Eastern Group, parent company of UK regional carrier Eastern Airways, has bought a controlling share in its home base, Humberside Airport, in northeast England.
IrAero, Russia will launch 2X-weekly Irkutsk-Hailar Bombardier CRJ200 service Sept. 1 and 2X-weekly Ulan-Ude-Manzhou CRJ200 service Aug. 8. Russian Ural Airlines will begin weekly Chelyabinsk-Tashkent Airbus A320 service Sept 5. On Oct 3. the carrier will start weekly Yekaterinburg-Budapest A320 service. Korean Air will launch 4X-weekly Seoul Incheon-Yangon service Sept. 13.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) achieved a record-breaking second quarter revenue growth for Abu Dhabi Hospitality Company (ADHC), bringing the record for year-to-date sales of Food and Beverages at Abu Dhabi International Airport to AED 38.2 Million in the first half of the year, a 47.1% increase compared to the same period in 2011. Passenger growth totaled 22.8% for the first six months of 2012.