Airports & Networks

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that air traffic movements in the UAE grew at a rate of 10.3% in January 2011 compared to the same month last year. The GCAA monthly report indicated that total air traffic movements in January 2011 were 57,227 with an average of 1846 air traffic movements per day.

RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE's Ras Al Khaimah, has announced the start of its winter seat sale, which will offer customers special fares to Calicut, Cairo, Dhaka and Chittagong.

The winner of the first heat of this year’s Routes Airport Marketing Awards was announced last night at a lavish Gala Dinner in Santo Domingo

Qatar Airways launched five-times-weekly Doha-Brussels service and will launch four-times-weekly Doha-Stuttgart flights March 6. WestJet launched twice-weekly Edmonton-Maui service, which it will operate until April 30 with a Boeing 757-200 leased from North American Airlines. Spirit Airlines launched four-times-weekly Ft. Lauderdale-Pittsburgh/Latrobe service and will operate seasonal four-times-weekly Latrobe-Myrtle Beach service beginning May 5.

The Panama government and its tourism authority have had discussions with Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) about the possibility of it

Airlines were yesterday (February 14) urged to take a closer look at new market opportunities that will be created by the delivery of 12 new cruise

WestJet Airlines is leasing a single Boeing 757-200 from North American Airlines between February 12 and April 30, 2011 to increase capacity on

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has rejected a request from Caribbean Airlines to launch flights between Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia and New

German national carrier Lufthansa has confirmed the launch of a weekly flight to Antalya from its Munich hub. The service will commence from 02APR11

American Airlines is to compete more strongly against Continental Airlines in the US-Mexico market with plans to launch services to another three

Brazil and the United States recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the phasing in of an Open Skies Air Transport agreement, which

Andrew McConnell has been appointed easyJet’s corporate affairs manager. He is responsible for engaging with government and other political

Mexican regional carrier Transportes Aeromar has outlined its initial operating plans for its two recently acquired Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets

Bolivian carrier Aerosur is to introduce a second Boeing 767-200 into its fleet within the second half of this year, according to a senior executive

Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines is gearing up for a major expansion in the domestic market. Historically, growth in demand on internal flights in

US Airways has confirmed that it will launch a three-times daily link from its Philadelphia International Airport gateway to Quebec City in Canada

OMAN AIR is to introduce the first of its Embraer E175s into service this March and will use them on non-stop flights on the Muscat – Bahrain and

AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES is to introduce a fourth daily Moscow Sheremetyevo – Berlin Shoenefeld service from 29APR11. The additional flight will be

Scandinavian carrier CIMBER STERLING has confirmed that it will add a third weekly Copenhagen – Belgrade service this summer. The additional Boeing

AMERICAN AIRLINES is to reduce its weekly flights on the Chicago – Delhi route from seven to six flights per week. Between 01MAY11 and 30SEP11 the US

SAS NORGE, a subsidiary of SAS Scandinavian Airlines, is to launch a seasonal twice-weekly Oslo – Madrid service during the Northern Summer. The route

The new Kansai International Airport-based low-cost carrier being established by ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) and Hong Kong's First Eastern Investment

The first phase of the renovation and expansion of the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah is now underway.