Airports & Networks

BRITISH AIRWAYS (BA) is to move its London – Mauritius flights from Heathrow to Gatwick Airport from the start of the Northern Winter schedules on

German national carrier LUFTHANSA is to split its existing Frankfurt – Samara – Kazan route, providing non-stop services to each destination during

Indian carrier JET AIRWAYS has confirmed that it will increase its flights into the Middle East from Mumbai during the Northern Summer. From 27MAR11

LANPERU is to inaugurate flights between Lima and Montevideo from 01APR11, six months after it originally planned to launch the route. The airline had

ROYAL AIR MAROC (RAM) plans to utilise a Boeing 747-400 on some of its Casablanca – Montreal services in June and July, replacing a smaller Boeing 767

Irish budget carrier RYANAIR has announced the launch of a sixth route from Manchester, just a couple of weeks after revealing its initial summer

Etihad reached a codeshare agreement with Air New Zealand for flights across the Tasman, giving EY passengers the option to connect to cities including Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The agreement complements EY's alliance with Virgin Blue, which became effective in 2010 ( ATW Daily News, Feb. 4).

WestJet, in a bold challenge to Air Canada in the country's lucrative "eastern triangle" business travel market, announced late Monday it will offer 10 flights each business day between Toronto and Montreal and nine flights each business day between Toronto and Ottawa, beginning May 2.

Etihad Airways continues to build its presence in Australasia with the signing of an extensive codeshare agreement with Air New Zealand.

Bahrain's value airline - Bahrain Air - said yesterday that it is to press ahead with its proposed launch of flights to Egypt despite the turmoil currently affecting the North African country.

Belgian carrier BRUSSELS AIRLINES is to increase its services to Greece during the Northern Summer schedules with the introduction of an additional

ETIHAD AIRWAYS is to continue to build its presence in Australasia with the signing of an extensive codeshare agreement with AIR NEW ZEALAND. The new

German carrier AIRBERLIN is to introduce flights to Russia from Stuttgart in May this year. The airline will inaugurate a four-times weekly Stuttgart

SkyTeam alliance member VIETNAM AIRLINES is to increase frequencies on some of its flights to Europe during the Northern Summer schedules. From

New Cameroon carrier CAMAIR is to launch operations on 27MAR11 using a mix of Boeing 737 and 767 models. The airline plans to offer flights to Abidjan

UPS said Monday it is extending its ExpressFreight air cargo service to Israel and Slovakia in order "to serve expanding hubs for high-tech, industrial and automotive companies." The delivery giant's premium air cargo offering includes one- to three-business day door-to-door service, customs clearance and an on-time guarantee.

WestJet and Delta Air Lines said Monday that they have entered into an interline agreement, effective immediately that will allow passengers to connect between each other's flights at 25 US and Canadian airports.

Southwest Airlines last month commenced Development and Construction Contracts and Services Names in the news

US FAA last month dedicated a new 233-ft. ATC tower at New York LaGuardia, replacing the 151-ft. tower that had been in operation since 1964. The new tower is equipped with Sensis ASDE-X and Integrated Control and Monitoring System.

Dusseldorf International said 2010 was its "best traffic year ever" as it increased passenger throughput on the prior year by 6.7% and aircraft movement 0.6% despite multiple adverse circumstances including one of the worst winters in recent history, the Icelandic volcano-ash disruptions and several European ATC strikes. DUS handled 19 million passengers last year and had 206,500 aircraft movements.

Sydney Airport , Australia's largest, last week released "two expert reviews" that it said "give rise to serious concerns" about the methodology used by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for its quality-of-service monitoring at major airports. The reviews were undertaken separately by the University of Melbourne's Statistical Consulting Centre and professional firm GA Research.

ACI reported that world passenger traffic rose 6% in 2010 compared to 2009, with growth led by developing markets. International traffic at the world's airports grew 7% while domestic traffic heightened 5%. ACI Director-Economics Andreas Schimm said, "2010 was a banner year for air traffic, generating a much quicker recovery than expected. The 6% growth takes the global industry well beyond pre-crisis volumes, but the recovery continues to progress in a two-paced manner between developing and mature markets."

American Airlines and United Airlines last month filed a lawsuit in Illinois to stop the City of Chicago from moving forward with the second phase of Chicago O'Hare expansion, arguing that the city government failed to get clearance from the carriers before approving $3.4 billion in modernization projects at the busy airport.