Airports & Networks

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

FlyBe on Wednesday 12SEP12 announced it’ll be adding new routes out of Exeter in Summer 2013. From 31MAR13, the airline will launch Exeter – Barcelona

LOT Polish Airlines today (13SEP12) reveals planned Boeing 787 operational schedule, seating configuration, as well as opening reservation for the

A new international airport serving Dakar, Senegal will open in the first quarter of 2014, prime minister Abdul Mbaye told the country’s National Assembly this week.

OLT Express Germany will launch service from Saarbrucken to Munich (11X-weekly), Vienna (VIE) (4X-weekly), Hamburg (daily) and London-Southend (3X-weekly) Oct. 31. It will also launch service from Munster Osnabruck to Berlin Schonefeld (11X-weekly), Stuttgart (6X-weekly), VIE (daily), Milan Malpensa (3X-weekly) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (5X-weekly) Oct. 15. Alaska Airlines launched daily Portland, Ore.-Washington Reagan service Aug. 28.

Emirates Airlines has announced it is launching flights to the US capital Washington DC from today.

DELTA starting 27NOV12 is cancelling Memphis – Cleveland operation, where it currently offers 1 daily flight on board CRJ200 aircraft. This route was

QANTAS from 04MAR13 is launching Sydney – Gladstone service, on board Dash8-Q400 turboprop aircraft. This flight to operate 8 times a week, mainly on

WizzAir starting December 2012 is tapping into Israel market, with the launch of 3 weekly Budapest – Tel Aviv service. This route will begin from

From 14OCT12, Vietjetair is increasing operation on 3 domestic routes, where these routes will receive 1 additional daily flights. Routes with service

JetStar Asia during Northern Winter 2012 season is gradually increasing operation on a number of service to Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar. Planned

China Southern Airlines (CZ) and Air China (CA) have agreed to codeshare on the Beijing (PEK) to Paris route using an Airbus A380 from October, according to CA CEO Cai Jianjiang, pending regulatory approval.

Emirates will fly double daily to Jordan from 1st October, providing greater access to one of the most popular tourism destinations in the Middle East.

Qantas (QF) and Air France (AF) will end their codeshare agreement April 1, in a decision triggered by QF’s exclusive global partnership with Emirates (EK) announced last week.

Russican carrier UTair last week expands Boeing 767-200ER operation with the arrival of 2nd unit. The 767-200ER on 03SEP12 began operating 1 of 3

Eastern Airways from 01OCT12 is increasing Aberdeen – Newcastle operation from existing 20 weekly to 26-27 weekly. Service on weekdays will increase

Volaris from mid-October 2012 expands operation on domestic market, with the addition 3 new routes – Tijuana – Tepic, Tijuana – Queretaro and

Copa Airlines from 04DEC12 is to increase Panama City – Santa Cruz service, where overall operation to Bolivia increases from daily to 11 weekly

Korean Air starting 09NOV12 resumes operation to Saudi Arabia after 14 years of service suspension. The Skyteam member will launch 3 weekly Seoul

Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) president Greg Principato warned that the US is “at risk [of] being turned into a feeder system for the global aviation network” because its infrastructure is falling behind much of the rest of the world.

Scoot will launch 3X-weekly Singapore-Shenyang-Qingdao Boeing 777-200 service Nov. 27. Druk Air will launch 2X-weekly Paro-Singapore Airbus A319 service Sept. 1. Ethiopian Airlines will launch 3X-weekly Addis Ababa-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur service Oct. 31.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) on Friday confirmed the new opening date will be Oct. 27, 2013, the beginning of the winter schedule 2013/2014.

Qatar Duty Free - a subsidiary of Qatar Airways - has drawn the winner of its latest dollar millionaire draw promotion, with Indian national Satheesa Babu, who resides in Doha, claiming the coveted cash prize.

While Qatar Airways is one of the likely bidders for the Saudi Arabian domestic market liberalisation which will allow selected international airlines – or airline - to operate within the Kingdom, the Doha-based carrier has extended its reach within Saudi.