flydubai has announced it is to add Sulaimaniyah in Iraq and Yerevan in Armenia to its list of routes taking Dubai's first low cost airline's network to 26 destinations.
United Airlines launched a second daily Los Angeles–Mexico City flight Oct. 15 and will launch a third daily flight on the route Jan. 4. It will increase weekly Chicago O’Hare–MEX service to twice-daily Nov. 4, daily San Francisco–MEX flights to twice-daily Nov. 4, and will operate daily Denver–MEX service Dec. 16-Jan. 3. All flights will be operated with A319s and A320s.
Lufthansa said it will operate an average of 12,218 flights per week this winter, up 3.5% from 11,803 flights in last year’s winter period. Beginning Oct. 31, LH will offer flights to 197 destinations in 85 countries, compared to last year’s 191 destinations in 78 countries. The three latest additions to the route network are five-times-weekly Frankfurt–Bogota service using A340-300s and five-times-weekly FRA–Pointe Noire service via Libreville with a wet-leased 737-800. It will also operate twice-daily Munich–Luxembourg service with CRJ700s.
Air transport IT provider SITA has today announced details of a high tech acquisition designed to put it in a leading position in the area of mobile resource management solutions for efficient airport operations.
RAK Airways has increased the frequency of its Calicut flights to meet high passenger demand. Effective October 31st, 2010 the carrier will offer five flights a week to Calicut departing from Ras Al Khaimah International Airport at 1610.
Swiss International Air Lines announced it will operate an additional 130 weekly flights this winter compared to the year-ago period, owing to strong market demand. In total it will offer 2,894 weekly flights serving 72 destinations in 39 countries with a fleet of 87 aircraft (including eight that are wet-leased). Compared to the prior-year period, European flying will increase by 6% while the intercontinental network will see its capacity raised by 15%.
ANA reached agreement with seven airlines to codeshare on 11 routes and 44 frequencies daily from Tokyo Haneda beginning Oct 31. The deals involve fellow Star Alliance members Air Canada, Air China, Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways, as well as EVA Airways and Malaysia Airlines. ANA said the additional codeshare services effectively double the daily flight frequencies it can offer from HND after it opens for international services later this month. The codeshares will expand its route network by a third, it added.
