Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has described as “exceptional” its growth in Latin America since launching five months ago.

Emirates will be increasing its commitment to Switzerland on 1st June 2011 with the launch of non-stop, daily flights between Dubai and Geneva.

For further analysis on selected stories visit our Breaking News section on Routesonline. Source: airlineroute.net 1 Dec 2010 KLM launch Amsterdam –

Dubai based Emirates has announced that it will commence new non-stop daily services to Geneva in 2011. Effective June 1 st, Emirates will operate

AFRICA TO CHINA: A BOUYANT MARKET South African Airways does not currently operate any non-stop services to China and such service seems long overdue

LOOKING TO COMPETE WITH US AIRWAYS? SkyTeam member Delta Air Lines has announced that it will add a twice-daily service to New Orleans which will

Bmibaby currently links Belfast International with each of its four UK based operations in Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands and Manchester

Regional operator Helvetic Airways which announced services to Cardiff earlier this year, has also revealed that effective April 22 nd, 2011 it will

Emirates starting 01JUN11 is launching Daily Dubai – Geneva service on board Boeing 777-200LR/-300ER aircraft. Geneva is Emirates’ 2nd destination in

Low-cost operator Westjet has announced scheduled expansion from Halifax with four new seasonal routes to the Caribbean. It will inaugurate non-stop

KLM has also revealed plans to add new non-stop service to Xiamen in China, which will be its fifth destination in China. The route will start March

Finnair said it was able to carry 40% of its normal amount of passengers during a cabin staff strike on Wednesday. Around 30% of AY flights have been operated. SAS announced incoming President and CEO Rickard Gustafson will take over the position on Feb. 1, 2011. It previously had been announced that he would take over no later than March 1. Outgoing President and CEO Mats Jansson left the position Oct. 1 and Deputy CEO John Dueholm will continue as acting president and CEO until Feb. 1, 2011.

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