Airports & Networks

All Nippon Airways (ANA) will begin operating the Boeing 787 on a further three domestic routes starting January.

Abu Dhabi International Airport has received the golden award for Fast Travel from IATA, becoming the first airport in the region to adopt IATA's latest initiative in response to growing passenger demands for more adequate and speedy travel procedures at airports.

Taipei-based Far Eastern Air Transport is planning a major expansion in the China mainland market after suspending operations for three years.

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Tiger Airways is to become the first low-cost carrier to offer direct flights from Singapore to Dhaka when it launches services on the route next year

Ukrainian carrier Aerosvit Airlines has launched flights between Kiev and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. The carrier’s inaugural flight departed the

Cambodian carrier Tonlé Sap Airlines is to introduce a single Boeing 757-200 into its fleet having been forced to reschedule its operations following

Turkish Airlines (THY) and Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines have signed a codeshare partnership enhancing air service connectivity between Europe and

Lufthansa (LH) will transfer more flights out of Stuttgart (STR) to its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings (4U) beginning next year as both carriers optimize their route networks.

LOT Polish Airlines (LOT), which first operated Warsaw (WAW) service to Beijing (PEK) from summer 1987 to the end of 1999, plans to re-open the route in 2012 with a Boeing 767—and by the end of 2012, with a Boeing787. It will be the second resumption for LOT, which operated WAW-PEK for four months in 2008.

Japan Airlines (JAL) and WestJet (WS) have reached a codeshare agreement under which JAL will place its code on WS flights between Vancouver and Calgary (6X-weekly), Edmonton (daily), Kelowna (daily), Montreal (daily), Toronto (6X-weekly) and Winnipeg (6X-weekly), as of Dec. 15.

Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) announced it will suspend serving Kuban Airlines (GW) flights as of Dec. 26 because the of carrier’s debt to the airport. According to a VKO statement, the Krasnodar-based regional carrier owes the airport nearly RUB400 million ($12.6 million), an amount GW denies, saying it is over twice the amount of the real debt. The carrier also said in a statement the debt had been rescheduled, which it will pay from April 2012. Airline representatives published proving documents on social networks.

Middle East carrier Etihad Airways has increased its stake in German carrier airberlin to 29.21 per cent becoming the biggest individual shareholder

Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA), the launch customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has revealed that its aircraft will return to their

Kingfisher Airlines is due to become the first Indian carrier to join one of the global alliances after oneworld announced this week that the carrier

German low-cost carrier Germanwings is to expand its activities at Stuttgart as part of a closer co-operation with the country’s national carrier

Independent Pakistani carrier Bhoja Air will relaunch commercial operations in the country in January 2012 and has plans to expand its network to

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is to follow its sister carrier Air France and consolidate its route network in the Italian city of Milan at a single airport

TAP Adds Berlin and Turin to its European Operations TAP Portugal is to introduce new direct flights to Berlin and Turin from its Lisbon base during

JetBlue Strengthens San Juan Services JetBlue Airways has announced it will offer new summer 2012 links to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

Air India Increases Tokyo Flights Air India is to add a fifth weekly rotation on its Delhi – Tokyo Narita service during the Northern Summer 2012

Emirates to Fly A380 to Tokyo Narita and Melbourne United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline is to introduce the Airbus A380 on its flights

Routes Americas will once again see a number of Route Exchange Airline Briefings taking place during the 2012 event in Nassau next February. Following

It has been a busy 2011 for the Routes team with regional events in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Antalya, Turkey; Incheon, South Korea; Cagliari

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further