Airports & Networks

AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES (AZAL) is to add an additional daily service on the Baku – Istanbul and Baku – Moscow routes from 18MAR11. The carrier will add a

MALAYSIA AIRLINES is to boost capacity on the Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah route from 27MAR11 operating a six-times weekly schedule rather than the four

Hungarian national carrier MALEV has requested government approval to increase flights on the Budapest – Tel Aviv route. The carrier currently offers

SINGAPORE AIRLINES is to introduce a seventh daily Singapore – Hong Kong rotation this summer, allowing an even early departure for passengers. The

Taiwanese carrier EVA AIR is to inaugurate a twice-weekly Taipei Taoyuan – Chengdu service on 28MAR11, competing with its local rival China Airlines

AIR FRANCE is to offer five daily flights between Paris CDG and Moscow Sheremetyevo this summer. This additional service will be operated by an Airbus

Bmi will launch London Heathrow service to Bergen and Stavanger April 1 (daily) and to Casablanca April 2 (four-times-weekly). It also will take over three of the four daily Lufthansa flights from Birmingham and Manchester to Frankfurt from March 27. Wizz Air will launch thrice-weekly Skopje-London Luton service June 20. Canadian North will increase weekly Yellowknife-Edmonton Boeing 737 service to four-times-weekly from April 2.

US low-cost carrier VIRGIN AMERICA is to add Chicago O'Hare to its domestic network. The airline will offer a three-times daily San Francisco –

German national carrier LUFTHANSA will resume its Frankfurt – Rio de Janeiro service from 30OCT11. The route will be served five-times weekly using an

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES (MEA) is to launch a Beirut – Dusseldorf connection from 02JUN11. Initially this will be a twice weekly service, increasing to

ESTONIAN AIR is to start a Tallinn - Tartu service from 27FEB11. The six-times weekly rotation will be operated by a Saab 340. Meanwhile, the Baltic

GARUDA INDONESIA has inaugurated flights on the Makassar (Ujung Padang) – Gorontalo route. The airline started a daily service on 16FEB11 operated by

Chinese low-cost carrier SPRING AIRLINES has boosted its domestic schedules from 16FEB11, launching new daily flights from Shanghai Pu Dong to Lanzhou

LOGANAIR, which operates as a fflybe franchise partner on routes in Scotland, is to introduce a sunday connection on the Glasgow – Tiree and Glasgow –

QATAR AIRWAYS will add the Italian city of Venice to its network from 15JUN11 when it launches a daily Doha – Venice rotation. The flight will be

 KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES is to launch a three-times weekly Amsterdam – Buenos Aires service from 31OCT11, rising to four-times weekly from spring

American Airlines will launch daily Boeing 777 New York JFK-Tokyo Haneda service Feb. 18, in codeshare with Japan Airlines. It will be the only airline to fly between NY and HND “in more than 30 years,” the carrier said. AirTran Airways on Wednesday launched daily Atlanta-Punta Cana service.

The Dublin Airport Authority on Thursday said that negotiations with Ryanair ended after the carrier rejected DAA’s offer of more than €60 million ($81.1 million) worth of discounts on airport charges to stimulate increased traffic into its three Irish airports. Instead, DAA said, Ryanair insisted it be paid more than €100 million in discounts, with no guarantee of any additional traffic.

China’s big three carriers accelerated the pace of their international expansion plans, citing the country's surging economic growth.

Routes Tourism Mediterranean, held in Antalya, Turkey, from the 13th to 15th of February, attracted nearly 300 delegates and saw increased involvement

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

Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) has teamed up with Radio Aire to give away a fantastic range of flights as part of a marketing campaign to

Irish budget carrier RYANAIR has launched the first of three seasonal weekly flights from Ireland West Knock to the Canary Islands. The service to

The Italian airline market is set for further consolidation after it was confirmed that national carrier Alitalia and Meridiana Fly were discussing a

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES is to increase frequencies from Beijing to Dalian and Toyama from three-times weekly to daily from 27MAR11. The flight will be