Airports & Networks

LUFTHANSA PLACES AIRBUS A320NEO AND BOEING 777F ORDERS The Supervisory Board of Lufthansa has approved the German carrier’s purchase of 35 new

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

The Board of Airline Representatives in the UK said it is "surprised and dismayed" at a BAA proposal to impose so-called emergency timetables on airlines as a means to handle extreme weather or exceptional situations—such as last December's snow that led to major disruptions at several UK airports including London Heathrow.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES has announced that it will postpone the planned introduction of its Airbus A380s on its Singapore – Tokyo Narita – Los Angeles link

Swiss International Air Lines announced that, due to the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan, it will reroute its daily Zurich-Tokyo Narita flight via Hong Kong in both directions so the carrier can avoid making crew changes in Japan. The flight will now leave ZRH in the evening instead of in the afternoon.

Chinese carrier SPRING AIRLINES is set to become the first budget operator to provide links into Macau following confirmation of its proposed flights

Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier NASAIR has launched services to Turkey and plans to expand its schedule in the coming months. According to a company

UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES is to upgrade its seasonal Kiev Borispol – Colombo flight to a year-round schedule by operating it twice weekly during

South African carrier Comair is to transfer flights between Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town from its low-cost division Kulula back into its

Although independent Indian carrier INDIGO AIRLINES is gearing-up for its international launch later this year, the company is still looking to expand

Russian carrier URAL AIRLINES is to introduce three new international routes from Samara this summer. From the end of May it will add weekly links to

Budget carrier AIRASIA has inaugurated a three-times weekly service between Kuala Lumpur – Palembang. The new link was opened on March 10 and is

American Airlines’ regional operation AMERICAN EAGLE is to add twice daily links from Chicago to Charlottesville and Wilmington. The new flights will

North Korean flag carrier AIR KORYO is still planning to launch Pyongyang – Kuala Lumpur service from March 28 although company sources suggest the

SRILANKAN AIRLINES plans to increase frequencies to Frankfurt and Paris CDG this winter adding further weekly rotations to each city from December

Airports Council International said 2010 passenger traffic rose 6.3% at its 900 member airports compared to 2009, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday.

The King of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency following an escalation in protests near the country's capital, Manama.

Qatar Airways has announced a number of promotional initiatives to celebrate its 100th destination launch.

BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES has confirmed that it still plans to resume services on the Dhaka – Manchester – New York JFK route this summer and has

AIR INDIA is to boost capacity on two of its routes from Delhi this summer by introducing widebodied Airbus A330s on its existing flights to Dubai and

Chinese carrier HAINAN AIRLINES is to expand its presence at Hefei, the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in Eastern China. During the

AIR ITALY is to launch a weekly link between Rome and the Armenian capital Yerevan from June 9. The Thursday evening flight from Rome will be operated

Slovenian flag carrier ADRIA AIRWAYS is to inaugurate a four-times weekly connection between Ljubljana and the southern French town of Toulon, located

CORSAIRFLY, the French division of tour operator TUI Travel Group, is to add a third weekly Paris Orly – Miami service between June 29 and August 24

CROATIA AIRLINES is to launch a seasonal link between Dubrovnik and the Serbian capital Belgrade this summer. The carrier will launch the twice weekly