Airports & Networks

Ryanair Selects Wroclaw as First Polish Base Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to open a base in the Polish city of Wroclaw in spring 2012, its first in

Hainan Airlines Plans Maldives Adventure Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is set to introduce flights between Beijing and the Maldives, attempting to

Insel Air Introduces Link to Barquisimeto The acquisition of four Fokker 50s earlier this year has enabled Insel Air to expand its activities in the

Etihad to Launch Flights to Tripoli Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced it would soon begin flights

Air Algerie Boosts Links to Montreal Air Algerie is to launch a third weekly rotation on its Algiers - Montreal route this winter, offering a Saturday

Mandarin Airlines Considers Link to Wenzhou Taiwanese carrier Mandarin Airlines is understood to be considering launching flights between Taipei

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

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Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to open a base in the Polish city of Wroclaw in spring 2012, its first in Poland and 46th across Europe. The airline

Oman Air Drops Moscow Launch for Second Time Oman Air has confirmed that it will not launch flights between Muscat and Moscow Domodedovo in November

Air New Zealand this week ordered seven ‘new-generation’ ATR 72-600 turboprops with purchase options for a further five in a deal that will support a

BAA has confirmed that it has chosen to keep control of Glasgow Airport and will commence preparations to sell Edinburgh Airport in order to comply

Peach Aviation, Japan’s newest low-cost carrier, confirmed it has obtained approval from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to operate flights to congested airports.

Malaysia Airlines Group (MAS) has launched a network rationalization program with its subsidiary, Firefly, which will now serve short-haul turboprop routes.

Virgin Australia Builds Western Australia Network Virgin Australia is to increase capacity on routes from Perth to Karratha and Port Hedland during

Qatar Airways' first flight to Uganda takes off next month on November 2, joining the airline's ever-growing list of countries served direct from the airline's Doha hub.

Air Algerie is to launch a third weekly rotation on its Algiers - Montreal route this winter, offering a Saturday departure alongside its established

Only last week, The HUB reported about RAK Airways’ ambitious expansion plans and how it intends to expand its network to include 35 destinations by

Arik Air will commence 3X-weekly Lagos-Abu Dhabi Airbus A340-500 service by the end of November. Ethiopian Airlines launched 4X-weekly Mekele-BahirDar-Khartoum Bombardier Q400 service. Aeromexico started 2X-weekly Guadalajara-Las Vegas service and daily Mexico City-Caracas Boeing 737 service.

Air Arabia has selected the SITA Horizon passenger management system to provide a seamless transit service at Air Arabia's 70 departure points across 32 countries as the airline expands its network.

RAK Airways has increased its GCC network with daily flights from Ras Khaimah to Kuwait and Doha, Qatar. RAK Airways will offer seven flights a week to Kuwait effective 20 November 2011 in addition to increasing the frequency of its flights to Doha to seven times a week effective 30 October 2011.

Senegal and Belgium Agree Air Traffic Deal A new air services arrangement has been reached between Senegal and Belgium and could, according to

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced it would soon begin flights to Tripoli, although it has not yet

A German court on Thursday has ruled on the operating hours of Berlin’s newest airport, Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), which is expected to open June 3, 2012.

Etihad Airways today announced it will soon begin flights to the Libyan capital, Tripoli.