Airports & Networks

Prince Abdul Mohsen Airport in Yanbu has been upgraded to an international airport status and has begun receiving regional and international flights, a statement by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said.

Despite an unprecedented 300,000 flight cancellations and a new record of 2.44 billion people travelling by plane last year, the air transport industry has maintained the overall downward trend in baggage mishandling.

Emirates last night held a road show at Palexpo in Geneva where they announced that from 1st June the Swiss city will become part of their European route network.

Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling Airlines is to inaugurate flights to London Heathrow from the northwestern city of Vigo this summer, its fourth link

Budget operator Norwegian has confirmed the launch of three additional routes from its base at Stockholm Arlanda in Sweden. From June 1 it will

The new national carrier of Cameroon launched operations at the end of March, with two foreign nationals at the helm. The start-up, Cameroon Airways

Saudia Cargo, the dedicated freighter business of Saudi Arabian Airlines, is to boost frequencies on its link from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International

Indonesian carrier Batavia Air has this week launched flights from Medan Polonia International to Singapore Changi International, its first

Spanish flag carrier Iberia is to suspend domestic flights from Madrid to Fuerteventura and Palma de Mallorca from mid-April as it rationalises its

German carrier airberlin is to introduce weekly flights to Malta from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Hamburg and Nuremberg from May 1, its only

Middle East Airlines (MEA) has resumed a twice weekly service between Beirut and the Saudi Arabian city of Medina. The link will operate until August

Cheyenne, Wyoming-headquartered US regional carrier Great Lakes Aviation is to launch a daily Las Vegas – Merced – Visalia – Los Angeles service from

Austrian carrier NIKI, part of the airberlin Group, is to introduce seasonal flights to Republic of Ireland this summer. The airline will operate

TACA Peru is to add domestic services from its Lima Jorge Chavez International hub to Chiclayo and Piura, as well as boosting frequencies to Trujillo

Finnish Star Alliance carrier Blue1 is to inaugurate a domestic connection between Helsinki and Tampere, alongside its previously revealed new link to

Air Malta is to introduce flights to Hanover from May 1 with the launch of a weekly Sunday flight from Malta. The Mediterranean carrier already serves

Gulf Air today commenced scheduled direct flights to Geneva as its first Swiss destination.

TNT Express announced today that it has made a a six-figure investment in a Boeing 767 freighter to boost logistics services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) was crowned winner not only of the Middle East and Sub-Continent Routes Airport Marketing Awards but also overall for the entire Asian region.

Air Arabia has announced it is going to expand its service to Kiev in the Ukraine from its primary hub in Sharjah, UAE, offering daily flights to the Ukrainian capital from April 1st.

Ukrainian operator Aerosvit Airlines is to inaugurate flights between Kiev and Colombo this coming winter. The Kiev-based venture is in the process of

Russian national carrier Aeroflot Russian Airlines is planning to add flights to Guangzhou and Sanya in China this winter, according to the first

Chinese carrier Sichuan Airlines is to establish a small base in Mianyang, initially with two Embraer ERJ 145s but growing to a third aircraft in

Caribbean Airlines will increase the frequency of its flights between Port of Spain and Grenada, offering a double daily service five days per week

Kenya Airways has confirmed that it is working on a revised schedule for its Nairobi – Lagos route after the Nigerian Government granted the carrier