Airports & Networks

Filipino carrier ZEST AIR is to boost frequencies on two of its routes from Kalibo, the capital of the province of Aklan, in the northwest of Panay

Further to the story from January 18 about QANTAS opening flights between Perth and Exmouth following the Western Australian government’s review of

FINNAIR is to add a Helsinki – Murmansk route this summer. The three-times weekly service will operate between June 15 and September 15 using Embraer

Etihad Airways will increase its seven-times-weekly Abu Dhabi-Manchester service to 14-times-weekly, Aug. 1. It had previously announced an increase of up to 10-times-weekly. Spirit Airlines launched thrice-weekly Ft. Lauderdale-Charleston, W.Va. service. It will also operate seasonal thrice-weekly CRW-Myrtle Beach service starting May 5. Porter Airlines will increase thrice-daily Thunder Bay-Toronto City service to five-times-daily from May 25.

American Airlines and United Airlines on Monday agreed to drop their lawsuit against the City of Chicago after reaching agreement with Mayor Richard Daley to allow a portion of the planned second phase of Chicago O'Hare expansion to move forward.

Gatwick Airport is making a concerted effort to demonstrate its improved service quality and speed of process through the airport makes it attractive for point-to-point routes to London.

The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an open skies agreement with Montenegro in the former Yugolslavia.

AIR FRANCE is to increase frequencies on its flights from Paris CDG to Prague from three- to five-times daily. The two additional rotations will be

SRILANKAN AIRLINES will launch its long-proposed Colombo – Moscow Domodedovo link from December, according to latest GDS information. The carrier will

Independent Filipino carrier CEBU PACIFIC AIRWAYS is to add a second destination in South Korea, boost frequencies to Singapore and introduced two

ICELANDAIR is to aedd flights to the Spanish city of Alicante this summer with a new weekly connection from its Keflavik hub. The service will operate

This summer CZECH AIRLINES is to introduce flights from its Prague base to three further destinations in Ukraine and one more in France. The SkyTeam

Russian carrier URAL AIRLINES has confirmed it will offer flights to both the Ukrainian capital Kiev and Larnaca, on the Mediterranean island of

Indian carrier JET AIRWAYS is to offer flights on 13 new routes this summer as it further enhances its domestic activities. The additional services

Spanish flag carrier IBERIA, now a subsidiary of IAG along with British Airways, has confirmed that it will launch its new Barcelona – Sao Paulo route

AEROMEXICO is to add to the growing number of new flights between Mexico and the US with a daily Guadalajara – Fresno link from April. The carrier

Independent Russian carrier NORDAVIA is to expand its network from Norilsk with new services to six domestic destinations. From May 15 it will open

GARUDA INDONESIA is to inaugurate domestic flights between Balikpapan and Surabaya. From April 16 it will launch a daily connection using a Boeing 737

Tajikistan flag carrier TAJIK AIR is to relaunch flights from the regional city of Khudzhand to Ekaterinburg and Novosibirsk in Russia. The links will

Emirates will launch a second-daily Dubai-Cape Town service March 27, using an Airbus A340-500. It will also launch a third-daily A330-200 service to Manchester May 1. AirAsia launched thrice-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Palembang service March 10. Spirit Airlines launched five-times-weekly Chicago O'Hare-Atlantic City service, becoming daily April 1. Djibouti Air launched six-times-weekly Djibouti-Dubai service.

Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Center implemented the first step of its so-called Free Route Airspace Maastricht program, which aims to put into place a direct route network to reduce flight times, fuel burn, carbon and other emissions and costs in high-density European airspace.

Travel plans for tens of thousands of airline passengers remain in chaos as Japan continues to cope with the aftermath of Friday's devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami.

The number of passengers travelling through Beirut's Rafik Hariri International airport dropped by 9.4 percent since February of last year, an official survey on the airport's activity i has shown.

Abu Dhabi newspaper The National is reporting that Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) is considering opening its cargo operations for external investment.

Royal Air Maroc is to begin services to Moscow, with flights to the Russian capital's Sheremetyevo Airport later this week.