Airports & Networks

Less than eight years after its first flight, Air Arabia has announced that it has welcomed onboard its 20 millionth passenger, demonstrating the enormous appeal of the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa.

Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines has revealed plans to expand its network in Asia and the Indian sub-continent with new flights to Thailand, India and

US regional carrier American Eagle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines, is to introduce new non-stop links to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport

Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines has taken delivery of its 50th directly ordered aircraft from US manufacturer Boeing. The 737-700 was delivered late

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates Airline, is set to add a third weekly freighter flight to meet the growing demands of the thriving

Belgian leisure carrier Jetairfly, part of the TUI Travel Group, is to offer services on three new routes during the Northern Winter schedules. The

Atlas Air Worldwide, the parent company of Atlas Air and Titan Aviation Leasing and the majority shareholder of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has revealed

Etihad Airways has marked two significant milestones in Manchester, officially launching a new line maintenance facility and double-daily services to the city.

Malaysian community carrier Firefly has entered into a commercial collaboration with regional operator Melaka Air to establish a base in the city and

Global logistics specialist UPS is to further expand its cargo connections between Asia, Europe and the US with a new service to the Chinese city of

South African regional carrier Airlink, which operates as a franchise partner of South African Airways (SAA), is to resume domestic flights between

Long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X is to add more flights from Kuala Lumpur to its destinations in Australia (Melbourne, Gold Coast, Perth) and

Tianjin-based Okay Airways signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Heilongjiang provincial government to launch two routes to Mudanjiang and Jiamusi from Harbin, part of the carrier's plan to further explore the regional air transport market in North China.

Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to launch a new flight between Amman and Lagos before the end of this year and the arrival of its third Airbus A330 on

Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus is to introduce a link to Chicago Midway from its base at Monterrey’s General Mariano Escobedo International

Virgin Australia will use its new ATR 72-500s on its existing routes from Sydney to Canberra and Port Macquarie as well as to introduce new flights

Fast-expanding Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is planning to launch its first flights into Spain with a twice weekly link to Madrid. According to a

Alliance Airlines is to base a single Fokker 100 at Adelaide Airport from the final quarter of this year to support its growing charter business. The

Welcome Air Group, an Austria-based regional carrier, ended scheduled flights from Innsbruck to Graz and Hanover. The carrier ceased scheduled flights to Gothenburg and Stavanger earlier this year. Belle Air Europe launched twice-weekly ATR 72-500 service from Skopje to Ancona and Venice. Monarch Airlines will launch daily London Gatwick-Barcelona service Oct. 21, increasing to 11-times-weekly Oct. 30.

Qatar Airways has widened its passenger flight network in India further with the launch of daily non-stop scheduled services from Doha to Kolkata, the

Qatar Airways has expanded its rapidly growing global network with the launch of daily flights to Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, India's second largest city.

Responding to increasing demand for its services to Hawaii from Australia, Hawaiian Airlines will increase its Honolulu – Sydney service to a year

Indian carrier Jet Airways is to introduce a tenth daily rotation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a new link to Sharjah from Thiruvananthapuram

Jetstar Asia will add five Airbus A320s and two A330s to its Singapore hub by year end, resulting in an additional 40 weekly flights. Among the extra services are flights to new destinations, including three-times-weekly A320 SIN-Ningbo service from Sept. 9 and four-times-weekly A320 SIN-Hanoi service from Dec. 15, as well as the new daily flight to Beijing announced earlier this month ( ATW Daily News, July 14).

American Airlines is to boost its network from Ft Lauderdale this winter with the introduction of a new service to Los Angeles as well as additional