Airports & Networks

Air Malta has announced that it will launch new non-stop scheduled flights to Damascus, Syria. The route will be commenced from June 7 thru September

AirBerlinwill launch service from Berlin Tegel to Dubai (thrice-weekly), Miami (twice-weekly) and Mombasa (weekly) aboard an A330-200 it will station at the airport to operate the new flights. AirTran Airwayslaunched four-times-weekly Atlanta-Tunica, Miss., service Delta Air Lines will launch daily Oakland-Atlanta service July 10 aboard a 757-200. AirAsia X launched four-times-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Mumbai service aboard an A330.

US Dept. of Transportation on Friday tentatively proposed awarding two of four routes at Tokyo Haneda available under the new US-Japan open skies agreement to Delta Air Lines for services from Los Angeles and Detroit. It also proposed granting one route to American Airlines for service from New York JFK to the downtown airport and one to Hawaiian Airlines from Honolulu. It rejected applications from Continental Airlines, Continental Micronesia and United Airlines. United and Continental announced a merger agreement a week ago.

Kenya Airways has begun a three-times weekly service from Nairobi to Muscat with a 737-800 aircraft. The flights depart on Mondays, Wednesdays and

Lithuanian low-cost air carrier Star1 Airlines will lease a second Boeing 737-300 from the aviation company "Aurela" for additional flights chartered

Air Southwest has cut its services betwen Plymouth and Newquay and London City Airport, citing a lack of volume traffic and the volcanic ash crisis

Air Berlin has announced three new routes for the winter schedule. From Berlin Tegel, the carrier will serve Mombasa (Weekly), Miami (twice a week)

Vietnam Airlines aims to start flights between Hanoi and Tam Ky on the central coast and resume services between Hanoi and Vinh in northern Vietnam

South Africa's Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) is preparing for the World Cup, which kicks off in just a few weeks, and will then be

This week the two loss making carriers United and Continental announced they will consolidate into the world's largest carrier. Routes News looks back

Five air service developments not to miss this week include flydubai's first Pakistani service; disappointment for Devon and Cornwall after losing a

First Air Jamaica; Will Liat be Next? Caribbean Airlines' takeover of Air Jamaica was finalised this week and Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister has

Colombia's flag carrier is reporting healthy traffic growth, Argentina attracts a new airline, major foreign carriers show interest in Colombia and a

Nasair, a Saudi Arabian LCC, this week announced its expansion strategy in India, with flights to Mumbai, Kochi, Kozhikode [Calicut] and New Delhi

Tiger Airways Singapore began services in September 2004 and is Singapore's biggest low-cost airline today, serving 21 destinations across nine

African airlines are developing greater internal continent links and also seeing a massive development of global routes via the Gulf hubs. These subjects will be covered in depth at the fifth annual route development networking forum which this year is hosted by Sikhuphe International Airport in Swaziland from the 30th May – 1st June.

... YOUR PASSENGER FRIENDLY AIRPORT AND EUROPE'S FUTURE CARGO HUB In 2007, Leipzig/Halle Airport celebrated its 80th anniversary and is thus one of

Abu Dhabi Airports Co. appointed James Bennett CEO. Bennett will retire as president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, operator of Washington National and Dulles airports, on May 8 after holding the position for 14 years.

reported 2009 net income of €35 million ($46.6 million), down 10.3% from a €39 million profit in 2008, on a 2.9% drop in revenue to €224.1 million. Passenger throughput dipped 4.8% year-over-year to 12.23 million. "We have managed to hold our course in 2009, generating a satisfying profit in a difficult year,” CEO Michael Eggenschwiler said. "Traffic figures already recovered in November and December 2009. The first quarter of 2010 brought with it 5.8% growth in passenger numbers. And so we are looking ahead with cautious optimism."

rose 7.6% in March compared to March 2009 to 279.8 million arriving and departing passengers, according to Airport Council International's PaxFlash traffic report. Domestic traffic climbed 5.6% to 150.1 million passengers while international traffic enjoyed double-digit growth, up 10.1% to 127.5 million. Airfreight also continued to recover, with total traffic up 25.6% to 6.1 million tonnes. International airfreight leaped 32.4% to 4 million tonnes and domestic climbed 14.6% to 1.8 million tonnes.

Fraport and its partners in the Northern Capital Gateway consortium took over the operations of St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport...

Durban International Airport closed for commercial services at the end of April and all airline operations serving South Africa's third-largest city were moved to the new ZAR7.9 billion ($1.08 billion) King Shaka International, which commenced operations May 1. The move was made in anticipation of the influx of visitors coming for next month's World Cup. The former airport had served the city since 1955.