ASIG renewed its agreement with Midwest Airlines to provide aircraft deicing services at Milwaukee General Mitchell International. It has provided Midwest with the service since 2001.
Cancun will open a $67 million second runway on Oct. 10, upping its capacity to 28 million passengers annually. It also will open a new control tower standing more than 315 ft. tall.
A coalition of British aviation interests has today published a new interim Departures Code of Practice to help cut aircraft emissions by reducing fuel burn from aircraft at airports, which will also improve noise and local air quality.
Delta Air Lines reached agreement with the City of Atlanta yesterday to extend its lease at Atlanta Hartsfield International, its headquarters hub, through 2017. The pact is subject to finalization of definitive documents and approval by the Atlanta City Council and DL's board.
Swiss International Air Lines will launch a twice-weekly service between Geneva and Manchester Dec. 20. Jet2.com announced four new routes from Manchester: Four-times-weekly to Prague starting April 1 and twice-weekly to Dubrovnik (April 29), Split (May 8) and Reus (May 25). The LCC will operate 28 routes from MAN in the 2010 summer, including nine new routes.
AirBaltic launched four-times-weekly flights from Lappeenranta to Tallinn continuing to Riga using 737s. It also started Turku-Tallinn service. Flydubai will launch its first intra-Gulf States route Oct. 18 with twice-daily flights between Dubai and Doha. SilkAir will take over Singapore Airlines' daily service between Singapore and Penang from Dec. 1. As a result, the SIA regional affiliate that already offers twice-daily service on the route will up its offering to thrice-daily.
Etihad Airways' chief executive James Hogan said today that the United States of America remains a largely untapped market for Etihad Airways and spoke of how the airline's new Chicago service is set to become an important driver to the airline's future growth.
Etihad Airways' chief executive James Hogan said today that the United States of America remains a largely untapped market for Etihad Airways and spoke of how the airline's new Chicago service is set to become an important driver to the airline's future growth.
Dubai low cost carrier flydubai has rocked the regional airline market in the Gulf by announcing today that it is to begin low-cost flights between Gulf states
