Airports & Networks

China Eastern and Shanghai Airlines starting 10SEP10 will launch a total of 2 Daily Shanghai Hongqiao - Hong Kong service. China Eastern Airbus A330

WestJet today (11AUG10) announced the launch of 6 new routes to the US and Mexico starting December 2010. These new service operates on seasonal basis

Frontier Airlines will launch six-times-weekly Des Moines-Denver service Oct. 24 aboard an E-190. WestJet will operate seasonal weekly service from Quebec City to Cancun (Dec. 11-April 30) and Ft. Lauderdale (Dec. 12-April 24). It will also operate weekly Saskatoon-Phoenix service Dec. 17-April 29 and weekly Edmonton-Orlando service Dec. 18-April 30, as well as twice-weekly Ottawa-Las Vegas service Dec. 9-April 28.

Etihad Airways is providing additional flights between Abu Dhabi and Jeddah during the Holy month of Ramadan.

Privately-owned Bangladeshi carrier GMG Airline launched flights from Dhaka to Jeddah on 8 August 2010 as part of its expansion into Saudi Arabia.

China Southern has added 4th weekly Urumqi - Tehran service this month, for the rest of 2010 Summer season. Over 10,000 O+D paxhave flown the route

As per 11AUG10 GDS timetable display, Gulf Air is maintaining 7 weekly frequencies on Bahrain - Kuala Lumpur service. This reverse previous adjustment

Air India from 31OCT10 is increasing Domestic trunk service out of Delhi, which coincides with its Delhi hub strategy that shifts most international

airberlin from 01NOV10 is adding 8 new routes. Routes and schedules below: Basel - Palma Mallorca eff 04NOV10AB9140 BSL1155 - 1340PMI 320 457AB9141

Porter Airlines which is based out of Toronto City Centre Airports, will ramp up capacity from YTZ to Newark from September 20th with the addition of

Virgin America has announced that it will begin new non-stop services to Dallas from its west coast bases of Los Angeles and San Francisco. It will

American Airlines flew 11.97 billion RPMs in July, a 2.7% year-over-year increase, while capacity rose 3.1% to 13.76 billion ASMs. Load factor fell 0.3 point to 87%. American Eagle Airlines operated 782.9 million RPMs in July, up 8.2%, against a 10.6% lift in capacity to 1.03 billion ASMs. Load factor dipped 1.7 points to 76.1%.

As per 10AUG10 GDS timetable and inventory display, EVA Air appears to be extending frequency reduction on Taipei - Brisbane route for entire Northern

As per 10AUG10 GDS timetable display, Air Canada is reducing planned Northern Winter 2010 frequencies on Toronto - Santiago de Chile - Buenos Aires

Effective 21NOV10, Cathay Pacific is increasing service to Brisbane and Cairns. There will be 7th weekly Cairns service and 11th weekly to Brisbane

Vietnam Airlines and KLM has launched codeshare service, covering service between Amsterdam and Ho Chi Minh. From 01SEP10, it'll begin unilateral

Ethiopian Airlines has temporarily cancelled service to Djibouti, due to the dispute between the airline and The Djiboutian Authority over the type of

RusLine has launched 3 weekly Moscow Domodedovo - Voronezh service with CRJ200 aircraft. The route is currently operated on a 30x weekly basis by

American Airlines starting 01OCT10 is placing its "AA" code on additional British Airways' European service. Additional routes being displayed with

The 17th Arabian Travel Market (ATM) took place in Dubai in May. The event attracted a massive 2000 products featuring more than 70 destinations, which cemented the region's importance globally for tourism and airlines. Marcelle Nethersole looked at four different areas of the world displaying at the show.

MEXICANA has announced it has reversed its decision to Cancel all European service. As per announcement on 09AUG10 1900CDG/10AUG10 0100GMT, the

Malaysia Airlines has selected Kota Kinabalu in Sabah as its eastern hub for onward travel to China, Taiwan, North Asia, Indonesia and Australia.

Duty Free retail turnover at Abu Dhabi International Airport grew 19% during the first half of 2010 to US $75 million, outperforming the airport's passenger growth of 11.7% over the same period. Furthermore, spend per passenger increased by 7.2% amounting to US $14.47.

Qatar Airways has expanded its operations to Egypt, with additional flights to both Alexandria and Luxor to commence over a four week period from August.