Airports & Networks

Alaska Airlines has revealed that it will add a third daily rotation between Seattle and Honolulu. Effective December 22nd the third daily frequency

Eastern Airways has announced that it will increase scheduled service from the Scottish City of Aberdeen to Southampton, to a double daily service

The Caribbean's latest operator RedJet, has announced new scheduled service from Port of Spain to Georgetown. The route will be operated on a thrice

Emirates recently launched daily flights to Copenhagen, opening up a new gateway into Scandinavia. In conjunction with this new route, Emirates Holidays – the tour operating arm of Emirates airline, is offering special holiday packages to the maritime nation of Denmark.

Indigo Airlines has continued its push into the Intl market. Fresh from its order of 200x A320 aircraft the airline has announced that it will begin

Frontier Airlines will begin new service from its its Kansas hub to Las Vegas and secondary Houston Airport, Houston Hobby. The routes will begin

Turkish LCC, Pegasus Airlines has announced that it will begin thrice weekly scheduled services from its base at Sabiha Gocken to Donetsk. The route

Flydubai will launch weekly Dubai-Ahmedabad service Aug. 27. Eastern Airways will increase 11-times-weekly Southampton-Aberdeen flights to 16-times-weekly Sept. 5. Pegasus Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen-Donetsk Boeing 737 service Sept. 6. Frontier Airlines will start Embraer 190 flights from Kansas City to Houston (10-times-weekly) and Las Vegas (six-times-weekly) Nov. 1.

Spring Airlines received CAAC approval to launch a daily Shanghai-Beijing route in September, becoming the first privately run Chinese carrier to operate the profitable domestic business route.

News from ATW's Airports Today: The European Commission is upping the number of investigations into possible improper state aid at regional airports in the 27 member states, and last month confirmed it launched in-depth investigations at Marseille and Frankfurt Hahn.

Qatar Airways and Brazil´s Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, have implemented a new code share agreement to connect travellers from Doha to 46 cities across Brazil through Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.

August is generally the busiest month for people to take holidays in the UK. But, your traditional two week break may not be the expected holiday you

A start-up carrier plans to launch the first scheduled passenger flights by fixed-wing aircraft in the United Arab Emirates. Eastern Express

The last decade was one of the most successful in the history of Murcia’s San Javier Airport following the arrival of low-cost airlines keen to take

Russian carrier UTair is to expand its international network from the Russian capital with three new routes from Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport; two to

Qatar Airways will launch services to a fifth destination in China this winter when it inaugurates a three times weekly service from its Doha

News from ATW's Airports Today: Airports Council International's World Annual Traffic Report released this month details a "strong rebound from the two-year industry slump," the organization noted, pointing out that worldwide airport passengers increased 6.6% in 2010 compared to 2009 to reach 5.04 billion for the full year.

The number of arrivals to Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport rose by 2.11% this June compared to June 2010, The Daily Star has reported.

Lufthansa's routing from Frankfurt to Abu Dhabi and Muscat is to change in October to focus on Abu Dhabi only.

Delta Air Lines and Aerolineas Argentinas announced a codesharing agreement under which DL will place its code on AR flights to Calafate, Cordoba, Iguazu, Mendoza, Rio Grande, Rosario, San Carlos de Bariloche, and Ushuaia; AR will place its code on DL service to Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle, Washington, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The agreement will begin in the fourth quarter.

Brisbane-based Strategic Airlines will launch flights between Brisbane and Melbourne to Honolulu Dec. 14 after receiving approval from US Dept. of Transportation.

Korean Air is to resume non-stop flights between Seoul Incheon and Las Vegas this winter to support a recovery in demand on the route. The South

Russian carrier UTair is to expand its international network from the Russian capital with three new routes from Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport; two to

US carrier Frontier Airlines has announced that it will introduce two further flights from its main base at Denver International Airport this winter