Airports & Networks

Ekaterinburg based Ural Airlines will begin non-stop services from its base in Russia to Vienna, Austria. The new Ekaterinburg to Vienna service is

Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, a Routesonline Enhanced Airport profile holder, will receive a new daily non-stop service from November linking the

Air Austral will launch twice-weekly Saint Denis-Bordeaux-Nantes service Feb. 10 aboard a 777. Delta Air Lines will launch daily Minneapolis St. Paul-Mexico City service Dec. 18 aboard an A319, subject to government approval. It also will extend daily MSP service to Paris Charles De Gaulle using a 767-300ER from seasonal to year-round and increase five-times-weekly MSP-London Heathrow service using a 767-400ER to daily for its winter schedule.

Dubai Airports announced that Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International, the emirate's new massive five-runway airport that is slated to become operational for passenger flights in the 2011 first quarter, has been cleared to commence cargo operations on June 27. It said the facility passed a series of operational tests conducted June 20 when an Emirates Airline 777-200F touched down following a flight from Hong Kong, marking the first live test of flight operations at the airport.

Qatar Airways announced that its expansion is continuing "with vigor" and it will launch five new routes from its base in Doha to Europe and Asia over a four-month period starting in October.

Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's premium service airline, has signalled its aim to develop services in the holiday and leisure sector with the appointment of a holidays product manager.

The first operational test flight into the new Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai took place yesterday evening.

Qatar Airways today announced its expansion programme was continuing with plans to launch six new routes in Europe and Asia from October 2010.

Flydubai launched its 20th destination today when its inaugural flight to Karachi, the city of lights, landed earlier this morning.

flydubai added the Syrian city of Latakia to its route yesterday. The airline's 19th destination makes Syria the second country, after Egypt, to welcome flydubai to three separate cities.

Colombian national carrier, Avianca has revealed plans to serve San Salvador. The carrier which recently merged with TACA will launch a daily A319

Qatar Airways has announced several new routes from its Doha base. The new routes consist of the following markets; From November 24th, a 3x weekly

Emirates Airlines has cancelled its proposed new service from Dubai to Baghad (Source AirlineRoute. Net). The planned thrice weekly route, which was

Skyteam member, Delta Air Lines will inaugurate new services from Minneapolis St Paul to Mexico City effective December 18th. The route will be

America's largest low cost carrier Southwest Airlines will begin three new route pairs across its domestic network with the inaugration of the

Budget carrier Norwegian will begin new non-stop flying from its Copenhagen base to Marrakech, Morocco. The service will begin from November 3rd and

Etihad Airways continues to expand its customer ground services with the launch of dedicated self service check-in kiosks at Abu Dhabi airport's Terminal 3. Etihad customers can now also use the kiosks at Terminal 1.

EgyptAir and Turkish Airlines signed an agreement yesterday to enhance their existing code share strategic cooperation by adding new city pairs starting immediately. The airlines say that the agreement will add more benefits to the customers of both carriers and will increase the transfer traffic in both carriers' hubs Cairo and Istanbul.

United Airlines launched its first-ever service to Africa over the weekend with a 767 flying from Washington Dulles to Accra. The service between the US and Ghanian capitals will be daily. "With the addition of service to Accra, United now offers customers nonstop service to points on six continents," Senior VP-Worldwide Sales and Marketing Jeff Foland said.

flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, has expanded its route network to the edge of Europe with the start of flights to Istanbul.

Governments around the world could learn from Dubai's aviation model to stem the flow of red ink and improve the financial sustainability of an industry that generates 8% of global GDP.

Southwest Airlines will launch a Los Angeles - New Orleans daily service from November 2010, using B737-300/-700 aircraft. Other airlines operating a

Japan Airlines has submitted an antitrust Immunity application to Japan's transport ministry, to co-operate more closely with American Airlines on

Tiger Airways has resumed service from Melbourne to Dawin today (Friday June 18) on a six-times weekly frequency. Earlier this year Tiger also began