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China Southern Airlines inaugurated a new freighter service between Shanghai and Vancouver on Thursday (September 1), the only direct freighter

Middle Eastern carriers posted a 9.7% increase in demand during January, outstripping the 8.9% capacity increase according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) this week.

The European Union has formally lifted the sanctions on Libyan Airlines that were re-imposed in March. This clears the way for the airline to begin repairing or renewing its fleet as the country rebuilds after the uprising.

Eastern Airways will launch 3X weekly Glasgow-Stavanger service Sept. 12. American Airlines will launch 4X weekly New York JFK-Antigua Boeing 737 service Nov. 17. Porter Airlines will increase 5X weekly Toronto City-Boston service to 6X weekly Oct. 12. Gulf Air will launch Bahrain service to Rome Fiumicino (4X weekly, Nov. 30), Entebbe (4X weekly, Dec. 5) and Juba (3X weekly, Feb. 7).

Turkey's Pegasus Airlines is entering a partnership agreement with Germany's Air Berlin to increase charter traffic between their two countries

Taiwanese carrier China Airlines is to significantly boost capacity on the Taipei – Nanchang route when it inaugurates a twice weekly service on

Independent Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airlines is to suspend its three routes from Foggia this winter leaving the Italian city’s small Gion Lisa

Aeroméxico is to continue offering flights between Monterrey and Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport in Cameron County, Texas. The

Lao Airlines is to add two Airbus A320s to its fleet enabling it to launch new services to Guangzhou and Singapore and to upgrade many of its other

Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines is to launch three additional flights to Sri Lanka from October 1, supplementing its existing daily link to Colombo

Copa Airlines inked a codeshare agreement with Tame Ecuador. It will initially include Quito-Panama and Guayaquil-Panama service and will later expand to include flights in Ecuador as well as to the entire Latin American region. QantasLink will launch 12-times-weekly Geraldton-Perth Bombardier Q400 service Nov. 21. It will also introduce the Q400 on Exmouth-Perth service Mondays and Wednesdays; Boeing 717s will operate the route Fridays and Sundays.

Traffic rebounds: West-to-East shift confirmed. Arthur D. Little and ATW present the fifth annual World Airport Report.

Emirates Airline is to increase its Dubai – Tokyo Narita link from a five times weekly to a daily schedule from November 1. The airline launched

Indian carrier SpiceJet is set to introduce flights to an additional eleven destinations from late September or early October as it launches scheduled

Air France is to focus its strategy in the Italian city of Milan on just the one airport having recently offered flights to both Linate and Malpensa

The World Routes Airport Marketing Awards, sponsored by OAG, continue to evolve and further strengthen their position as the most prestigious awards

With just one month to go until World Routes in Berlin registrations for the event don’t seem to be slowing down. Here are a few of the highlights

While the main focus of Routes events remains the meetings which take place between airports, airlines and other industry stakeholders, the value of

OAG, a UBM Aviation company, is introducing a new product that will offer the most flexible information solution for industry executives, delivering

Thai Airways International has confirmed that its new business division will launch services in July 2012 under the Thai Smile Air brand. The start-up

LAO AIRLINES’ STEP INTO THE JET AGE FACILITATES NETWORK GROWTH Lao Airlines is to add two Airbus A320s to its fleet enabling it to launch new services

IBERIA INCREASES SCHEDULE TO EQUATORIAL GUINEA Spanish national carrier Iberia has today added a sixth weekly flight on the Madrid – Malabo route

VIRGIN AMERICA ADDS ANOTHER MEXICAN LINK Virgin America is to introduce its low-fare service on another route into Mexico when it inaugurates flights

CHINA AIRLINES TO PROVIDE NANCHANG CONNECTION Taiwanese carrier China Airlines is to significantly boost capacity on the Taipei – Nanchang route when

COMAIR INAUGURATES BA FLIGHTS FROM LANSERIA South African carrier Comair has today (September 1) inaugurated flights under the British Airways brand