Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways will double its flights from Abu Dhabi to Erbil at the beginning of September.

Air Arabia Egypt is to commence direct services to the City of Istanbul in Turkey from the carrier's main hub in Burj Al Arab International Airport, Alexandria.

Turkish Airlines (THY) is planning to introduce daily flights during the Northern Summer 2012 schedules to both Osaka Kansai and Tokyo Narita as it

EgyptAir will next week inaugurate flights between Cairo and the northeast city of Port Said, located on the Mediterranean Sea. The airline will offer

The Asian division of Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways is to expand its Chinese network to a sixth destination with the launch of a three

US carrier Frontier Airlines is to inaugurate flights from its Denver International Airport base to Rockford, IL, becoming the only operator on the

Senegal Airlines has revised its operational plans for its routes to Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and the Gambia, boosting frequencies through the use of

The Omani government has awarded the baggage handling contract for the new passenger terminals at both Muscat International and Salalah airports to Vanderlande Industries.

Qatar Airways has introduced a fifth daily flight between Doha and Kuwait City, boosting the travel options for its passengers. The new early

Baltic carrier Estonian Air is to significantly increase capacity on the Tallinn – Amsterdam route from September 5 with the introduction of an

German national carrier Lufthansa is set to introduce a daily link on its flights from Munich to Seoul Incheon and Busan from the 2012 Northern Summer

Although the ongoing grounding of its Australian division is dominating the news, Tiger Airways has confirmed plans to expand its network from its

Kenya Airways has this week added a third weekly flight to the Seychelles from its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The airline

Aer Lingus will launch weekly Cork-Las Palmas service Oct. 30. It will launch Cork service to Barcelona (thrice-weekly) and Rome Fiumicino (twice-weekly) this winter, as well as twice-weekly Belfast service to Rome Fiumicino and Alicante. Turkish Airlines will increase its four-times-daily Los Angeles-Istanbul Ataturk service to five-times-daily Aug. 31, and up to daily from March 26, 2012.

Shanghai-based LCC Spring Airlines is accelerating the pace of its Japanese market expansion. The carrier operates thrice-weekly Shanghai-Ibaraki service and is scheduled to open a twice-weekly Shanghai-Takamatsu route this week. It also plans to start Shanghai-Kyushu flights this year and a Shanghai-Hokkaido route next year. Spring delayed the opening of new routes in Japan owing to the natural and nuclear crises in March ( ATW Daily News, March 24).

As part of a new Air France strategy to give no-frills carriers a run for their money and regain some of the market share lost to lower cost rivals, the carrier on Monday released details of its revised business model that includes deploying Airbus A320s from several regional bases on point-to-point short- and medium-haul routes.

Qatar Airways today announced the launch of an additional daily flight between Kuwait and Doha.

Air Arabia announced today the introduction of a new flight destination from its primary hub in Sharjah, UAE - Gassim in Saudi Arabia.

UK low-cost carrier easyJet has revealed it has boosted capacity on 15 routes from its Bristol Airport base in the southwest of the country. The

Brazilian regional carrier Pantanal Linhas Aéreas has suspended flights to the cities of Araçatuba, Ribeirão Preto and São José do Rio Preto, in the

German carrier airberlin has continued its network integration with its oneworld partners by introducing a codeshare partnership with Spanish airline

Independent Nigerian carrier Arik Air has increased capacity on the Abuja – Enugu domestic route with the introduction of a second daily rotation from

US carrier Vision Airlines is to introduce flights to Grand Bahama Island in November after signing an agreement with the Grand Bahama Island Tourism

Nordic carrier Finnair is to inaugurate a twice daily Helsinki – Lyon service from April 2, 2012. The link to France’s second-largest city, located at

Air Berlin reached a codeshare agreement with future oneworld partner Iberia. The agreement, which went into effect Friday, will soon be expanded to the frequent flyer programs of both airlines.