Airports & Networks

Air Arabia has formally opened its Egyptian division (Air Arabia Egypt) and begun its first flight to Khartoum, Sudan from its new Alexandria base

Wataniya Airways has set off on its first flight from Kuwait to Vienna - its 11th new destination in the network. The airline's CEO, George Cooper

Air France, KLM and the Jetstar Group of Airlines (Jetstar, Jetstar Asia/Valuair and Jetstar Pacific) have entered into a strategic interline

Riga International airport has baked two cakes today - one to celebrate airBaltic's new Madrid service and the other to open the carrier's new service

Latvia's national carrier, airBaltic today (Wednesday) began serving Madrid - the start of four weekly flights using its 737 aircraft. Pictured from

Air Asia yesterday launched 1 Daily Kota Kinabalu - Hong Kong service with Airbus A320. The Malaysian low-cost carrier recently posted a 10% growth in

Qantas will introduce daily A380 service between Melbourne and London Heathrow and six-times-weekly A380 flights between Melbourne and Los Angele as its eighth, ninth and tenth A380s are delivered by the end of the 2011 first quarter. The services are expected to be launched by March 2011. Qantas has six A380s in service and expects to take delivery of its seventh in the final quarter of 2010, enabling Sydney-LHR A380 services to go daily.

Etihad Airways has commenced non-stop flights from its home base in Abu Dhabi to Erbil, becoming the first UAE carrier to operate to northern Iraq.

Jordanian airline, Royal Falcon Airlines, has begun direct flights from Marka Airport, Amman to Abu Dhabi International Airport, twice weekly, from today.

Oman Air has announced a new partnership with Hertz,the world's largest general use car rental company, to provide members of its Sindbad Frequent Flyer Programme with access to special offers and best available rates in the airline's key destination markets.

Brisbane will now have direct flights to China when operating carrier China Southern starts services there from Guangzhou, starting November 1. The

Lufthansa has announced its return to Colombia's capital, Bogota on October 31 after an eight year hiatus. The carrier will fly the route fives times

Tiger Airways has announced that its two deliveries for A320s will be brought forward from the next financial year to the current one, which ends in

Ryanair has reported full year profits of €319 million after tax - over three times that of last year's €105 million profit. In a press conference

AirAsia is making its next step towards establishing a joint venture in Vietnam by applying for an AOC to operate there. Earlier this year, the

Chilean carrier Sky Airline has begun flying the first of two new A320-200s, which will enable it to increase international routes throughout Latin

Qantas is phasing in more A380 capacity from Melbourne and will offer a daily A380 service to London by March next year. The carrier also plans to fly

Entebbe International Airport in Uganda grabbed the limelight during the regional heat of the Airport Marketing Awards during the Gala Dinner held at

African aviation stakeholders will only have themselves to blame for the lack of air service development in the continent, if the unwillingness in

Gulf Air today announced the launch of regular services to three new destinations - the Holy City of Medina in Saudi Arabia, Alexandria in Egypt and Aleppo in Syria all starting in June. F While in the past the airline has operated flights to Alexandria and Aleppo as part of its summer schedule, the airline has never flown to Medina before.

Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation is preparing a set of regulations for the air transportation market in Kuwait, to govern relations between airlines and travel agents, as well as standardising booking systems and passengers.

TunisAir has begun a twice weekly route between Djerba and London

The Gulf carriers’ explosive effect on traffic growth between Africa and China was the topic of discussion at Routes Africa at the Royal Swazi Spa in

Routes Africa gets underway in an hour at the Royal Swazi Spa in Swaziland’s Ezulwini Valley, with ASM’s Gordon Bevan leading a Route Development

Hainan Airlines is seeing a marked improvement in the China-Europe market, with both demand and yield showing growth, GM-Europe Liang Pubin told this website Friday in Brussels as the carrier launched thrice-weekly BRU-Shanghai Pudong service. Demand for all airlines on China-Europe routes increased 30% in the first quarter compared to the year-ago period, he said, adding, "Hainan witnessed a traffic increase higher than that…Yield is coming back also."