Airports & Networks

Airport International Group the consortium operating Queen Alia Airport in Jordan has reported that QAIA registered growth in January's traffic performance with almost 389,000 passengers, compared to around 368,462 passengers in January 2010, translating into a 5.6% year-over-year increase.

Delays to the start of work on the new Muscat Airport project may have just been cleared.

Middle East Airlines – Air Liban (MEA), the flag carrier of Lebanon, today signed an agreement to join SkyTeam in 2012. MEA will be the alliance's second member from the Middle East - following Saudi Arabian Airlines' confirmed membership effective in 2012 - with the MENA region a strategic growth market for SkyTeam.

Qatar Airways is set to make its debut in Canada with the launch of scheduled flights to Montreal, effective June 29.

DELTA AIR LINES is to start serving Los Angeles from Miami from early June as it switches its current service from Fort Lauderdale to Miami

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES to boost flights on a number of its routes from the start of the Northern Summer schedules at the end of March. Links from Addis

TAP PORTUGAL is to offer flights to Bamako in Mali as it continues to expand its presence in Northern and Central Africa. The new three-times weekly

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL is to boost its schedules to Hong Kong this summer with additional services from Bngkok and Phuket. From 18MAY11 it will

German charter carrier TUIFLY, part of the TUI Travel Group, is to launch flights to the Balearic island of Ibiza from Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and

QATAR AIRWAYS will launch a second daily flight on the Doha - Manchester route from 01JUN11. The additional rotation will be operated by an Airbus

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL is to reduce frequencies on its Bangkok - Johannesburg route fromthe start of the Northern Summer schedules on 27MAR11. The

OMAN AIR is to boost its schedules into Tanzania increasing the frequency of its Muscat - Dar es Salaam route from four-times weekly to a daily

The Virgin Blue Group on Thursday launched its inaugural V Australia flight to Abu Dhabi, becoming the first Australian airline to operate to the Middle East in more than 20 years. Qantas has used the Middle East only as a refueling stop prior to the introduction of the Boeing 747-400 and no Australian airlines have ever used that region as a hub to Europe and Africa.

Shanghai-based Spring Airlines, China's most profitable LCC, said it will launch a new four-times-weekly charter Airbus A320 Shanghai-Takamatsu service, part of a planned expansion in the Japanese market over the next few years.

Air Arabia, is to expand its service to the Qatari capital, Doha, from the carrier's primary hub in Sharjah, UAE. Air Arabia now offers twice-daily flights to the Qatari capital.

UAE carrier Etihad has signed its 30th codeshare agreement as it added Air Astana, the national carrier of Kazakhstan to the list.

Al Maktoum International Airport has officially opened for general aviation operations, Dubai Airports said in a statement yesterday.

Australia-based Virgin Blue Group of Airlines yesterday launched its inaugural V Australia flight to Abu Dhabi, becoming the first Australian carrier to operate to the Middle East in 20 years.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) confirms today (24 February) that it received a letter from Ryanair two days ago in relation to its operations at

Though the Japanese government has moved toward aviation market liberalization over the past year, evidenced most prominently by the new US/Japan "open skies" air services accord, Tokyo will need to go further if Japan's airports are to remain competitive in attracting international air cargo traffic, several observers of the Japanese air transport market said.

Independent Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines has placed a firm order for four Airbus A380s, firming a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed in

After a long lengthy period of negotiations Virgin America has finally announced its expansion into the Chicago market with new direct flights from

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

Event organisers Reed Exhibition said today that the Airport Show is receiving great support from many of the global industry leaders as the final touches are put on plans for the event which opens May 31

Australian carrier Virgin Blue Airlines has introduced a new staff uniform which was unveiled to the public by Australian icon and business woman Elle