Airports & Networks

What is bmibaby's role for LH group? bmibaby - the low-fare subsidiary of Lufthansa owned BMI - is to serve Cologne and Munich from its key UK

China Airlines links London and Taipei China Airlines' lavish cocktail reception to mark its first landing into London attracted a large crowd of

First A380 service Manchester airport is to become the world's first regional gateway to operate a scheduled A380 service. Emirates will introduce the

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Qantas' low-cost subsidiary Jetstar operates an extensive domestic and regional network, with some international

King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) is the third largest international airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by passenger throughput. Located in

This week Qatar Airways' Doha to Incheon service no longer routes passengers via Osaka - marking the first non-stop between the two city pairs. Why

China Southern Airlines has announced plans to stimulate capacity to Hainan island in China. The tropical shores are its biggest draw -well-known to

Volaris continues to strengthen its position in the US. Next month, the Mexican carrier will serve San Jose in California from Guadalajara. Story by

Narita and Abu Dhabi become 'Sister Airports' Tokyo Narita and Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) have inked an agreement to become sister airports. It

Gulf Air confirmed the report in last week's Arabian Aerospace radio that the airline will be launching services two new destinations, Alexandria and Aleppo, from June 2010.

The Hub caught up with the face behind Air Asia X's growing low-cost long-haul network, Senthil Balan, strategy and planning. The budget carrier took

Gulf Air will commence non-stop flights from its base in Bahrain to the Syrian city of Aleppo. The new service will commence on June 17th and will be

Brazilian carrier GOL will operate its charter service from Rio de Janerio to Punta Cana on a scheduled basis commencing April 3rd. The route will be

Ryanair yesterday opened its 37th base at Oslo Rygge, from which it will operate three aircraft to 27 destinations. It intends to serve 1.7 million passengers per year at the airport.

American Airlines and Cape Air announced a codeshare deal under which AA will place its code on Cape flights from Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Quincy and Marion, Ill., to St. Louis, allowing Cape Air passengers to connect to an AA flight on a single ticket.

Emirates will begin operating one of its two daily Dubai-Manchester flights with a 517-seat A380 on Sept. 1, replacing the 777 that normally operates the route. "We have invested close to £10 million in upgrading the airfield and terminal. . .to accommodate the aircraft," MAN MD Andrew Cornish said. Emirates operates eight A380s to London Heathrow, Toronto Pearson, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Jeddah, Bangkok, Incheon, Sydney and Auckland.

Air China plans to deepen its cooperation with Shenzhen Airlines, in which it plans to acquire a majority stake, through the April 8 launch of a shuttle service between Beijing and Shenzhen. CA's CNY682.1 million bid to increase its share in Shenzhen to 51% still awaits government approval

Emirates Airlines has announced that from September 1st, its Dubai Manchester service will be operated with the worlds largest passenger airline the

Air Berlin will reduce its long haul fleet from 14 to 10 aircraft over the next two years as the carriers seeks to rationalise its network and focus

Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines will increase its current 5x weekly service from istanbul to Prague to a double daily service effective from May

Singapore Airlines has announced that it will launch a new 2x daily service to Tokyo Haneda. The new service will be operated from October 31 with

Carpatair will launch flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bergamo (five-times-weekly), Venice (six-times-weekly), Bologna (thrice-weekly) and Verona (thrice-weekly) on May 17.

After a period of operational testing, Zurich airport finally welcomed Singapore Airlines' first A380 service from Singapore yesterday - with an

Qatar Airways today announced that it will begin daily flights to Brazil and Argentina from June 24, marking the airline's first operations to South America.

Etihad Holidays has launched three new brochures for 2010, promoting holiday destinations to Abu Dhabi and across the UAE, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.