Airports & Networks

Air China will launch twice-weekly Beijing-Munich-Athens Airbus A330 service from May 15. Syrian Arab Airlines will operate weekly Airbus A320 Abu Dhabi-Aleppo flights from June 1. TAAG Angola Airlines will start twice-weekly Luanda-Porto service from July 1.

Complaints from residents near Muscat International Airport has led to the banning of Antonov aircraft from the Omani capital according to the Times of Oman

Routes is pleased to reveal that long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X will be using Routesonline's Route Exchange platform for the placement process

Scandinavian Airlines and Star Alliance partner All Nippon Airways reached a codeshare agreement under which SAS will place its code on ANA Tokyo Narita service to Sapporo, Osaka Itami and Fukuoka, effective May 23. ANA will place its code on SAS NRT-Copenhagen service, and will “at a later stage” put its code on SK flights from London Heathrow to CPH, Oslo and Stockholm Arlanda; Frankfurt to CPH, OSL and ARN; and from Munich to CPH and OSL.

Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to expand the operations of its Kiev Zhulyany-based division, Wizz Air Ukraine, with a new

JetBlue Airways has confirmed it will introduce a third daily rotation on its flight from Ft Lauderdale to Nassau, in the Bahamas, from June 23. An

As reported earlier this year, Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Nasair is to further expand its network in Turkey with the launch of a four times weekly

Somon Air, the independent airline of Tajikistan is to add Jeddah to its route map

East of England-based Cambridge Airport has announced a new initiative to attract business aviation operators to the airport during major sporting events, including visitors travelling from the MENA region to the UK for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Air Austral is to introduce direct flights from Dzaoudzi to Marseille alongside its previously announced flights to Paris CDG. The commune of Dzaoudzi

As exclusively revealed by The HUB last month, Vietnam Airlines is to inaugurate flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to London this winter

Aeromexico is to boost its presence in the competitive Mexico - US market with two new routes to California and increased frequencies on three

Australian carrier Strategic Airlines has made a formal application to the International Air Services Commission (IASC) for permission to launch

Taiwanese airline Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) has returned to the air after an almost three year grounding due to financial problems. The

American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate more flights into Brazil by the end of this

Bamako is the capital and largest city of the land-locked West African country of Mali, and currently estimated to be the fastest growing city in

A new regional carrier plans to improve domestic links in the United States by making use of satellite airports in major urban markets to enhance the

This section of your weekly update will keep you up to date on all the key aircraft orders and deliveries and what they could mean for the route

SAS EXPANDS IN THE BALEARICS SAS Scandinavian Airlines is to add a twice weekly service to the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca from its Copenhagen

TAAG ANGOLA LINKS LUANDA TO PORTO TAAG Angola is to increase flights between Portugal and Angola with a new twice weekly link between Luanda and Porto

NEW LINKS BETWEEN SEOUL AND BEIJING PLANNED Civil aviation authorities in China and South Korea have tentatively agreed to the opening of direct air

EL AL FACES SABBATH FLIGHT PROBLEMS El Al could be forced into making a major decision on its future flight operations following the recent closure of

UNITED AIRLINES TO FLY GUAM SCHEDULES As part of its merger with Continental Airlines under the United Continental Holdings umbrella, United Airlines

OAG FLIGHTTIMES LANDS ON SMARTPHONES OAG, a leading global provider of aviation intelligence, has released its OAG FlightTimes on iPhone, BlackBerry

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