Airports & Networks

AVIANOVA SET FOR INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION Russian low-cost carrier Avianova is set to launch its first flights outside of Russia, bringing low-cost

HONG KONG AIRLINES SET FOR EXPANSION Hong Kong Airlines, part of the HNA Group, has announced its intention to acquire up to 38 aircraft from Boeing

US budget carrier is to fly in direct competition with American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways and low-cost pioneer Southwest

UK regional carrier Eastern Airways is to add a third domestic French route this summer from its base at Dijon, introducing a daily except Saturday

LAN Airlines and affiliates Lan Peru, Lan Argentina and Lan Ecuador signed a bilateral interline agreement with JetBlue Airways, under which LAN passengers gain access to up to 55 cities in the US, Latin America and the Caribbean through JetBlue's hub at New York JFK. JetBlue customers gain access to LAN destinations in South America. Under the terms of the deal, customers will be able to purchase a single ticket for travel on both airlines and take advantage of one-stop check-in for boarding passes and baggage.

Qatar Airways has used this year’s ITB Berlin travel event to announce the latest stage of its network growth. Having already opened services to four

Qatar Airways made a big impact at ITB Berlin today as it announced new destinations for its growing network.

RAK Airways is examining the possibility of increasing the frequency of its Jeddah flights to meet high passenger demand- particularly from Calicut.

VIETNAM AIRLINES is to boost frequencies on its routes from Ho Chi Minh to Melbourne and Sydney during the Northern Summer schedules. From 27MAR11 it

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES is to inaugurate a new Monday flight on its Nanjing – Osaka route from 28MAR11. The carrier will now offer three-flights per

IRAN AIR is set to consolidate its activities in the Italian market this summer reducing its services to just a single weekly rotation. From 27MAR11

African carrier ASKY AIRLINES, the Togo-based subsidiary of Ethiopian Airlines, is to add Malabo in Equatorial Guinea to its network from 27MAR11. The

INSEL AIR is to launch a third weekly rotation on its Curacao – St. Maarten – San Juan route. The additional Tuesday flight will be added from 05APR11

Austrian low-cost carrier NIKI is to increase capacity on its Vienna – Copenhagen link with a second weekday rotation. The airline will operate eleven

AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES will launch twice-daily flights between Moscow Sheremetyevo and Nizhny Novgorod from 01JUN11 using its newly delivered

European carrier SMARTWINGS has announced plans to inaugurate a seasonal link between Bratislava in Slovakia and the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The

US carrier SPIRIT AIRLINES is hoping its low-fare strategy will enable it to secure market share from established rivals on its new five-times daily

EMIRATES AIRLINE has followed Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways in announcing the launch of another daily service to Manchester. Its two Middle East

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has delayed the resumption of flights to the Iraqi capital by more than two months but will increase its capacity to Erbil. The

Serbian flag carrier JAT AIRWAYS is to begin flights between Belgrade and Girona this summer. The airline is understood to have selected the smaller

It appears that QATAR AIRWAYS will increase capacity on its Doha – Frankfurt more than first announced. The carrier had revealed plans to add two

Further to our exclusive interview with Jurgen Lippinkhof, Chief Commercial Officer, INSEL AIR, at Routes Americas in Santo Domingo last month, we can

US carrier DELTA AIR LINES is to inaugurate a seasonal link between Memphis and Appleton from 09JUN11. The daily link will be operated by a Bombardier

LAN PERU is expected to relaunch seasonal flights between Lima and Easter Island in January 2012. It had previous served the route between January and

South Korean carrier AIR BUSAN is to inaugurate flights between Busan and Cebu in the Philippines this week using its recently acquired Airbus A321s