Airports & Networks

British Airways (BA) has confirmed that it is to double capacity on its flights from London Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro this winter, as first revealed

SAS Scandinavian Airlines is reported to have dropped its three times weekly Copenhagen – Dubai link from its forthcoming winter schedule. During the

Caribbean carrier Insel Air is to launch flights to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, USA in June. The twice weekly flight

A second weekly flight is to be launched by COPA Airlines Colombia between Bogota and Cancun from June 15. In addition to the Saturday flight

Belarusian flag carrier Belavia is to inaugurate flights to the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad from Brest, its only current scheduled link

Air Europa is to introduce a third daily flight between Valencia and Paris CDG, a route that it is currently the sole operator. The airline offers a

LANChile is to suspend its weekly service from Santiago de Chile to the Cuban capital, Havana, from May 7, however, it intends to maintain links to

Air Busan will inaugurate flights between Busan and Tokyo Narita on June 23, two months after it had originally planned to commence the new route. The

Egyptian carrier Nile Air has begun a three times a week service between Alexandria and Jeddah

Etihad Airways today announced that it will feature Masdar City, one of the world's most sustainable cities, as part of its new 'Essential Abu Dhabi' on-line travel guide which is designed to provide business and leisure travellers with important information about the emirate.

EgyptAir has begun flights on the Cairo- Bangkok route flying the newest B777-300ER as the airline fights back from the major drop in passenger numbers following the uprising earlier this year

Vueling Airlines will launch five-times-weekly A320 Amsterdam-Zurich service Sept. 14. Dragonair will decrease daily Hong Kong-Fukuoka service to five-times-weekly May 1-May 31 and will resume twice-weekly HKG-Okinawa service July 3. Avianova will launch four-times-weekly Moscow-Simferopol service June 15. Turkish Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Istanbul Atatürk-Basra service May 23.

Gulf Air announced the launch of two new destinations from its hub in Bahrain, bringing to eight the number of new destinations in 2011. A four-times-weekly service to Copenhagen will commence July 1 and four-times-weekly flights to Nairobi will launch July 5. The BAH-CPH route will use a Boeing 737, operated by Privatair, in a two-class configuration with 16 seats in business class and 78 in economy; the BAH-NBO service will use an Airbus A320, featuring 16 business class seats and 120 in economy.

Start-up carrier FirstNation Airways is set to launch flights from Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport after taking delivery of three leased

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia has confirmed that it is currently studying applications from three airlines to launch

Japanese carrier Star Flyer is set to launch its first international flights after placing its first ever firm order with a manufacturer for new

Turkish Airlines (THY) is to inaugurate its three times weekly Istanbul Ataturk – Basra route on May 23. The carrier had previously said it would

Vietnam Airlines, part of the SkyTeam global alliance, is to introduce flights to Kaohsiung from Hanoi, supplementing its current link from Ho Chi

The national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Air, is to boost capacity to Milan by 117 per cent from July 1 with the introduction of two

Gulf Air has increased its frequency to the fashion and business capital of Italy from four to six flights per week with a 117% increase in total seat capacity.

New Danish tour operator Comefly is to offer a series of charter packages into the United States this summer, including direct flights between Aalborg

Independent Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines will this week add a third daily frequency between the cities of Bangalore and Pune. The aircraft will

Aeroflot Russian Airlines is to reduce capacity on its daily Moscow Sheremetyevo - Ulan Baatar service during the peak summer season. The carrier is

AirAsia Indonesia will introduce a second daily link to Singapore from Badung, the country’s third largest city and capital of the West Java province

Asian carrier Garuda Indonesia is to alter its planned schedules to Hong Kong from Denpasar and Surabaya from the beginning of June. With effect from