Airports & Networks

Russian carrier DONAVIA is to launch an Adler/Sochi – Dushanbe route from 08MAR11. The weekly service will be operated using a Boeing 737-500 and will

Taiwanese carrier CHINA AIRLINES is to boost frequencies on its Taipei Taoyuan – Koror (Palau) route from twice weekly to four-times weekly. The

Swedish regional carrier SKYWAYS has opened reservations on three of the six new routes it plans to fly from Stockholm during the Northern Summer

TACA PERU is to add a further four weekly rotations on the Lima – Caracas route from 16APR11. The new flights will offera night rotation from the

OMAN AIR is to boost weekly capacity to both Milan and Munich by splitting its existing Muscat – Munich – Milan flight to serve both European cities

South African regional carrier SA AIRLINK is targeting additional O&D and transfer traffic on its enhanced schedules on the Johannesburg – Phalaborwa

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS has applied for Government approval to almost double its capacity on the Hong Kong – Milan Malpensa route. The airline plans to

AIR FRANCE is to revise its flight schedules into Nouakchott and Conakry reducing frequency but increasing capacity to the two destinations. From

GOMA AIR has taken delivery of two Cessna Caravans, which it will use to launch domestic flights to some remote western districts of Nepal. The 14

Independent Nigerian carrier Arik Air is set to expand its network to the Turkish city of Istanbul after the Federal Government approved an

Budapest Airport met its targets for cargo flown during 2010, carrying 82,638 tonnes and a total of 5,808 freighter movements in the year ending

Strategic Airlines is to “reluctantly withdraw” it’s Port Hedland – Denpasar flight from March 23 claiming that “constraints” had impacted the

QATAR AIRWAYS LAUNCHES DAILY LINK TO VENICE Qatar Airways has announced the latest stage of its network expansion with the Italian city of Venice to

RYANAIR BOOSTS LINKS TO LARNACA Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to increase its network to Cyprus with the launch of flights to Larnaca from Bologna

NOK AIR INTENSIFIES COMPETITION WITH THAI AIRASIA Thai budget carrier Nok Air is in discussions with the country’s Department of Civil Aviation to

In an effort to counter Virgin Blue’s new business class product on domestic Australian services, Qantas announced it will deploy internationally configured Boeing 747s and Airbus A330s with lie-flat beds on transcontinental routes to Perth.

Ryanair will prune its base at Girona Airport at the end of this month, removing five aircraft, closing 18 routes and reducing frequencies on a further 17 routes, citing the refusal of the new government of Catalonia to honor the five-year extension agreement it reached with the outgoing government in December.

Qatar Airways today announced its European expansion is continuing with the Italian city of Venice set to join the airline's growing network, effective June 15

Khartoum is to get a new airport. Sudan's Airport Administration Bureau has signed a $1.2 billion contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the capital's new international airport

Nassau Airport Development Company will be welcoming the route development community from North, Central, South America and the Caribbean to the

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that air traffic movements in the UAE grew at a rate of 10.3% in January 2011 compared to the same month last year. The GCAA monthly report indicated that total air traffic movements in January 2011 were 57,227 with an average of 1846 air traffic movements per day.

RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE's Ras Al Khaimah, has announced the start of its winter seat sale, which will offer customers special fares to Calicut, Cairo, Dhaka and Chittagong.

The winner of the first heat of this year’s Routes Airport Marketing Awards was announced last night at a lavish Gala Dinner in Santo Domingo

Qatar Airways launched five-times-weekly Doha-Brussels service and will launch four-times-weekly Doha-Stuttgart flights March 6. WestJet launched twice-weekly Edmonton-Maui service, which it will operate until April 30 with a Boeing 757-200 leased from North American Airlines. Spirit Airlines launched four-times-weekly Ft. Lauderdale-Pittsburgh/Latrobe service and will operate seasonal four-times-weekly Latrobe-Myrtle Beach service beginning May 5.

The Panama government and its tourism authority have had discussions with Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) about the possibility of it