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Monarch Airlines in Fall and Winter 2012/13 season is launching 12 new routes. Selected services will begin from late-September/early-October 2012

Canadian low-fare carrier WestJet is preparing for new codeshare partnership with Asian carriers between late-May and early-June, as it has secured

The Qantas Group (QF) will increase capacity on QF, Jetstar and QantasLink domestic routes in 2012-13 to strengthen its network in the business and leisure markets, the company said in a statement.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), which was scheduled to open June 3, will postpone its opening to late summer due to technical issues concerning fire protection installations, it said in a statement.

Southwest Airlines (SWA) and United Airlines (UA) squared off Tuesday in front of the Houston City Council over whether SWA should be allowed to launch international service from Houston Hobby (HOU) in 2015.

Etihad Airways has marked eight years of flights to Beirut, the airline's first commercial destination.

US Airways starting 05SEP12 is expanding service between its Philadelphia hub and Texas, where it'll offer 1 daily flight to Austin and San Antonio

Russian carrier Yamal Airlines this summer is offering 3 new seasonal routes, where the airline operates 2 weekly Moscow Domodedovo - Anapa, 6 weekly

Eritrean Airlines on Monday (07MAY12) has inaugurated service to South Africa, where it operates 4 weekly flights to Cape Town and Johannesburg

India's Jet Airway sfrom June 2012 will be cancelling Mumbai - Johannesburg service, which currently operates 5 times a week. Although the airline

Avianca will resume Cali-Medellin-New York Airbus A320 service May 19, bypassing its main hub at Bogota. Flights will be operated 3X-weekly in the low season and daily between June 1 and Sept. 16 and between Dec. 3 and Jan. 13, 2013. Can Jet Air launched weekly Los Angeles-Loreto Boeing 737-400 service April 21. Gulf Air (GF) launched a codeshare agreement with Safi Airways on the 3X-weekly Kabul-Manama route April 23.

UK scheduled leisure airline Monarch Airlines (ZB) will set up a base at the East Midlands Airport (EMA), hub of struggling low-cost carrier bmibaby, which new owner International Airlines Group has said it may close if no buyer is found by Sept. 10

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced today the preferred bidder for the construction of the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), with the consortium of CCC, TAV and Arabtec being selected.

Turkish Airlines starting 16JUL12 is expanding service to Denmark, with 3 weekly service on Istanbul – Aalborg – Billund – Istanbul triangle service

Russian carrier UT Air in Summer 2012 season is introduce 2 additional seasonal routes from Surgut, where it'll offer flights to Baku and Simferpol

As of Friday 04MAY12's GDS information, latest update from Aeroflot Russian Airlines' Winter 2012/13 long-haul operatio changes including the

Russian carrier Transaero from late-June 2012 will began service to Italy, after receiving Russian authority's approval. The airline is to launch 6

Poland-based OLT Express (OL) has announced more international routes from Warsaw (WAW) from Oct.31.

Hungarian-based Wizz Air (W6) has doubled its fleet at Budapest Ferihegy International (BUD) to six Airbus A320s in less than three months.

Spanish IT specialist Indra will help Kenya’s air navigation services provider, Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), modernize terminal operations at the country’s two international gateways: Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta and Mombasa’s Moi airports.

Air Greenland and Canadian carrier First Air has inked a codeshare deal, which will be in effect this summer. From 18JUN12 to 03SEP12, Air Greenland

Bangkok Airways is accelerating its plan to increase service to Myanmar, as of 04MAY12. Per GDS display, the airline's planned 3rd daily Bangkok -

Skyteam member Aeroflot has outlined its planned operation within Domestic Russia, CIS and Europe service for Winter 2012 season. Winter 2012 season

bmibaby on Thursday (03MAY12) announced that it'll end its operation, after parent International Airlines Group (IAG) failed to find buyer for bmi's

Visakhapatnam Airport, serving the Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh in India, may have only just started receiving international flights but