Airports & Networks

There are now 555 airline delegates registered for the 18thWorld Route Development Forum and, with three weeks to go until the event opens, this

Scheduling for World Routes will close on Friday 14thSeptember, just one week from now! If your delegate package includes a diary of pre-scheduled

Voting has now closed for the World Routes Marketing Awards 2012, which are sponsored by OAG, and the shortlisted airports were announced earlier this

Earlier this week the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital (FEH) landed in El Salvador, its final programme before it travels to the Middle East and to World

RAK Airways from 03OCT12 is launching Ras al-Khaimah – Abu Dhabi service, offering 4 weekly flights on board Airbus A320 aircraft. This is the first

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

Canadian Carrier Air North on 05SEP12 launched First-ever Boeing 737 service to Dawson City, Old Crow and Inuvik (Yukon Territory, except Inuvik in

As per 06SEP12 GDS timetable and inventory display, Garuda Indonesia starting mid-October 2012 is introducing NEW CRJ1000NG aircraft to its operation

QANTAS and Emirates on 06SEP12 announced a landmark 10-year strategic partnership agreement, which takes in effect from April 2013. Subject to

The UK government appears to be inching closer to considering expanding London Heathrow Airport (LHR) after an opponent of a third LHR runway was removed from the post of transport secretary.

German carrier OLT Express from October 2012 will change its operation, which sees the carrier becoming the new low-cost point-to-point European

China Southern Airlines from 16SEP12 is starting Airbus A380 service on Guangzhou – Shanghai Pu Dong flight, replacing Airbus A320 aircraft. Currently

Lao Airlines from 04NOV12 is launching service to Da Nang, its third destination in Vietnam. The airline is to operate Vientiane – Savannakhet – Pakse

Singapore Airlines Group from 28OCT12 is increasing capacity on Singapore – Yangon service, as Singapore Airlines will take over Silk Air’s 7 of 16

Copa Airlines from December 2012 is increasing service to the US, with overall service increasing from 96 to 122 weekly (excluding Puerto Rico)

EVA Air will launch 2X-weekly Taipei-Hakodate Airbus A330-200 service Oct. 28. Japan Airlines will increase daily Tokyo Narita (NRT)-Singapore service to 3X-daily Oct. 28 and weekly NRT-New Delhi service to 7X-weekly Oct. 29.

The opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) will be delayed again, this time from March 17 to the end of October 2013, the Brandenburg government has confirmed.

Norwich Airport (NWI), in eastern England, has unveiled plans for a major expansion of MRO activities.

TAV Airports has acquired 35% of Turkish ground handling service provider Havaş for €80 million ($102 million) from an affiliate of İşbank and HSBC Investment Bank Holdings. TAV Airports president and CEO M. Sani Sener said, “With this transaction we injected €102 million into TAV Airports Holding ... With the addition of Turkish Ground Services to its subsidiaries, HAVAŞ has more than doubled the number of aircraft it serves in the Turkish market.” HAVAŞ serves at 23 airports in Turkey.

Singapore Changi Airport has implemented measures to ensure the move of low-cost carriers from its “Budget Terminal” to “Terminal 2” goes smoothly, the airport said in a statement. “With the closure of the Budget Terminal at Singapore Changi Airport on Sept. 25 … airlines currently operating at the terminal—Berjaya Air, Cebu Pacific, Firefly, Mandala Airlines, South East Asian Airlines and Tiger Airways—will move their operations to Terminal 2 on that day,” the statement said.

The UK government is becoming increasingly embroiled in the vexed topic of how to solve London’s shortage of runway capacity.

Qatar Holding has purchased a 20% stake in UK airports operator BAA. According to the company, the transaction is conditional upon approval by EU competition authorities. If approved, the deal is expected to close by year end. The fund has acquired the stake in PGP Topco, the consortium formed by Spanish infrastructure conglomerate Ferrovial to buy BAA in 2006, for £900 million ($1.35 billion), valuing BAA at £4.5 billion. The shares come from three members of the consortium.