Airports & Networks

Virgin America has formally opened its new home at the renovated Terminal 2 (T2) at San Francisco International Airport, a facility that according to

LANPeru has revealed plans to increase frequencies between Quito and Medellin having seen its share of the market decline in the past year. The

Vueling Airlines is to launch a connection to Zürich from its new Amsterdam base in September. The confirmation of the route follows just weeks after

A meeting between the Egyptian Prime Minister and Kuwait's Chamber of Commerce has opened the way for Jazeera Airways to begin flights to Cairo - making it the first low cost carrier to have access to the Egyptian capital

British Airways and Iberia are placing their codes on a new tranche of one another's flights, bringing Latin America closer for BA's customers and the Middle East to the doorstep of Iberia's travellers.

Turkish Airlines launched four-times-weekly Istanbul Ataturk-Valencia service, its third destination in Spain. It will begin thrice-weekly service to Malaga on April 27. Emirates will launch daily Boeing 777-300ER Dubai-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires service Jan. 3, 2012. Ryanair will launch twice-weekly London Stansted-Corfu service in July. American Eagle Airlines launched daily Miami-La Romana ERJ-145 service.

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines will operate relief flights to Sendai Airport starting Wednesday, more than a month after the airport was inundated by water following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast. The badly damaged airport has been closed to commercial flights ( ATW Daily News, March 15).

US-China open skies and antitrust immunized joint ventures between US and Chinese carriers cannot occur until Washington loosens its visa restrictions on Chinese citizens traveling to the US, Air China VP and GM North America Zhihang Chi said Thursday. "We don't need open skies. Without visa liberalization we don't have enough passengers to fill the planes," Chi told the Phoenix International Aviation Symposium, adding that airlines have many unused frequencies to US destinations owing to the difficulties Chinese visitors face in obtaining visas.

Dubai will soon have a faster link to two of South America's most iconic cities when Emirates commences its daily non-stop service to Rio de Janeiro and extension to Buenos Aires from 3rd January 2012.

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) is to introduce a twice weekly service from its Heydar Aliyev International Airport base in Baku to the Ukrainian city of

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced that Sendai Airport will re-open to commercial traffic on April 13. The

British Airways (BA) is set to double capacity on its flights from London Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro this winter. The airline currently offers three

Following yesterday’s report that Turkish Airlines (THY) was to increase frequencies on two of its routes into Kazakhstan, it has now emerged that Air

Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to introduce its first link to Corfu this summer. The airline will launch a twice weekly service from London Stansted

Air France will introduce a new three times weekly service between Paris CDG and the South African city of Cape Town, from November 3. The flight will

Qatar Airways began operations to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday, marking the carrier's historic 100th destination. Flight QR430 arrived from Doha to a water salute and airport ceremony.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Emirates Airline has announced it will expand its South American network from January 2012 with a new daily link from

Hawaiian Airlines has confirmed that it will launch flights between Honolulu and Osaka Kansai International, its second destination in Japan and third

When the low-cost airlines entered the European market in the mid-1990s they brought a complete change in business philosophy. By keeping their costs

United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier flydubai has announced plans to inaugurate flights to Ethiopia with a three times weekly Dubai – Addis

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has revealed that it will cut its activities at Alicante by around 80 per cent this winter, cancelling 31 routes and

The latest data released this week from airports group ACI has shown a modest growth in international traffic during February, although the recent

AIR FRANCE TO ADD CAPE TOWN LINK Air France will introduce a new three times weekly service between Paris CDG and the South African city of Cape Town

NOK AIR STRENGTHENS LINKS TO NORTHERN THAILAND Thai low-cost carrier has improved domestic links from some smaller communities in Northern Thailand

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES TO RESUME GUAM - OKINAWA SERVICE US carrier Continental Airlines has outlined plans to resurrect flights between Guam and Okinawa