Airports & Networks

Iceland’s aviation authorities closed Keflavik International Airport to all inbound and outbound air traffic Sunday following Saturday's eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano.

Flydubai will launch thrice-weekly Dubai-Hyderabad service June 1, its second destination in India. JAL Group will resume regular Tokyo Narita service to Honolulu (thrice-daily) and Shanghai (twice-daily) in June. It temporarily suspended one daily flight on each route in April.

European Regions Airline Assn. and Innovata launched the first dynamic and interactive route map of the ERA airline member network. Innovata is providing ERA with the latest release of its market leading mapping service. It has been specially configured for ERA so that all destinations, direct routes, schedules, and a comprehensive timetable display are shown for users searching and querying the networks and schedules of ERA member airlines. ERA airline members collectively serve 483 cities across Europe linking more than 3,000 city pairs.

Passenger traffic at Dubai International surged 13.2 per cent in April according to the traffic results announced by Dubai Airports on Thursday. Dubai Airports partially attributed the rebound to the drop in traffic to and from Europe following the volcanic eruption in Iceland during April last year.

German national carrier Lufthansa is to introduce the Airbus A380 on its schedules to Singapore this winter. It currently uses its ‘Super Jumbo’

Vietnam Airlines has confirmed that it will initially serve London’s Gatwick Airport in the UK capital after failing to secure the necessary slots to

Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to inaugurate a three times weekly link between Dortmund and its new Vilnius base in

Singapore Airlines is to introduce its newly configured Airbus A380s on its Singapore –Sydney route from June 20, according to the latest schedule

Wellington International Airport in New Zealand has had a busy year that will be remembered by the successful completion of its new terminal

A new regional carrier will soon launch operations from Kotoka International Airport in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. Starbow Airlines has acquired two

Scandinavian Airlines announced Thursday it signed a letter of intent with Singapore Airlines to further develop and enhance their partnership. “This may cover additional codeshare flights, as well as network cooperation on potential new sectors between Scandinavia and Singapore,” SAS said in a statement.

Oman Air has been named Best Luxury Airline, Middle East 2011 in the prestigious Business Destinations Travel Awards. The national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman triumphed despite stiff competition from some of the biggest names in the industry.

Rotana Jet is the latest business aviation operator to get an AOC to begin charter operations in the UAE.

Bombardier Transportation group has been awarded a $100m contract to provide the people mover system for the new King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) Development Project in Jeddah

Czech Airlines is to resume international flights from Bratislava’s Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport in Slovakia, more than 15 years after its

UK low-fare airline Flybe is to establish an important link to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from Inverness from September, a key service to develop

Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris is continuing its US expansion with new links from Mexico City and Guadalajara to San Diego. The non-stop services

UK low-cost carrier bmibaby will introduce flights to seven new destinations next summer after revealing its planned network expansion from its

Hainan Airlines is to introduce the first direct service between Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Province, and Istanbul. The airline has

Scotland remains determined to have Air Passenger Duty (APD) devolved, the country’s Head of Aviation, Kenneth Crawford told The HUB’s Lucy Siebert on

A new start-up carrier, HiAir, plans to offer a weekday service between Doncaster Sheffield and Amsterdam for a two month period this autumn, with the

QANTAS TO INCREASE A380 FREQUENCY TO LOS ANGELES Australian carrier Qantas is to increase the number of flights per week between Melbourne and Los

CARPATAIR TO LAUNCH CONSTANTA – ISTANBUL LINK Carpatair has become the latest airline to announce its expansion at Constanta in Romania, the country’s

QANTAS LAUNCHES FLIGHTS TO DALLAS FORT WORTH Australian national carrier Qantas Airways has launched flights from Sydney to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)

HAINAN AIRLINES ADDS REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is to offer new flights into Japan, Singapore and South Korea this