Airports & Networks

Oman Air has opened The Majan Lounge - its new lounge at Muscat International Airport located on the lower floor of the departure terminal. Designed by JPA (design consultants) the lounge offers a luxurious and tranquil environment with a modern Arabian twist.

Budget carrier Thai AirAsia is to launch a second route to Myanmar this autumn with a new four times weekly service between Bangkok Don Mueang and

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, located on the site of the former Williams Air Force Base in the southeastern area of the city of Mesa, Arizona, and

Frontier Airlines starting 15NOV12 is launching Denver – Phoenix Mesa route, becoming the 3rd carrier to operate service to Phoenix Mesa. Airbus A319

Although Malaysian carriers AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines are officially still working as potential future business partners, there are serious

Air Europa starting 03DEC12 is launching Madrid – Brussels, where it’ll offer up to twice daily service on board Embraer E190 aircraft. Schedule

Thai AirAsia starting 04OCT12 is further expanding operation to Myanmar, as it will be launching 3rd daily Bangkok Don Mueang – Yangon service, with

Ethiopian Airlines on 16AUG12 will operate one-time only Washington Dulles – Addis Ababa service on board brand new Boeing 787-8 aircraft, operating

CSA Czech Airlines has outlined planned operation for Winter 2012/13 season, effective 28OCT12. In the winter season the carrier will be focusing on

LOT Polish Airlines is to resume flights between Warsaw and Hanover, a link it last served in August 2008. The carrier will introduce a six times

United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline is to inaugurate flights between Dubai and Phuket this winter opening air services to its second

Southwest Airlines has confirmed it will begin service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

Ryanair starting first week of November 2012 will launch 5 new routes out of Cork in Ireland. Planned new routes and frequencies: Cork – Gdansk 2

Thai AirAsia from 04OCT12 will launch its second route to Myanmar, with 4 weekly Bangkok Don Mueang – Mandalay flight, becoming the first low-cost

Starting 28OCT12, EGYPTAIR is adjusting operations to London Heathrow. Existing 3 weekly Sharm el Sheikh – London Heathrow service will be cancelled

Qatar Airways is increasing capacity on Doha – Seoul Incheon service, as the carrier is to introduce Boeing 777-300ER operation on this route on daily

Malaysia Airlines starting 01MAR13 is launching Airbus A380 service on Kuala Lumpur - Melbourne route, where MH129/128 will be operated by Airbus A380

Turkish Airlines is to expand its push into Africa with three new services to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, and Sabha in Libya.

Turkish Airlines starting 04SEP12 is launching service to Djibouti, where it’ll operate Istanbul – Djibouti – Mogadishu route with Airbus A320

AirAsia X starting 15SEP12 is increasing Kuala Lumpur – Kathmandu service, where it’ll introduce 3rd weekly service. The new flight operates on

Emirates is moving forward planned all-Airbus A380 operation on 5 daily Dubai – London Heathrow route, as per schedule changes on 02AUG12. From

Gulf Air starting the second week of September will begin its new Fall/Winter season schedule, which sees a number of increases in its network

ETIHAD starting 15SEP12 plans to start codeshare service with AerLingus, covering 18 routes operated by the latter. Codeshare flight number range is

Turkish Airlines has launched 4X-weekly Istanbul Ataturk-Nakhichevan-Gence Azerbaijan service. Air Astana has increased Almaty-Urumqi services from 3X-weekly to daily. Russian S7 Airlines will launch 3X-weekly Moscow-Verona Boeing 737-800 service Dec. 26.

Austrian Airlines (OS) is considering increasing its leisure operations on the long-haul segment.