SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK) has announced the latest step in its strategy of focusing on its core airline business through the divestiture of six properties at Swedish airports.
With the departure today of flight 977, United Airlines will launch a daily service between its Washington hub, Dulles International Airport, and Doha, Qatar, via Dubai.
TAV Construction-Al Rajhi Holding-Al Habtoor Leighton Joint Venture has won an US$800 million contract for the SAEI Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Operation (MRO) facility at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Myanmar and Iraq are among the highlights of Qatar Airways' announcement today of launch dates for new routes in the Middle East, Africa and Asia with capacity hikes being introduced to a number of other international destinations from the carrier's Doha hub.
Spirit Airlines will increase 2X-weekly Myrtle Beach-Plattsburgh, N.Y. service to 3X-weekly June 14-Sept. 1. It will also increase 2X-weekly Myrtle Beach-Niagara Falls, N.Y. service to 3X-weekly June 21-Sept. 4. It will cancel all flights between Niagara Falls and Myrtle Beach, S.C. from May 15-June 20 and flights between Niagara Falls and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. from May 15-June 30 due to runway construction at Niagara Falls.
Astra Airlines will operate seasonal Thessaloniki service to Moscow Vnukovo, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Samara and Saratov for the summer 2012 season, an expansion of service over the year-ago period, following the addition of two Airbus A320 aircraft.