Airports & Networks

Lufthansa Cargo will launch weekly Frankfurt-Detroit-New York-Frankfurt Boeing MD-11F service Jan. 23. AirBaltic (BT) will increase 2X-weekly seasonal Riga-Moscow Domodedovo service to 7X-weekly for the summer season, in codeshare with Transaero Airlines. BT will reintroduce 4X-weekly Riga-Dublin service June 1. Adria Airways launched 2X-weekly Prishtina-Verona service Jan. 28.

Turkish Airlines (THY) is to increase the frequency of its flights between Istanbul and Birmingham as part of a wider network expansion across the UK

Ethiopian Airlines is to introduce a new service between Addis Ababa and Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. The new link

Greek carrier Olympic Air is to inaugurate a three times weekly service between Athens and Tel Aviv from March 9, 2012 with a fourth weekly rotation

This week saw the official launch of the 18th World Route Development Forum which will take place from 29th September to 2nd October, 2012 and will be

Oneworld alliance member Royal Jordanian is making final preparations to resume flights between Amman and the Libyan city of Misrata; its third

Dubai Airports today announced traffic statistics for Dubai World Central that showed the airport handled 89,729 tonnes of air freight during its first full calendar year of operations.

Today saw the official launch of the 18th World Route Development Forum which will take place from 29th September to 2nd October 2012 and will be hosted by Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) and supported by official carrier Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority.

Turkish Airlines is making a further commitment to the UK's midlands region by increasing flights between Birmingham and Istanbul from five flights a week to daily services from March 25th.

Long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X has announced plans to increase capacity between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo Haneda. The airline currently offers

German national carrier Lufthansa has become the latest network carrier to announce its plans to resume flights to the Libyan capital Tripoli. The

An authoritative independent study carried out for the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the European Business Aviation Association by

The fourth of the new routes into Iraq by low cost airline flydubai was completed today with the inaugural flight to Najaf.

With six months of preparation, an intensive 10 day logistics program and a three-day onsite operation, BAS - the Bahrain Airport Services business - has successfully concluded the management of the ground handling services for the Bahrain International Airshow 2012 (BIAS).

Muscat International Airport continues to be under strain as passenger numbers continue to increase as construction of new terminal buildings are still awaited.

Pegasus Airlines, which added lots of new international flights to its network in 2011, has now launched flights to Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has announced it received positive results in an independent passenger survey carried out by the global airline industry's governing body, International Air Transport Association (IATA), despite a difficult 2011.

Gama Aviation and Sharjah Airport have signed the deal, outlined in Arabian Aerospace last week, which gives the business aviation and services company the responsibility for all business aircraft handling at Sharjah's international airport.

Spanish flag carrier Iberia is to further grow capacity between Europe and the Americas by increasing its offering in the Costa Rican markets. Details

Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific, the largest domestic operator in the Philippines, is to expand its international network and become the only airline to

Russian scheduled cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is looking to further expand its network and increase its offering in existing markets

Porter Airlines launched 3X-daily Toronto-Timmins, Ontario service. Bangkok Airways (PG) and Finnair (AY) have signed a codeshare agreement beginning Jan. 15. AY will place its code on PG service between Bangkok and Samui, Phuket, Chiang Mai, as well as Singapore-Samui service and Hong Kong-Samui service. Iberia has increased 4X-weekly Madrid-Panama City service to 5X-weekly.

Allegiant Air is to establish a new operational base at Oakland International Airport from the second quarter of this year. The carrier will position

Asian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is to cut services on its single route to Europe, due, it says, to the economic uncertainty in the Continent and

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has announced plans to resume flights to the Hungarian capital with new summer 2012 links to be introduced to Budapest