Airports & Networks

The new nonstop to New Orleans begins October 7, 2010. AirTran operates a Boeing 717 with 117 seats and a Boeing 737 that seats 137 in mixed class

Ryanair has annouced that it will launch a new base from Barcelona El Prat Airport in Septermber wih twenty new destinations, linking bases from

Flydubai will launch four weekly flights from its Dubai hub to Colombo - starting June 23. Sri Lanka's capital is the airline's 21st destination to be

German charter carrier Condor, will begin a new weekly service to Kochi, India, beginning this Winter. From November 1st it will launch B757 service

Taipei based China Airlines will now fly daily from Taipei to Nagoya from August 31st. Service had been reduced to a 5x weekly route in September 2009

Skyteam member Aeromexico will begin a new scheduled non-stop link to Miami, with the introduction of a daily flight from Monterrey to Miami which

Delta Air Lines has announced that it plans to commence a new scheduled service from its hub in Atlanta to Monrovia, Liberia effective September 4th

Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia is putting together the final touches to launch its Air Arabia Egypt brand with the first flights due to begin in the next two weeks.

Taiwan's CAA on Monday (24MAY10) has announced the results of slots distribution for 14 weekly Taipei Sung Shan - Shanghai Hongqiao service. Results

Colombian national carrier, Avianca, will introduce a second daily service from its Bogota hub to Mexico City effective July 1st. The route is

In the wake of the new UK coalition government, scrapping plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport, London Stansted, the third London

Pacific Blue will add a fourth permanent weekly link between Auckland and Raratonga, from July. The airline's CEO, Mark Pitt said that the airline

Skyteam member China Southern will add non-stop service from Zhengzhou to the Korean capital of Seoul. The route begins on May 27th and will be

Ryanair last week opened its 42nd base, at Malta, with one 737 and 19 routes. It will serve Bari, Billund, Bologna, Bournemouth, Bremen, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Girona, Krakow, Leeds, London Luton, Marseille, Pisa, Seville, Stockholm Skavsta, Trapani, Valencia and Venice Treviso from the base. EgyptAir will begin operating its evening nonstop service from Dubai to Cairo with its new 777-300ER starting on June 18.

Airlines flying between mainland China and Taiwan will be permitted to add 100 weekly cross-straits flights as well as two destinations beginning June 14 under an agreement reached May 22 between aviation authorities in Beijing and Taipei.

Northwest Florida Beaches International, located near Panama City on Florida's Gulf Coast, opened last weekend, the first publicly owned commercial service airport to be built in the US in the last 15 years ( ATWOnline, Dec. 1).

Turkish Airlines is developing a strategy to make it an obvious hub for passengers between Africa and either Asia or Europe.

Flydubai landed in Assiut early this morning, marking the start of operations to its third Egyptian destination and sixteenth route overall.

EgyptAir is to begin utilising its brand new Boeing B777-300ER aircraft on the evening service from Dubai to Cairo starting June 18th.

Royal Jordanian is to resume its regular flights to the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on 2 June, after a seven-year suspension.

Gulf Air is offering its passengers to Frankfurt a new special incentive - free rail travel to anywhere in Germany on arrival. The airline has also agreed discount rail connection tickets in London.

Moscow's second largest airport in terms of seat capacity, Moscow Sheremetyevo will have a new scheduled service from Casablanca from November 2nd