Airports & Networks

ANA and Hong Kong-based First Eastern Investment Group said Tuesday they have "finalized" a joint venture agreement to launch a new LCC based at Osaka Kansai International. A JV company called A&F Aviation will own and operate the airline.

TAP PORTUGAL has confirmed that it will launch a Lisbon - Athens link, ending what has been a long break from serving the Greek market. The Portuguese

Milan-based AIR ITALY is to operate a regular weekly charter flight on behalf of Canadian tour operator Panorama Travel & Tours Ltd from Budapest and

Development at Riyadh's King Khalid Airport is leading the way among Saudi gateways.

German national carrier LUFTHANSA is to increase its connections to China with the introduction of a double daily schedule on its Frankfurt – Shanghai

UK carrier BMI BRITISH MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL is to suspend flights between London Heathrow and Glasgow, using its slots at the London facility to

Irish budget carrier RYANAIR is to add Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece to its network. The airline will offer three flights per week

Luxembourg flag carrier LUXAIR is to increase frequencies on a number of routes this summer. During the peak months between July and September, it

AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES is to add a fifth weekly rotation on its Moscow Sheremetyevo – Seoul Incheon service between 20MAY11 and 16SEP11. The

AIR BUSAN is to add a second daily rotation on its Busan – Osaka Kansai route for a four week period between 27FEB11 to 23MAR11. The extra flight will

US budget carrier JETBLUE AIRWAYS has confirmed that it will move its daily Ft Lauderdale flight from Long Beach to Los Angeles from 11MAY11. The

Irish regional carrier AERARANN has announced that it will introduce flights to London Southend this summer adding to its existing four-times weekly

Qatar Airways has continued its European expansion drive launching scheduled flights to Brussels with Belgium's Prime Minister officially welcoming the inaugural service to Europe's capital city.

AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES (AZAL) has followed last week's announcement that it will fly to Izmir by confirming that will add a further to destinations to

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES is to add an extra rotation on its Amsterdam - Dubai link this summer, providing a double daily service. The new flight will

Latvian national carrier AIRBALTIC is to launch a twice weekly Riga – Oulu – Tromsø service from 29APR11, using a Bombardier Dash 8-Q400. The flight

ALITALIA is to introduce a sixth weekly rotation on its Rome - Los Angeles route between 03JUN11 and 02OCT11. During that period the airline will

EMIRATES AIRLINE is to switch an Airbus A340-500 currently flying a Dubai - Athens link to operate an expanded schedule on its Dubai - Vienna route

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES is to gradually reduce capacity on its Manila – Riyadh route before suspending flights. From 30JAN11, the four-times weekly

Russian carrier S7 AIRLINES is to increase its flights into the Chinese capital Beijing this summer. From the start of the Northern Schedule on

COPA AIRLINES has confirmed that it will utilise an Embraer 190 on its new link from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City to Nassau in the

VLADIVOSTOK AIR is to add a fourth weekly rotation on the Vladivostok – Seoul Incheon route from 27MAR11. At the same time, the Russian carrier will

Delta Air Lines on Friday confirmed it would indefinitely suspend its New York JFK-Cairo service, “due to civil unrest” taking place in Egypt. Its last flight departed CAI at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 29. It launched the route June 4, 2008. Emirates Airline will increase daily Dubai-Vienna service to 11-times-weekly Airbus A340-500 service March 27.

Swedish carrier Skyways announced it will increase its route network by 50% from March 28, adding six destinations in Scandinavia and northern Europe: Brussels, Berlin, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim and Sundsvall.

German carrier AIR BERLIN is to increase its services on a number of long-haul routes during winter 2011/2012. According to a preliminary flight