Airports & Networks

In the midst of troubled financial markets, Airbus foresees strong ongoing demand for commercial aircraft. According to its latest Global Market

Singapore’s Changi Airport handled a record 42.0 million passenger movements in 2010, crossing the 40-million mark for the first time and joining a

DAA, the operator of Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports is cautiously optimistic that traffic levels will soon return to the healthy levels of growth

This year's World Routes got off to a entertaining start yesterday as a large number of delegates attended the evening welcome reception, sponsored by

Five Minutes with… Germal Khera, Senior VP International Affairs for Malaysia Airlines Ahead of this year’s event we grabbed a few quick words with

Dubai’s emergence as one of the world’s leading global aviation hubs in a matter of a few decades would seem to provide irrefutable evidence that the

German carrier Condor is extending its route network to North America by around a third during summer 2012, as well as adding two new destinations to

Since 2008, Toronto Pearson International Airport has introduced double digit percentage decreases to its airline rates and charges and has revealed

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is celebrating a record month's performance as the UAE's capital airport continues its growth

Building on the success of the company’s existing flight schedule of over 90 direct weekly flights from the UK to nine Scandinavian and Nordic

Toronto-Hamilton International Airport holds a unique position within Canada’s airport fraternity as it is the only privately owned and operated

Last month Ireland West Airport Knock announced the arrival of Lufthansa in the West of Ireland market after securing a new service to Dusseldorf with

Finnair is to become the first European carrier to offer non-stop scheduled passenger links to the expanding southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing

Malaysian freight specialist MASKargo is to inaugurate flights on the Kuala Lumpur – Shanghai – Karagandy – Amsterdam route from October 30; a major

Toronto Pearson appointed Darryl Horzelenberg as Manager, Air Service Development last month. Darryl is responsible for the cargo portfolio at Toronto

It has been a busy year for Stobart Air, the operating company of London Southend Airport in the UK. A significant investment in the Essex facility is

A study released by the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) at the end of last week raises doubts about the rationale for the clear political

Emirates Airline is set for significant expansion in the US market after announcing this week that it will inaugurate daily services to Seattle and

Nigerian carrier Arik Air has confirmed its operational plans on the Lagos – Bamako route, a service that was tentatively formalised at Routes Africa

Dutch carrier ArkeFly is to introduce services between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Oakland International Airport in June next year boosting

Porter Airlines has been granted an additional 16 slots at Toronto City, bringing the carrier’s total to 172. The airline said it “looks forward to providing service to new destinations,” and will announce specific routes as its plans are finalized for 2012. SkyWest Airlines will launch twice-daily Salt Lake City-Cedar City CRJ200 service Jan. 4. EasyJet will launch 3X-weekly Bristol-Naples service May 12.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) told AFP it would temporarily slash flight frequencies over the next two months as part of a cost-saving program that would also eliminate 2,600 jobs. According to AFP, 11 flights to Hong Kong, Bangkok, New Delhi, Macau, Singapore, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Guam, Sydney, Melbourne and Incheon would be affected from Oct. 1, or 12% of the international network. Locally, 30% of flights would be suspended as catering, ground-handling and call center reservations are farmed out to third-party service providers.

Dubai-based Emirates Airline (EK) will add daily flights into the US to Dallas/Ft. Worth and Seattle. The new service, to begin from Feb. 2 and March 1, 2012, respectively, will be with Boeing 777-300ERs. EK President Tim Clark said passengers flying from Seattle and DFW will be able to connect seamlessly to points across the Far and Middle East, Indian sub-continent and Africa via the airline's hub in Dubai. He also said the Seattle route “will help to further strengthen the airline's links with Boeing.”

Air Nostrum has won the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) Airline of the Year 2011/12 GOLD Award for the fifth time in its history, following

Respected route development professional William Pearson is making the short journey from Manchester Airport to Birmingham Airport after joining the