Airports & Networks

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

bmi British Midland International is to inaugurate a three times weekly link to the Indian city of Amritsar from October 13. The UK carrier has

United Arab Emirates (UAE) budget operator flydubai has confirmed that it will inaugurate flights between Dubai and Dammam, its sixth destination in

After weathering one of the worst financial crises to ever hit the commercial aviation industry the consensus of opinion among the world’s leading

The wet weather attempted to put a dampener on events in the French capital this week as the aerospace world met for the bi-annual Paris Air Salon

New US carrier California Pacific Airlines has formally opened its first check-in counter at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad this month as it

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES TO ENHANCE BERLIN LINK Continental Airlines is set to introduce a Boeing 767-400ER on its flights between Newark Liberty

FLYBE DROPS LINKS TO FRANKFURT UK low-fare carrier Flybe is to drop to key business routes between the UK and Germany. The regional carrier is

AIR CANADA UPS WINTER FREQUENCY OF OTTAWA – FRANKFURT LINK Air Canada is set to operate a daily schedule on its Ottawa – Frankfurt route during the

SKY EXPRESS TO FLY TO GELENDZHIK Budget carrier Sky Express is to inaugurate flights to the Russian Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik in Krasnodar

ROYAL BRUNEI CUTS LONG-HAUL ASIAN ROUTES Royal Brunei Airlines is to reduce its network by around a quarter cancelling flights to Auckland, Brisbane

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further

There has been a long debate over the quality of in-flight meals and how the pressurisation of the aircraft cabin affects our tastebuds when we are

Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority, GACA has rejected proposals for an airport in Makkah.

Royal Brunei Airlines is to reduce its network by around a quarter cancelling flights to Auckland, Brisbane, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuching and Perth ahead

Independent operator Czech Connect Airlines will introduce two additional routes to its network during the last week of June, adding to the two

US major Delta Air Lines is to introduce a Boeing 767-400ER on its daily New York JFK – São Paulo route for the Northern Winter schedules. The carrier

Virgin Atlantic Airways is to suspend its twice weekly service between London Gatwick and Kingston from the start of the 2012 Northern Summer season

US low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways is to further expand its activities in the Caribbean with a five times weekly seasonal winter service between

UK low-fare airline Jet2.com is to introduce a fifth weekly flight on the Manchester – Barcelona route during summer 2012 following strong ticket

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

Sichuan Airlines is to expand its network from Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. The carrier is to

Air Canada is set to operate a daily schedule on its Ottawa – Frankfurt route during the 2011/2012 Northern Winter, according to the latest

Chinese carrier Shanghai Airlines is to take over the operation of China Eastern Airlines’ flights between Kunming and Dubai from July 16. At the same