Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines will increase scheduled service from Istanbul Ataturk to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from a double daily to an 18x weekly, effective July

Tunisair has launched new services to London Gatwick. The carrier is operating a double drop service from Monastir/Djerba to London Gatwick, and a

Flydubai has just landed in Assiut- its third destination in Egypt and 16th route overall. It will operate three times a week and follows the carrier

Thomson Airlines is adding a further 15,000 seats on popular routes from Doncaster Sheffield Airport (UK) during summer 2011, the airport has

Oman's national carrier has just celebrated a new direct link from Muscat to Kuala Lumpur. Commenting on the launch, which culminated in a welcome

The Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority has granted Air Arabia an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) which will enable the airline to launch its new

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today released its monthly traffic report for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which shows the double-digit growth experienced since the start of 2010 is still holding strong.

UK-based regional airline Flybe will restart its seasonal service from Manchester to Rennes, France on Saturday (tomorrow). There will be two direct

The Flybe route between Manchester and Rennes will be opened this Saturday. This direct flight will operate from 22nd May until the 25th September

Dubai's first low cost airline, notched up its 15th destination last night when its inaugural flight to the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor took off from Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2.

Austrian Airlines has revealed that it will recommence services from its Vienna hub to Mumbai. It will operate a 5x weekly schedule from October 31st

Skymark Airlines will increase capacity on the trunk Tokyo Haneda to Okinawa sector. From July 16th the carrier will introduce a 6th daily rotation

US Airways will offer new regional services, with a new 18x weekly service from Boston Logan to Plattsburgh, New York state. US Airways will compete

Colombian carrier, Aires has announced that it will link the Colombian capital of Bogota with New York JFK. The new route will begin from June 25th

Our Miami-based sister publisher, AvNews rounds up the latest route news from Latin America and Caribbean. This week Copa boosts service to Cuba

This week Lufthansa's first A380 landed in Frankfurt amid celebrations; Delta got the go-ahead for Seattle-Beijing services; Afghanistan attracted a

Hainan Airlines has been granted regulatory approval to serve Toronto non-stop from Beijing. Air Canada currently dominates routes from its home

Turkish Airlines will begin a double-drop service from Istanbul to Entebbe, Uganda and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on June 13. Routes News reports on the

European LCC Jet2.com held over 80 pre-scheduled meetings with airports at Routes Europe this week. Janice Mather, its general manager for airports

Mandala Airlines begins its first international services next month to Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong from two Indonesian cities. It received (IATA)

Transaero recently announced that it plans to split its operations between Moscow Domodedovo (DME) and Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) with a large increase

Through merging its network and fleet with Air One, Alitalia no longer operates a dual hub strategy from Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino. It has

With Swaziland set to host Routes Africa at the end of May, Sikhuphe International Airport is well on way to construction. Routes News gives an

DHL has expanded its air network with an Aerologic route linking the UAE to Asia and Europe. The move follows increased demand from the UAE business community to facilitate growing trade between the UAE and its largest trading partner, China.