Air Astanais launching thrice-weekly service from Almaty to Dushanbe Nov. 21 and Tashkent Dec. 2 as part of its strategy to further develop ALA into a regional hub ( ATW Daily News May 17). It will commence a twice-weekly TSE-Yekaterinburg service from Dec. 8 and weekly SCO-Istanbul flights from Nov. 28. Alaska Airlines will operate four-times-weekly 737-800 Portland, Ore-Kona service through April 9.
Colombia and the US officially signed an open skies agreement Nov. 11, which is scheduled to take effect in late 2012, US Dept. of Transportation announced Friday, making Colombia the 100th US open skies partner.
Air Astana, the flag carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is launching a series of new routes from Almaty, Astana and Aktau to destinations in Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkey during November and December
Bangkok Airways and airberlin and are strengthening their cooperation to allow airberlin passengers the option of a connecting flight from Bangkok to Phenom Penh/Cambodia on Bangkok Airways. Codeshare flights to Koh Samui, Chiang Mai and Phuket will remain in place. AB operates up to 14 weekly flights between Germany and Thailand. AirBaltic launched thrice-weekly service to Kittila from Riga and Tampere, which it will operate with a Bombardier Q400.