Airports & Networks

Ryanair announced Wednesday it will open three new bases in the Canary Islands next year as part of the LCC’s Spain expansion plan, bringing the number of bases in the country to 11.

Kuwaiti-carrier Wataniya Airways starting 05DEC10 is canceling service on 4 routes, citing huge excess capacity on some of its markets. Also, the

Oman Air is to launch a new service between Muscat and Milan in the first week of December.

In Sabre reservation system’s timetable search feature on 01DEC10, Emirates has loaded new changes to planned FY2011/12 operation effective 27MAR11

Royal Jordanian has announced that it will resume non-stop services to Berlin Tegel from its Amman hub. After a ten year Hiatus. The new route will re

Effective March 27 th, 2011 Malaysia Airlines will increase its existing service from Kuala Lumpur to Adelaide from a four to a six-times weekly. IATA

Saudi Arabia’s major low-cost airline Nasair, began scheduled services from Riyadh to Delhi, December 2 nd. It will operate the route on a thrice

Air France has revealed that it will commence non-stop service from Paris CDG to Billund, Denmark. The new route will commence March 27 th and will be

Low-cost operator JetBlue Airways has announced scheduled expansion to Las Vegas from Long Beach, CA. It will increase its existing thrice-daily

Star Alliance member Egyptair has announced that it will commence non-stop service from its Cairo hub to Toronto. The new service will begin June 11

As per 01DEC10 GDS timetable display, Air Madagascar starting Northern Summer 2011 season is PLANNING to offer Nonstop service between France and

Wataniya Airways announced it is drastically reducing its network from Dec. 5, citing adverse market conditions. The Kuwait-based carrier said it will no longer operate flights from its home base to Amman, Bahrain, Damascus and Jeddah and will reduce the frequency of services to Dubai. Three of its seven Airbus A320s will be taken out of service and staff numbers also will be reduced. It also operates to Beirut, Sharm El-Sheikh, Cairo, Vienna and Istanbul Ataturk.

China Eastern Airlines today (30NOV10) issued application with the CAAC, seeking permission to operate new International services within Asia

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced today that Al Bateen Executive Airport handled nearly 100 private aircraft movements coinciding with the Ethiad Airways Formula 1 Grand Prix.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has appointed Stefan Eiche the new UAE General Manager, as the fourth winter season of the Dubai-Copenhagen route commenced with an additional weekly frequency.

As per 30NOV10 GDS timetable and inventory display, Kenya Airways has made adjustments on 6 destinations it plans to launch (or resume). Affected

WestJet starting February 2011 continues to expand service to Sun destination, namely Orlando, Cancun, Montego Bay and Punta Cana, including 6 new

Turkish Airlines subsidiary Anadolujet has outlined its changes for S2011 which are listed below; Ankara – Amsterdam 01JUN11 – 29SEP11 Increase from 4

Saudi Airlines Cargo (Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo) has launched new service to Barcelona, where it operates service from both Jeddah and Riyadh on

UNI Air from 20DEC10 is launching 1 weekly Taichung – Ningbo service on board MD90 aircraft. The flight operates on Mondays. Also, parent company EVA

American Airlines has expanded codeshare service with the airberlin group, which now also includes Vienna-based NIKI. New codeshare routes covers

SriLankan Airlines has confirmed that it will commence service to Guangzhou from China, effective January 28 th, 2011. The service will be operated

Chinese low-cost operator Juneyao Airlines has announced new scheduled services from Shanghai (PVG) to Hong Kong effective December 17 th. The route

Skymark Airlines, the low-cost operator based in Japan has announced two new services set to commence next February. Effective Febraury1st, it will

Ras al-Khaimah based RAK Airways starting 15DEC10 is starting Ras al-Khaimah – Cairo service on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft, operating 3 times a