Frontier Airlines will launch 2X-weekly Orlando, Fla.-Trenton, N.J. (TTN) Airbus A319 service Nov. 16. It will be the only airline providing scheduled carrier service out of TTN. Allegiant will suspend Los Angeles, Calif. service to Billings, Mont.; Pasco, Wash.; and Sioux Falls, S.D. Aug. 31 due to a decline in allotted gate space. Porter Airlines will increase 3X-weekly Sault Ste. Marie-Toronto City service to 4X-weekly Oct. 1.
Gulf Air has announced seven additional flights between Dubai and Bahrain in its winter timetable that has been brought forward effective 10 September 2012.
Host of the 2012 World Route Development Strategy Summit, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), has unveiled the programme for next month's event which is held alongside the 18th World Route Development Forum (World Routes), the largest and only global annual meeting for aviation professionals from around the world.
Delta Air Lines’ (DL) daily Detroit (DTW)-Tokyo Haneda (HND) service “has not performed as expected,” and the carrier has submitted a request to the US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) to transfer its DTW-HND slot pair to Seattle (SEA)-HND. United Airlines (UA) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA) have submitted filings opposing the motion.
Air Berlin (AB) increased load factors for the period from Jan. 1 to July 3, but said the postponed opening of the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) to March 2013 and aviation taxes prevented an increase in capacity utilization.
Just five months after it inaugurated the service, Hong Kong Airlines (HX) has announced it will suspend its all-business class service between Hong Kong and London Gatwick from Sept. 10.
Beirut Airport has releases figures showing a rise in passenger traffic by 8.88 percent for the first seven months on 2012, Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star has reported.