TransAsia Airways will launch weekly Taoyuan-Shanghai Pudong Airbus A321 service Aug. 12. EVA Air will relocate its Newark service to New York JFK beginning Oct. 31. It currently operates four-times-weekly Taipei Taoyuan-EWR flights. Eznis Airways started thrice-weekly Ulaanbaatar-Tavan Tolgoi Avro RJ85 service. Asiana Airlines launched six-times-weekly Seoul Incheon-Huangshan flights.
Qatar Airways today announced plans to extend its presence in the People's Republic of China with the launch of flights to a fifth gateway – the western city of Chongqing from 28 November.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company yesterday released the traffic report for Abu Dhabi international Airport's first half of 2011, reporting 5,742,283 passengers passing through the capital's airport during the period between January to June 2011, registering an 11.7% increase in traffic compared to the same period in 2010.