Airports & Networks

Shandong Airlines yesterday launched a 2x weekly Jinan - Urumqi - Karshi service. The Boeing 737-800 flight will also carry Air China's "CA" code

Singapore Airlines from 01NOV10 is increasing Singapore - Osaka Kansai service from 7 to 10 weekly. It is currently the only carrier operating the

Ryanair announced it will open its eighth base in Spain at Seville in November with two 737-800s and 29 routes. There will be 10 new routes to Bari, Eindhoven, London Gatwick, Marseille, Palma, Paris Beauvais, Santiago, Valencia, Venice Treviso and Zaragoza. The LCC will offer over 250 weekly return flights to/from Seville. It said it aims to increase its passenger traffic at the airport to 1.5 million.

China Southern Airlines is stepping up its efforts to make gains in the Western cargo market by expanding its cargo fleet and adding international routes.

American Airlines from 18NOV10 is adding 3 additional new routes, operated by American Eagle: New York JFK - Cincinnati, New York JFK - Indianapolis

Iceland Express from 18DEC10 is offering Reykjavik - Innsbruck flight with Boeing 737-700 aircraft. There is currently no carrier operating the route

Iceland Express in October 2010 (02OCT10 - 24OCT10 only) is launching 1 weekly Reykjavik - Orlando Sanford service with Boeing 737-700. Iceland

DELTA once again will be canceling Los Angeles - Hartford, where it is to operate last flight on 30SEP10, after 3 months of service resumption (posted

Airmalta from 31OCT10 is launching 2 weekly Malta - Milan Linate service with Airbus A319 or A320. Air Malta already serves Malpensa on a 6x weekly

Dragonair will resume daily Hong Kong-Fukuoka service Oct. 31 aboard an A320. Delta Air Lineswill launch twice-weekly Detroit-Sao Paulo service Oct. 21 aboard a 767-300ER, eventually increasing to five-times-weekly. The route must be approved by the US Dept. of Transportation.

Manchester, 23 July 2010 Routes is pleased to announce that the voting for this year's World Routes Airport Marketing Awards is officially open. Once

easyJet will begin non-stop services from Amsterdam to Barcelona on a daily basis effective October 31st. easyJet will compete on the route with three

Dragonair is strengthening its position between Hong Kong and Japan by resuming direct services to Fukuoka. The service will restart on a daily basis

Spirit Airlines from 11NOV10 is introducing Daily Chicago O'Hare - Las Vegas service. Also, from 03MAR11, it will launch Daily Chicago O'Hare -

As per 23JUL10 GDS timetable display, Singapore Airlines is restoring Daily frequencies on Singapore - Los Angeles NONSTOP service. IATA BSP data

S7 Airlines from 02OCT10 launches bi-weekly Khabarovsk - Bangkok service with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. It is the only non-stop link between the city

AirAsia in September will increase service from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Terengganu (thrice-daily to nine-times-daily), Kota Bharu (six-times-daily to 12-times-daily), Langkawi (seven-times-daily to 11-times-daily), Solo (daily to five-times-daily), Yogyakarta (daily to thrice-daily), Medan (four-times-daily to six-times-daily) and Surabaya (four-times-daily to eight-times-daily). Spirit Airlines will launch daily Chicago O'Hare service to Las Vegas(Nov. 11) and Atlantic City(March 3).

Airbus had the competitive edge among the stack of aircraft orders this week, winning a total of 130 contracts, with a list price of $13 billion

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) has proven it can rise to any challenge after successfully handling 83.5% more passengers during the

Seville Becomes Ryanair's 44th Base Ryanair announced on Thursday (July 22) it will open its 44 th base at Seville airport in November. A largely

INTRO: The national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, was established by a royal decree in 2003. The airline is based in Abu Dhabi

ETIHAD TO BEGIN INCHEON FLIGHTS Etihad will begin services to Seoul's Incheon International Airport from December 10. The new service will be operated

VIRGIN AMERICA HEADS TO FLORIDA Virgin America will begin its first scheduled services to Orlando (MCO) linking the Florida destination from its West

A NORTHERN STRATEGY Jet2.com's new routes reflect the carrier's overall strategy of serving sunshine and city break markets from its northern UK bases

US Airways has applied for permission to serve São Paulo from its Charlotte hub in South Carolina using B767-200ER equipment from January 10, 2011