Airports & Networks

Rotana Jet of Dubai has formally signed to become a base operator at Al Bateen Executive Airport, in Abu Dhabi

Global engineering group and airport systems integrator Cavotec has won a breakthrough order to supply advanced ground support equipment for Dubai International Airport's Concourse 3, the dedicated Emirates A380 terminal.

Vanderlande Industries kicked off the Airport Show in Dubai this morning with an environmental boost for the industry as it unveiled to the Middle East for the first time, its new, environment-friendly blueveyor conveyor system.

Turkish Airlines subsidiary AnadoluJet has begun a codesharing agreement with regional carrier Borajet.

Captain Ed Davidson former Senior Vice President-Fleet for Emirates Airline in Dubai and the chairman of the GATE conference – the training event that will run alongside this year's Dubai Air Show - offers a view on ATM

Bayanat Airports Engineering and Supplies and Adacel, the UK-based developer of advanced air traffic control simulators and automated ATM systems announced an agreement ahead of their joint presence of the Airport Show which opens in Dubai on Tuesday.

Wizz Air will launch twice-weekly Skopje-Venice Treviso service Sept. 20. Lufthans a will transfer its Frankfurt-Singapore-Jakarta service to Munich-Singapore-Jakarta beginning Oct. 30. The route will be operated with an Airbus A340-300. Flybe will launch seven-times-weekly Inverness-Amsterdam service Sept. 5, becoming six-times-weekly during the winter months.

Dale Moss, CEO of British Airways subsidiary OpenSkies, will step down June 30 as the airline goes through changes “evolving to work more closely with British Airways, American and Iberia to bring new benefits to its customers and to enhance the transatlantic joint business,” the airline stated. BA Regional Commercial Manager-Western Europe Patrick Malval will take over as MD of the Paris Orly-based all-business class carrier. Malval will have overall responsibility for BA group revenue in France.

Gulf Air had to ground two aircraft after a minor collision during a ground operation moving one aircraft to maintenance facilities at Muharraq airport.

United Arab Emirates national carrier Etihad Airways is to inaugurate flights between Abu Dhabi and Mahé in the Republic of Seychelles from November 1

SAS Scandinavian Airlines is to introduce three new links this winter, using its Boeing 737-600s, the smallest member of the Next-Generation 737

US major Delta Air Lines will next week add a sixth weekly flight between its Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport base and Presidente

US regional carrier Ultimate Air Shuttle is to introduce a third domestic route from Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Field Airport. The venture will add a

Low-cost carrier flydubai has announced its first expansion into the Ukrainian market with plans to add flights in September from Dubai to Kiev

UK low-cost carrier easyJet has today taken delivery of its 200th Airbus short-haul aircraft in a ceremony at the manufacturer's Toulouse Blagnac

Etihad is to add to Mahé in the Republic of Seychelles on November 1, subject to government approval. It will become the airline's 68th destination.

Etihad Airways has announced it will commence operations to Mahé in the Republic of Seychelles on November 1, subject to government approval.

At time this post goes to press at 0300PDT 26MAY11, Emirates had loaded 3rd Daily for Dubai – Frankfurt service. The flight is to begin from 01DEC11

Wizz Air will launch thrice-weekly Vilnius-Dortmund service Aug. 2. AirBaltic will increase service from Riga to Warsaw (thrice-daily) and Gdansk (six-times-weekly), and will launch twice-weekly RIX-Bari service in July. American Eagle will launch daily Dallas/Fort Worth-Mazatlan service June 9. Avianca will launch four-times-weekly Bogota-Orlando service July 12 using an A319.

The Houston Airport System and United Continental Holdings said that construction on the first phase of a $1 billion redevelopment project at Houston Intercontinental will start by the end of 2011. Phase one, slated to cost $161 million, involves building a Terminal B south concourse for domestic regional jet operations. In addition, UCH said it extended its lease on IAH's Terminal C to 2027.

High fuel costs mean the Irish budget carrier could ground up to 80 aircraft this winter but boss, Michael O’Leary, says its not too late for European

Middle East airline passengers will soon benefit from a new strategic partnership between airport systems integrator, Bayanat Airports Engineering and Supplies (BAES), and airfield ground lighting company, ADB, that will see the two companies join forces

Flydubai today announced its entry into Ukraine with planned flights to Kiev, Donetsk and Kharkov - expanding the low-cost carrier's global network to 40 destinations spanning the GCC, Asia, Levant, Africa, Europe and the Indian sub-continent.

Australian carrier Strategic Airlines has made a formal application to secure an allocation of capacity to operate services between Australia and

United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline is to boost capacity on two of its routes to Germany but continues to press authorities for