Airports & Networks

The Independent Indian carrier IndiGo, currently the third largest airline in the country by domestic traffic, has bold plans to become one of the

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further

EMIRATES AIRLINE is to launch direct services between Dubai and Copenhagen from August 1, its 112th international destination and 27th in Europe. Like

At last year’s World Routes event in Vancouver, Canada, Karagandy International Airport in Central Kazakhstan offered delegates a prize with a

NEW GAMBIAN LINK TO EUROPE? A Russian airline is proposing a series of flights between Moscow and Banjul in the Gambia after receiving fifth freedom

HAITI LINK FOR CONTINENTAL Subject to Government approval, Continental Airlines will launch a three-times weekly Newark – Port-au-Prince service from

RUSSIA-GEORGIA FLIGHTS AGREEMENT EXTENDED The Governments of Russia and Georgia have granted permission for charter flights to continue between Moscow

IBEX BOOSTS LINKS FOR ANA Japanese regional carrier IBEX Airlines plans to launch its first flights to Nagoya, launching double daily services From

PLYMOUTH LOSES LONDON LINK Air Southwest is to suspend its scheduled flights from Newquay and Plymouth to London Gatwick on February 1. Newquay will

New Cambodian carrier Tonlé Sap Airlines will launch scheduled operations on January 21, with a daily flight between Siem Reap and Taipei Taoyuan

After formalising an Open Skies Agreement with Brazil last year, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed that Sao Paulo will be its first South

Australia’s flag carrier Qantas has confirmed that it will launch flights between Sydney and Dallas from May 16 on a four-times weekly basis. The

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.