The most comprehensive global survey ever undertaken of passenger use of air transport self-service technology has found popular demand is now reaching out into non-traditional areas of self-service as airline passengers demonstrate their increasing ease with online, kiosk and mobile phone channels.
Norwegian Air Shuttle will open a base at Helsinki Vantaa with three aircraft, and launch two domestic and 11 new international routes to Copenhagen, Malaga, Nice, Chania, Rome, Barcelona, London Gatwick, Split and Alicante next summer. Domestic routes will begin March 31, 2011, whereas international routes will start in early-to mid-May. The four-times-daily HEL–Ouluand flights and daily HEL–Rovaniemi flights are the LCC’s first domestic services in Finland. The airline currently has domestic operations in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Australia's Jetstar will significantly increase its New Zealand domestic services by adding 39 weekly flights between Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Queenstown in February 2011. The airline said it will add two A320s in New Zealand to facilitate the flights, which will expand its weekly services within NZ to 119, giving it a market share of around 20%.
Greater Toronto Airports Authority late last month approved reductions Australian Competition and Consumer Commission rejected an application Development and Construction Contracts and Services