Airports & Networks

Creating a Single European Sky was never going to be easy. Not with 27 European Union states involved.

Middle East low-cost carrier Air Arabia has boosted frequencies on its recently launched link between its Sharjah International Airport base and

A leading UK newspaper reported this past weekend that a new air service between Scotland and the Middle East could be announced this week. The

Emirates Airlines today launched its new Dublin route. It is the third new route to be added to Emirates' route network in the opening days of 2012 as the airline forges forward with its global expansion.

Fast-expanding Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air has confirmed that its new full-service ‘premium’ airline division will launch operations later

US carrier American Airlines has received approval from United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and Ecuadorean authorities to begin a

Surinam Airways is to introduce a new connection linking Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana with Surinam’s own capital, Paramaribo, and Miami

Indian company Religare Aviation is hoping to launch domestic flights from Dharamsala -Kangra Airport in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh before

German carrier airberlin has confirmed that it will continue to offer direct flights to the Caribbean island of Curaçao this summer, the only non-stop

Alaska Airlines will resume daily Portland, Ore.-Long Beach service March 12. All Nippon Airways will increase 4X-weekly Airbus A320 Tokyo Narita-Hangzhou service to daily Jan. 20. Emirates will launch a fourth daily Airbus A380 service March 25 to serve its 5X-daily Dubai-London Heathrow service. Air China launched 2X-weekly Chengdu-Kathmandu Airbus A319 service Jan. 5.

Carpatair (V3) announced it will open a new base in Chisinau (KIV), Moldova and will operate three direct flights from the location beginning March 26, in a partnership with Moldavian Airlines. The carrier said there are "ongoing talks" with Alitalia to codeshare on the three routes from KIV. V3 will launch 3X-weekly service from KIV to Venice Marco Polo, Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo. It previously served Moldova to Italy via its hub in Timisoara.

Turkish Airlines (TK) will switch four daily Istanbul (IST) flights and one daily Antalya flight from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Vnukovo Airport (VKO) from March 25. Star Alliance member Lufthansa has also announced the launch of flights to Vnukovo ( ATW Daily News Nov. 23). TK will launch 3X-weekly Boeing 737-800 IST Ataturk–Novosibirsk (OVB) service March 14, making OVB TK’s eighth Russian destination.

The expansion of flydubai and the likely increase in charter and low-cost carriers operating to Dubai has led to a new development at Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2.

Qatar Airways has received top accolades at the Business Traveller USA magazine awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Gulf Air has announced promotional fares for group bookings from its two recently launched Italian cities Milan and Rome to travel to any of its GCC, Middle East and Asia destinations via the airline's Bahrain hub.

Emirates has this week extended its South American network by linking Dubai with Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.

Slovenian national carrier Adria Airways is to relaunch flights to London during the Northern Summer 2012 schedule after dropping the route for the

US carrier JetBlue Airways has launched flights between Hartford-Springfield's Bradley International Airport and San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin

Hong Kong Airlines has revealed that it has been granted traffic rights to launch flights into Taiwan with immediate effect. The carrier says it will

Turkish Cargo will launch scheduled freight flights to Libya this weekend inaugurating a twice weekly connection to Mitiga Airport, close to the North

Brussels Airlines (SN) plans to launch its “first own connection” to the US since its founding in 2002, following the demise of its predecessor Sabena in late 2001. The route, daily Brussels (BRU)-New York (JFK) will begin June 1. The route will be operated with Airbus A330-300 or A330-200 aircraft, equipped with new business and economy-class cabins. The carrier will announce more details on the new cabin soon, it said. The service will be run as a daily morning flight to JFK Terminal 1 and as an overnight service back to BRU.

Emirates has announced it will be expanding its network in South East Asia with the addition of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from June 4 2012.

US Airways has announced the first phase of its revised network plans at Washington’s Reagan National Airport following the closing of its slot

Emirates Airline is to continue its expansion in South East Asia with the addition of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to its global network from June 4

A new Air Services Agreement has been reached between aviation authorities in Taiwan and Hong Kong which will further liberalise the market between