Airports & Networks

The new facility, to be called Terminal A, will have the capacity to handle 45 million annual passengers, Abu Dhabi International Airport says.

The main gateway to Guinea-Conakry, Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport is undergoing major expansion and modernization work to increase its capacity to 3 million passengers per year.

Smiths Detection HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX baggage screening system will be used across Indian airports.

Airlines are either being cancelled or diverted from Gabon following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo and his elected government in a coup d'état.

IndiGo has launched direct exclusive connectivity between Delhi and Itanagar, starting from October 2, 2023.

Malaysia Airlines is increasing its Indian network to nine destinations, taking capacity to the country above 2019 levels.

A selection of 50 new routes starting in September 2023, including flights being launched by Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways and JetBlue Airways.

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

The latest reductions follow airlines agreeing in 2022 to decrease hourly operations from 61 per hour to 52.

In a joint statement, the three organizations condemn the proposed cuts under the country’s caretaker government.

Gulf-area majors and LCCs are expanding their CIS networks.

Alliance members add intercontinental routes

Flydubai will become the second carrier to connect Dubai and Mombasa, Kenya.

Air France has suspended flights to and from Gabon following the military coup in the West African country.

Traffic handled by Texas' Austin-Bergstrom International, which opened in 1999, has more than tripled over the last two decades.

Flydubai is to launch flights to Mombasa from 17 January 2024.

IATA is urging Mexico’s government to engage with the industry prior to unilaterally deciding to further reduce capacity at Mexico City International (MEX).

Emirates will introduce a new complimentary bus service for its Economy Class passengers arriving in Tokyo-Haneda Airport, starting from 1 September.

India’s Civil Aviation Ministry says the agreement signed with New Zealand covers “new routes, codeshare services, traffic rights and capacity entitlement.”

The route to Argentina is the first international service secured since CCR Aeroportos took over the concession of Navegantes International Airport in 2021.

Ho Chi Minh City-Perth is currently unserved, but will have two operators by the end of the year.

Miguel Ángel Perez, brand and markets director at Visit Valencia, outlines the city's growth ambitions and its network targets throughout Europe.

The daily flights Tokyo Haneda, to be operated from Oct. 28 with a Boeing 767-300ER, restart a route Delta Air Lines flew before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Airport authorities in Ghana are planning for an upsurge in services following the opening of a new terminal at Tamale International Airport.

"I fear we will see a continuing failure to improve the reliability, cost efficiency, and environmental performance of air traffic control," IATA's Willie Walsh said.