Airports & Networks

Gulf Air has added Addis Ababa to its growing network with the launch of non-stop scheduled flights to the Ethiopian capital.

Emirates is set to add a new European country when the Dubai-based international airline launches non-stop, daily flights to Copenhagen in Denmark on 1st August.

Flydubai operated its second inaugural flight in two days yesterday when flight FZ857 landed in the Saudi Arabian city of Gassim.

Budget carrier BLUE AIR is to introduce two new routes from the Eastern Romanian city of Bacău. A twice-weekly flight to Larnaca will commence from

MALAYSIA AIRLINES is to increase frequencies on its Kuala Lumpur – Hyderabad Shamshabad route from five-times weekly to daily from 28MAR11. The new

Chinese carrier JADE CARGO will add a second weekly frequency between Shanghai and Geneva from 24JAN11. The additional Monday flight will complement

AIR NEW ZEALAND has acquired a significant shareholding in Australian carrier Virgin Blue, strengthening ties between the two countries. The airlines

Latvian national carrier airBaltic is continuing its rapid network growth of recent years with the launch of a direct Riga – Budapest service. The

BANGKOK AIRWAYS is to introduce a daily Bangkok – Dhaka service from 27MAR11, its second route launch for 2011 following its previously announced

Taiwanese carrier EVA AIR is to utilise a Boeing 777-300ER on its three-times weekly Taipei Taoyuan – Bangkok – Vienna flight for a two month period

CENTRAL CHARTER AIRLINES has been renamed Czech Connect Airlines as it prepares to expand into the scheduled market. The carrier, part of the Central

Qatar Airways today announced capacity increases to an array of destinations across its global network to be phased in from March 1.

Bahrain is to get a new state-of-the-art FBO for general and business aviation which the country's airport operating company says will be one of the largest in the MENA region.

Budapest Airport welcomed its first Middle Eastern scheduled carrier this week.

PLUNA, the national carrier of Uruguay is to boost its services to Argentina by resuming flights on the Montevideo – Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini

This summer BRITISH AIRWAYS is to boost capacity on its London Heathrow – Dar es Salaam route with the introduction of a fourth weekly rotation. The

AER LINGUS is to launch a Shannon – Edinburgh route from 27MAR11 using an ATR 72-500 turboprop of its Aer Lingus Regional franchise partner Aer Arann

CHINA AIRLINES is to begin a three-times weekly Taipei Taoyuan – Osaka Kansai – New York JFK service with a two-class Boeing 747-400 from 29APR11

Korean Air unveiled its initial Airbus A380 service schedule, saying it will launch daily short-haul flights from Seoul Incheon to Tokyo Narita and Hong Kong June 1. It will add Bangkok in July. Regarding long-haul routes, it will launch A380 flights from ICN to New York JFK from Aug. 2 and from ICN to Los Angles starting Oct. 1. The carrier is slated to take delivery of five A380s this year.

Australian flag carrier QANTAS is to expand its activities in Western Australia, basing an additional Boeing 737-800 in Perth for intrastate services

Japanese carrier ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has outlined its operational plans for the forthcoming fiscal year, announcing significant increases in

Oneworld alliance-aligned carriers AIR BERLIN and S7 AIRLINES have expanded their codeshare arrangement on flights within Germany and Russia. The

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL has confirmed that it will increase capacity on some of its routes in Asia and into Europe this summer. Frequencies will be

Japanese regional carrier IBEX AIRLINES plans to enter the Nagoya market, launching double daily services on the Nagoya Chubu – Oita and Nagoya Chubu

JETSTAR ASIA is to launch flights on the Singapore – Hangzhou route from 22MAR11. The flight, subject to government approval, will be operated four