Airports & Networks

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

Dragonair will for the summer season increase Hong Kong service to Kaohsiung (32-times-weekly to 42), Xiamen (thrice-daily to four-times-daily), and Ningbo (seven-times-weekly to 10) March 27. It will also increase service from HKG to Chongqing (to daily) and Nanjing and Chengdu (to twice-daily), for the season.

Dublin Airport Authority said...

Munich Airport and Lufthansa this autumn will begin construction Dallas/Fort Worth International last month launched IATA called on authorities London Mayor Boris Johnson continued to lobby DHL announced last month...

European Commission initiated infringement procedures against Poland, alleging the country is not fully applying EU legislation on aviation security at its airports. It gave Polish authorities two months to inform the EC of measures taken to ensure compliance with EU law. If the country fails to do so, the case may be referred to the EU Court of Justice.

US airports have collective estimated capital costs of $80.1 billion in 2011-15 including $64.3 billion for commercial airports and $39.9 billion for large hubs, according to Airports Council International-North America. The five-year estimate is 15.1% below the $94.3 billion five-year projection made by the organization in 2009.

Airports Council International said global passenger traffic at its member airports increased 7.1% in January compared to the same month in 2010 including 7.8% international growth and 6.5% domestic expansion. Asia/Pacific airports led the way with a 10.2% gain in total passengers for the month, followed by Latin America/Caribbean (up 8.7%), Middle East (up 8.6%), Europe (up 7.9%), Africa (up 7.3%) and North America (up 2%).

Japan unquestionably has liberalized its aviation policy over the past year, from opening Tokyo Haneda to intercontinental flights to inking an open skies accord with the US, but IATA and other observers are pushing the country to go further, warning that its airports increasingly may have trouble competing with East Asia's major hubs.

Budapest Airport on March 18 will formally open its new SkyCourt, linking its existing terminals 2A and 2B. The shell-shaped glass and steel building will almost double the capacity of the terminal and should markedly enhance the passenger handling and travel experience by adding 28 new passenger security screening channels, 50 border crossing points, 21 boarding gates, 80 check-in counters, 16 self-check-in kiosks and multiple retail outlets. The contemporary structure extends over five stories, two of which are underground, and offersan impressive view of the apron.

While TSA is committed to the widespread introduction of body-scanning machines at US airports, the EU's European Economic and Social Committeeadvised against their use at EU airports, asserting the technology is "not yet sufficiently fit for purpose and more consideration needs to be given to the alternatives."

A new link between London City Airport and Jersey will be established by regional carrier Blue Islands Airline this summer. The Channel Islands-based

ETIHAD AIRWAYS, the UAE’s national airline, will double its flight frequency between Manchester and Abu Dhabi from 01AUG11 from seven to 14 flights

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES is to become the African carrier to offer flights to the Chinese city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, a region famous for its

Wataniya Airways in cooperation with the Egyptian Embassy in Kuwait and travel agents, has launched a tourism initiative called 'We Love Egypt' to encourage tourism to Egypt following the revolution on 25 January.

Reuters reports that the opening of the passenger terminal at Dubai's new airport will be further delayed to 2012, but the chief executive of Dubai Airports said the emirate's air industry should benefit from unrest in the Arab world.

AIR EUROPA will launch flights from Madrid to Mexico City from 02JUN11 complementing the operations of its fellow SkyTeam alliance partner Aeromexico

AIR NIUGINI is to offer additional flights on its routes from Port Moresby to Manila and Singapore from 27MAR11. The carrier is to add a third weekly

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES is to revise capacity on two of its routes to Europe during the first half of the Northern Summer schedules. A proposed

Star Alliance member SPANAIR is to double capacity on its Barcelona – Bamako route with a second weekly rotation from 01JUN11. The new service will

Swiss carrier EDELWEISS AIR is to introduce flights to Cape Town, South Africa and resume connections to Colombo, Sri Lanka and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

ROSSIYA AIRLINES has resumed flights to London this summer but is serving Gatwick Airport rather than Heathrow. The carrier launched a twice weekly

United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier AIR ARABIA is to increase frequencies on its Sharjah-Doha route from 10 weekly rotations to 14, offering a

Etihad Airways is to increase its frequency to Bangalore moving to a daily service from the current four return flights a week.

Qatar Airways will launch thrice-weekly Boeing 777-200 Doha-Montreal service June 29, its first destination in Canada and its fourth in North America AirTran Airways will increase four-times-weekly Lexington, Ky.-Orlando service to daily beginning May 26.

Fast-growing Turkish Airlines last week launched new four-times-weekly Istanbul Ataturk-Los Angeles service and ordered three Airbus A330-200 freighters to bring its total order book for the type to five.