Airports & Networks

Air Premia will increase nonstop connectivity between Seoul and San Francisco once flights launch in May.

Turkish Airlines is continuing its route expansion strategy by adding Melbourne in Australia to its route network.

Airports across the world have been expanding and improvising their security regime and devoting wider resources to make the systems and processes smoother.

Eurocontrol expects the number of flights in 2024 to reach 98% of pre-pandemic levels, with some months set for the same or higher numbers than 2019.

Aer Lingus is seeking to appeal a local government decision to grant Ryanair planning permission to develop Hangar 7 in Dublin.

Bangkok becomes IndiGo's 14th international destination served from Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

Turkish Airlines will make its long-awaited debut in Australia in March, operating via Singapore.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Malaysia Aviation Group Managing Director Datuk Captain Izham bin Ismail has joined the Routes Asia 2024 conference programme as a keynote speaker.

Frontier, which operates 14 nonstop routes from SJU, expects to base as many as 90 pilots and 200 flight attendants at the airport within a year of its opening.

Virgin Australia has entered a new partnership with turboprop operator Link Airways that will allow Virgin to expand its domestic regional network.

LCC AirAsia is planning further growth in the Indian market following Malaysia’s decision to relax visa-entry requirements for Indian nationals.

Turkish Airlines has launched its annual winter sales campaign in the Americas from January 17 to February 7, 2024.

Serco Middle East has been accepted by the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) to become an authorised Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) training authority in Saudi Arabia.

Flydubai has inaugurated its operations to Mombasa in Kenya.

Menzies Aviation has entered a joint venture with Sociedade Gestora de Aeroportos to deliver cargo and lounge services at Luanda International Airport.

Saudi Arabia is on course to welcome an estimated 30 million overnight tourists this year, according to research conducted by Oxford Economics on behalf of ICAEW.

British Airways plans to “densify” seating on the Embraer E190 fleet of one of its short-haul subsidiaries, BA CityFlyer.

Investors controlling 35% of London Heathrow Airport’s parent company have decided to join Ferrovial in selling their shares.

Airlink is to reinstate direct flights between Durban and Bloemforntein from 26 February, 2024.

Plans to build a new international terminal and upgrade the runway at Newcastle Airport, Australia, are set for completion in 2025.

The Qantas Group is expanding its use of Embraer regional jets on thinner international routes, with a new flight from Darwin, Australia, to Singapore.

The Jan. 16 ruling leaves the door open for the defendant airlines “to take another run at a merger at any time.”

Spanish carrier Iberia has put forward a proposal to spin-off its ground handling activities into a new company, resulting in 1,727 voluntary redundancies.

T&E’s calculations show air transport’s emissions in France could be cut 4.5%, up from barely 1%, if the duration threshold was increased to 5 hr.