Airports & Networks

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has joined forces with Chinese investment company First Eastern Investment Group to establish Japan’s first low-cost operator

AZAL LAUNCHES FLIGHTS TO IZMIR Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) is to launch flights to the Turkish city of Izmir, its third destination in the country. The

AEROFLOT PLANS SEOUL UPGRADES Aeroflot Russian Airlines is to add a fifth weekly rotation on its Moscow Sheremetyevo – Seoul Incheon service between

LONDON SOUTHEND WINS NEW BUSINESS London Southend Airport has won its first major airline contract in more than a decade after Aer Arann confirmed

AIR JAMAICA RETURNS TO LONDON Air Jamaica's colourful airliners were a regular sight at London Heathrow Airport, but the carrier took the decision to

Most passengers like to relax with a book or to take advantage of the in-flight entertainment when they fly. However, according to a recent survey of

LACSA is increasing its flights on the Guatemala City – Mexico City route from 04MAR11, introducing a double daily schedule. Schedule: LR650 GUA1040 –

US budget carrier JETBLUE AIRWAYS and SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (SAA) have made a joint application to the US Department of Transportation for the

German regional carrier CIRRUS AIRLINES is to introduce a daily, except Saturdays, Dresden – Vienna link from 28MAR11 using a Dornier 328 turboprop

EASTERN AIRWAYS is to launch a weekly charter flight from London’s Oxford Airport to Palma de Mallorca this summer, the facility’s first regular link

For the third consecutive year, XL AIRWAYS FRANCE is to offer seasonal flights to the United States. The carrier will offer up to five weekly Paris

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Dutch budget carrier TRANSAVIA.COM is to launch a daily Amsterdam – Athens service from 01APR11. The airline will offer an early morning departure and

RWANDAIR, the national carrier of Rwanda, will launch a three-times weekly service from Kigali to Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo from 03MAR11

Following a recent audit of Croatia’s civil aviation industry, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded the country from Category 2

Independent Russian carrier TRANSAERO AIRLINES is to resume its Moscow Domodedovo – Hong Kong route this summer, albeit only on a weekly basis. The

TACA PERU is to double its capacity on the Lima - Mexico City route from 02MAR11. The airline is to offer six flights per week with new services

Belarusian national carrier BELAVIA is to adjust its schedules on its Minsk – Moscow service, which currently operates six times every day, serving

Star Alliance member AIR CHINA is to start a twice-weekly Wuhan – Tokyo Narita service from 30MAR11, increasing its weekly schedules to the Japanese

OMAN AIR is to open a sixth European destination this summer with the launch of a four-times weekly Muscat – Moscow Domodedovo service. The route will

Czech Republic-based SMARTWINGS is to expand its network in France this summer with new Prague – Nantes and Prague – Nice flights launching at the end

Alitalia Group carrier AIRONE is to introduce a number of new routes this summer, mainly from Milan Malpensa and Pisa. New seasonal will routes

Irish budget carrier RYANAIR is to expand its activities at Marseille in the South of France. Between April and September it will add routes to 11

SRILANKAN AIRLINES has modified one of its Airbus A320s and configured it with an all-Economy 160-seat layout. The aircraft is being scheduled on

Iberia launched thrice-weekly Airbus A340/300 Madrid service to Fortaleza and Recife. S7 Airlines reached a codeshare agreement with British Airways, opening up joint flights from Russian regions via Moscow Domodedovo to London Heathrow starting Feb. 8. Ryanair will launch thrice-weekly London Stansted-Thessaloniki service April 13, its first UK-Greece route.