800

Turkish Airlines will launch Istanbul (IST) service to Sebha, Libya (3X-weekly, Oct. 7), Sharm el Sheikh (4X-weekly, Oct. 9), Hurghada, Egypt (3X-weekly, Oct. 17) and Sana-Aden, Yemen (3X-weekly, Oct. 2). Kenya Airways will launch 10X-weekly Nairobi-Eldoret service Oct. 17. Rotana Jet launched daily Abu Dhabi-Al Ain service Sept. 26, increasing to 2X-daily Oct. 7.

Air New Zealand will add capacity to San Francisco (SFO), Vancouver (YVR) and Los Angeles (LAX) from Auckland (AKL) beginning April 2013.

Qatar Airways today marked the resumption of flights to Yangon after a four-year absence with the launch of scheduled services to Myanmar's largest city.

Online news service flightglobal has reported that Qantas Airways and Emirates have withdrawn their application to the Australian competition watchdog for an interim authorisation that will allow them to plan and negotiate their proposed alliance.

Qantas has taken the next steps towards establishing its new gateway to Europe and the UK, enabling customers to book flights through the global hub of Dubai for travel from 31 March 2013.

Further to the announcement earlier this year that Routes Asia will return to Malaysia in 2014 when the event takes place in Kuching, the capital of

After a record breaking event in Abu Dhabi, which saw 3,000 delegates in attendance, Abu Dhabi Airports Company have officially handed over to Las

As most delegates were departing from Abu Dhabi International Airport on October 3, 2012 following the end of World Routes, one airline was just

Silver Airways launched Saab 340Bplus service to Atlanta from Greenville, N.C., Tupelo, Hattiesburg-Laurel and Meridian, Miss., as well as Muscle Shoals, Ala. Oct. 1. United Airlines will launch Cleveland (CLE) service to Nashville (2X-weekly) and Oklahoma City (weekly) Dec. 19 and Feb. 14, respectively. It will discontinue CLE-Green Bay service Dec. 18. LOT Polish Airlines launched 6X-weekly Warsaw-Hannover Embraer E-170 service.

Greek regional carrier Minoan Air (MAV), which began scheduled operations in July, has detailed plans to launch a new network of five scheduled flights from Oxford Airport (OXF) in the UK.