Airports & Networks

SPIRIT AIRLINES has announced that it will launch a three-times weekly Ft Lauderdale – San Salvador service. Subject to Government approval, the

US budget carrier AIRTRAN has confirmed the launch of two further summer-only routes. It will inaugurate a daily Baltimore – San Francisco service

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES is to introduce a third weekly frequency on its Guangzhou – Male route from 27MAR11. At the same time will utilise a Boeing

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AIRBALTIC BOUND FOR BUDAPEST Latvian flag carrier airBaltic is to establish a direct Riga – Budapest service, the first scheduled link between the two

VIRGIN AMERICA SHARES CAPACITY GROWTH ACROSS CALIFORNIA Fresh from announcing the first firm order for the upgraded A320neo earlier this month as part

SENEGALESE NEWCOMER LAUNCHES FLIGHTS New African flag carrier Senegal Airlines has filled the void in the West African market following the collapse

AEROFLOT GOES DOUBLE DAILY TO SHANGHAI Aeroflot Russian Airlines is to launch a second daily rotation on the Moscow Sheremetyevo – Shanghai Pu Dong

CHINA EASTERN STUDIES SRI LANKAN MARKET China Eastern Airlines is set to expand its presence in the Indian sub-continent by launching additional

A new Thai operator, aptly called PC Air, is ensuring that equality is taken seriously. The start-up will launch flights from Bangkok to Osaka, Seoul

The management of Ryanair have “kissed and made-up” with Manchester Airport just over a year after the airline pulled most of its flights from the UK

Emirates Airline is to inaugurate its first scheduled flights into Scandinavia with the launch of a daily Dubai – Copenhagen flight from August 1

Vision Airlines is perhaps best known for its charter activities, but the small US airline has announced a significant expansion of its scheduled

The International Airlines Group (IAG), the new holding company of British Airways (BA) and Iberia, commenced business on January 24 when its shares

Emirates will launch four-times-weekly Airbus 330-200 Dubai-Basra service Feb. 2. Japan Airlines subsidiary Japan Air Commuter will launch daily Fukuoka service to Amami-Oshima and Yakushima March 27. Aeromar and Continental Airlines reached a codeshare arrangement under which CO will place its code on Aeromar service from Mexico City to 13 destinations in Mexico beginning Feb. 1.

Lufthansa said it will launch daily Frankfurt-San Francisco A380 service on May 10, marking the entry of the large aircraft to SFO. "San Francisco has been a US stronghold for Lufthansa for more than 50 years," VP-Americas Jens Bischof said."I applaud the airport's management for their dedication in becoming A380-ready." San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee added, "The economic windfall generated by international flights such as Lufthansa's new service spreads throughout the entire region in the form of jobs and local revenues."

CZECH AIRLINES is to resume flights to Vietnam after nearly a 20-year hiatus. The airline has confirmed it will launch a three-times weekly Prague -

The European Commission has blocked the proposed merger of Greece's two largest carriers Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, claiming the combined

Irish low-cost carrier RYANAIR is to launch flights from Manchester to Alicante, Faro, Madrid and Tenerife from 14APR11 as well as increasing

KENYA AIRWAYS is to introduce a daily service on its Nairobi – Paris CDG route from 14JUN11. The African flag carrier currently offers four flights

AIRBERLIN is to expand its domestic network this summer with the introduction of six new weekly frequencies on its Berlin Tegel – Münsterand Berlin

ANADOLUJET, the low-cost division of Turkish Airlines, will introduce a three-times weekly Ankara – London Stansted service from 28JAN11. The route

SRILANKAN AIRLINES has entered into a codeshare agreement with local operator Mihin Lanka, and its code will now appear on Mihin's flights from

European low-cost carrier NORWEGIAN is to introduce a summer-only Oslo – Lakselv route; its first service to the town, the largest settlement and