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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."

Low Cost operator, Spirit Airlines has announced that it will add a new 3x weekly service from its base in Fort Lauderdale, to Barranquilla, Colombia

Continental Airlines Announces New Services to Auckland Continental Airlines today announced new services from its Houston hub to Auckland, New

UK based operator Flybe has announced that it will add a second route from Kent International Airport with a 6x weekly connection to Manchester/ The

Garuda Indonesia from 23JUL10 is resuming Daily NONSTOP Jakarta - Perth service with Boeing 737-800, consequently existing service from Bali to Perth

Japan Airlines and China Eastern Airlines expanded their codeshare agreement to include daily CEA-operated flights from Shanghai Pudong to Xi'an, Wuhan and Shenzhen as of June 3. They also will increase the frequency of existing Shanghai codeshare routes to Chengdu and Chongqing from four-times-daily to nine-times-daily. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentessaid its Varig subsidiary will launch weekly Sao Paulo Guarulhos-Bridgetown, Barbados, service June 26.

Links Restored With Cairo Cairo-based Egyptair is making a comeback to Copenhagen on October 1, on a route that was dropped in 2004, and will be the

Having established itself as the largest carrier in Boston, JetBlue continues its growth there recently announcing new non-stop service to Phoenix

Tiger Airways Holdings' CEO, Tony Davis recently publicly announced that the airline is evaluating international markets within a five hour range of

Start-up charter carrier AirExplore aims to base itself in Bratislava with a B737-400. Slovakia's capital has lost capacity since bankrupt SkyEurope

"L'Oiseau Blanc" ("The White Bird") Lands in Deauville. CityJet's ceremony in Deauville to mark its first leisure service, which set off from London

The essential route development update from Latin America and the Caribbean from our Miami-based sister publisher, AvNews. This week: American

EgyptAir is to add to its claim to be the preferred hub linking Europe with Africa as a Star Alliance partnerby operning a new route between Cairo and Copenhagen

New "Three Pillar" Network Strategy Based at Italy's Milan-Malpensa Airport, Lufthansa Italia now flies to 15 destinations in 10 countries and

Entebbe International Airport (EIA) is the principal international airport and gateway to Uganda. Located near the shores of Lake Victoria, and about

Effective July 5th, Aeromexico will begin a daily Mexico City to Bogota,Colombia. The route will be operated with B737 equipment and will compete on

QANTAS from 01JUL10 launches up to 2 Daily Cairns - Port Moresby service with Dash8Q-400. This route is to be operated by Sunstate Airlines under

Delta Air Lines will begin a new 3x daily scheduled service from New York, La Guardia (LGA) to Nashville (Tennessee). The Skyteam member will begin

Indonesian carrier Batavia Air has launched new routes to Saudi Arabia. From May 23rd the carrier has commenced scheduled operations to Jeddah and

Aeromexico will increase its current 2x weekly service from the Mexican capital to New Orleans (MSY) to a 6x weekly service from Mexico City. The