Airports & Networks

Budapest Airport welcomed its first Middle Eastern scheduled carrier this week.

PLUNA, the national carrier of Uruguay is to boost its services to Argentina by resuming flights on the Montevideo – Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini

This summer BRITISH AIRWAYS is to boost capacity on its London Heathrow – Dar es Salaam route with the introduction of a fourth weekly rotation. The

AER LINGUS is to launch a Shannon – Edinburgh route from 27MAR11 using an ATR 72-500 turboprop of its Aer Lingus Regional franchise partner Aer Arann

CHINA AIRLINES is to begin a three-times weekly Taipei Taoyuan – Osaka Kansai – New York JFK service with a two-class Boeing 747-400 from 29APR11

Korean Air unveiled its initial Airbus A380 service schedule, saying it will launch daily short-haul flights from Seoul Incheon to Tokyo Narita and Hong Kong June 1. It will add Bangkok in July. Regarding long-haul routes, it will launch A380 flights from ICN to New York JFK from Aug. 2 and from ICN to Los Angles starting Oct. 1. The carrier is slated to take delivery of five A380s this year.

Australian flag carrier QANTAS is to expand its activities in Western Australia, basing an additional Boeing 737-800 in Perth for intrastate services

Japanese carrier ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has outlined its operational plans for the forthcoming fiscal year, announcing significant increases in

Oneworld alliance-aligned carriers AIR BERLIN and S7 AIRLINES have expanded their codeshare arrangement on flights within Germany and Russia. The

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL has confirmed that it will increase capacity on some of its routes in Asia and into Europe this summer. Frequencies will be

Japanese regional carrier IBEX AIRLINES plans to enter the Nagoya market, launching double daily services on the Nagoya Chubu – Oita and Nagoya Chubu

JETSTAR ASIA is to launch flights on the Singapore – Hangzhou route from 22MAR11. The flight, subject to government approval, will be operated four

Doha-based QATAR AIRWAYS has announced capacity increases to an array of destinations across its global network to support growing passenger demand

ESTONIAN AIR is to relaunch flights to Berlin Tegel this summer from the Baltic cities of Tallinn and Vilnius. The service from the Lithuanian capital

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES has confirmed its plan to inaugurate flights to the Canadian city of Vancouver. The three-times weekly Guangzhou –

KOREAN AIR has revealed the entry into service plans for its new Airbus A380s, although the proposed launch schedule remains subject to change. The

Chinese carrier TIANJIN AIRLINES has inaugurated a daily Hohhot – Manzhouli – Harbin service as well as a Ulanhot – Hohhet – Dongsheng link. The

CROATIA AIRLINES is increasing its Zagreb – Copenhagen schedule to a daily rotation. It will increase capacity to six-times weekly from 27MAR11 and up

Subject to Government approval, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES will launch a three-times weekly Newark – Port-au-Prince service from 09JUN11 using Boeing 737

ALITALIA will launch a six-times weekly connection on the the Rome – Toulouse route from 27MAR11. The flights will be operated using Bombardier

AIR INDIA is adjusting its Delhi – Tokyo Narita operation from 27MAR11 with a Boeing 777-200LR replacing a larger 777-300ER on the four-times weekly

United Airlines will launch daily Boeing 737-800 Los Angeles-Guadalajara service May 3, to be operated by Continental Airlines. The route is subject to Mexican government approval. Air France will launch four-times weekly Airbus A320 Paris Charles de Gaulle-Tripoli service March 29, becoming five-times-weekly June 6.

[Corrected version] Oneworld partners Qantas and American Airlines are to strengthen their longstanding relationship with the first step being the introduction by Qantas of four times weekly Boeing 747-400 service from Sydney to Dallas/Fort Worth International from May 16. At the same time the airline has decided to scrap its direct Sydney-San Francisco flights from May 14.

Atlanta’s new international terminal will smooth O&D passenger flows for Delta’s growing global network when it opens in 2012.

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES is to boost capacity on its existing routes from its Guangzhou base to Los Angeles and Paris CDG. From 27MAR11 the carrier