Airports & Networks

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

Irish budget carrier Ryanair generally releases one free car every month as a top prize on its popular onboard scratchcard game, so you can imagine

As part of its merger with Continental Airlines under the United Continental Holdings umbrella, United Airlines is to take over some of its sister

Czech Connect Airlines is to launch flights from Prague to Geneva, its first scheduled route into Western Europe. The carrier, formerly a charter

Korean Air has reportedly delayed the proposed entry into service of its first Airbus A380 by an additional week, having already put back the first

Royal Caribbean International will launch their first direct cruise connection from London Stansted this summer, chartering aircraft from British

Civil aviation authorities in China and South Korea have tentatively agreed to the opening of direct air services between Gimpo International Airport

El Al could be forced into making a major decision on its future flight operations following the recent closure of its wholly-owned charter division

Syrian Air is to open a new link to Abu Dhabi from the country’s largest city Aleppo, adding to its three times weekly services from Damascus. The new

Australian national carrier Qantas is understood to be studying the introduction of modern generation widebodied freighters into its fleet. The

Low-cost carrier AirAsia is to introduce a second daily frequency between Kuala Lumpur and Chennai from May 7, a route that competes directly with

Italian flag carrier Alitalia is to offer additional flights to some of its Spanish destinations from its Rome Leonardo da Vinci International

Air Canada is to boost capacity on the Toronto – Munich link this summer, replacing the usual Airbus A330-300 that serves the route with a Boeing 777

Gulf Air is to introduce a fifth weekly frequency on its Bahrain – Istanbul route, at the same time modifying its schedule. The new Thursday service

Independent US carrier Hawaiian Airlines has introduced a third daily flight between its Honolulu base and Los Angeles following the arrival of its

TAAG Angola is to increase flights between Portugal and Angola with a new twice weekly link between Luanda and Porto. The flight will be launched on

Delta Air Lines is to offer a five times daily link from Los Angeles to Oakland International as it looks to strengthen its position in the

American Airlines applied to the US Dept. of Transportation for the right to fly 10 additional weekly frequencies from Miami to destinations in Brazil starting as early as December.

Around 90% of scheduled flights operated on Monday to/from Lambert-St. Louis International, which continued recovery efforts in the aftermath of an F4-strength tornado touching down on the airport's main terminal on Friday.

Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport has suffered a 13.36 percent drop in arrivals during the first quarter of 2011 as compared to the first quarter of last year,according to a report from the Lebanese Tourism Ministry.

Turkey, which has been enjoying outstanding reputation as the most favorite travel destination in many countries of the world during the last year, is making another strong presence this year at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2011.

Austrian Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Vienna-Baghdad service from June 8 using an A320, marking the carrier's return to the Iraqi capital after a 21-year absence. It previously operated to Baghdad from 1982-1990. It currently operates flights from VIE to the Iraqi city of Erbil; it will operate six-times-weekly service on the route during its summer schedule.

Air France last week launched twice-weekly service from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Freetown and commenced twice-weekly CDG-Monrovia flights. Both new routes are via Conakry. AF last week increased CDG-CKY service to daily, of which four weekly flights are nonstop and three are via Nouakchott. Flights to CKY, NKC, FNA and MLW are being operated by an Airbus A330-200 with 208 seats in a three-class configuration, including 40 seats in business, 21 in premium economy and 147 in economy.

A powerful F4-strength tornado hit Lambert-St. Louis International Airport around 8:15 p.m. on Friday, causing extensive damage that closed STL for about 24 hr. and, according to airport officials, will leave it operating at 70% capacity for some time.