Airports & Networks

Malaysia Airlines is to suspend its Kuala Lumpur – Sibu route from August 1, but services will be maintained through its wholly-owned, low-cost

Asian carrier Malaysia Airlines will tomorrow operate the second in a series of 15 flights it will offer between Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh. The national

German national carrier Lufthansa is to inaugurate a three times daily service to the Scottish city of Aberdeen from its Frankfurt hub. The flights

Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) - 100% owned by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company - has announced the formal launch of the Bahrain International Airport (BIA) expansion project, which will boost capacity by 50% from the current 9 million passengers to 13.5 million.

Turkish Cargo - which currently has a fleet of four A310F aircraft and one A330-200F - is set to expand its network following receipt of its second A330-200F.

Russian carrier S7 Airlines is to increase the frequency of its flights to Beijing from three Russian cities from the end of October. The oneworld

US major American Airlines is to suspend flights between Los Angeles and the El Salvadorian carrier San Salvador from August 22. Excluding the busy

Mongolian carrier Eznis Airways is to upgrade its regional route network following the purchase of two former Lufthansa CityLine Avro RJ85s, the first

Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to further expand its European network with new routes between Copenhagen and Trondheim and between Oslo and

German operator Condor Airlines has inaugurated a new link between Frankfurt and Seattle, its fifth destination in the US. The carrier specialises in

EgyptAir has inaugurated a daily connection to Dubai from the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria, supplementing its existing flights into the United

Era a.s. - a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. - has been selected by the Oman Civil Aviation Authority to deploy two multilateration surveillance solutions in Oman.

Thai Airways International is to inaugurate flights between Bangkok and Brussels, its eleventh destination in Europe. The airport has been negotiating

US carrier Tradewind Aviation is to expand its capacity from the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy (St Barts). From October this year the carrier

KLM will launch twice-weekly Amsterdam-Rio de Janeiro Galeao 777-200ER service Nov. 1. It will temporarily cease its four-times-weekly service to Dallas/Fort Worth for the winter 2011 as part of recently announced capacity reductions. S7 Airlines launched a weekly Berlin Tegel-Novosibirsk service. Flydubai started daily Dubai-Dammam service.

Korean Air is to introduce a twice weekly link between its Incheon International Airport base in the South Korean capital Seoul to Irkutsk. The

Emirates delivered a clear message to the Danish capital last night that daily flights to Dubai were just weeks away.

The flag carriers of the Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates – Czech Airlines and Etihad Airways – have signed a new codeshare agreement.

Turkish Airlines (THY) is to inaugurate flights between Istanbul and Islamabad next month; its second destination in Pakistan. The carrier will

Eastern European national carrier and SkyTeam alliance member Czech Airlines has dropped plans to inaugurate flights between Prague and the

Expanding Russian operator Transaero Airlines is to add two further European Capital cities to its network this summer with new links from its Moscow

Continental Airlines is set to introduce a Boeing 767-400ER on its flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and Berlin Tegel from next

Kuwait Airways has resumed flights between Kuwait City and Istanbul but will only serve the route for a three month period. The Middle Eastern carrier

China Southern Airlines launched thrice-weekly Guangzhou-Vancouver service. WestJet launched daily Calgary-Orange County service. AirTran will add two daily roundtrips on its Milwaukee service to Des Moines and Akron-Canton Sept. 6. Southwest Airlines will launch Milwaukee service to St. Louis (twice-daily) and Denver (daily) Sept. 6.

US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is to double its network from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport during the second half of this year with