Airports & Networks

There are opportunities and risks for airlines in the Central Asian air transport market, which is primed for growth.

The carrier is growing its New York market presence using the A321LR.

Boston, São Paulo and Caracas are among the destinations gaining additional flights.

There will be more flights to Tokyo alongside the return of Osaka.

Lilihill Group will become the first customer of Flite, the new EU-based subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, which is soon to launch CRJ900 operations.

Amid threatened strikes and weather warnings, European airlines remain hopeful that the busy holiday season will proceed smoothly.

The LCC intends to continue broadening its international network as it waits for China to fully reopen.

Dubai International (DXB) has added a new African destination to its network of 200 plus international destinations with the launch of Kenya Airways’ inaugural service from the coastal city of Mombasa.

Emirates is adding a fourth flight between Bangkok and Dubai from 1 January 2023.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The airport is expecting to end 2022 with 3 million passengers and return to pre-pandemic levels of around 5 million passengers from 2024.

The carrier has cautioned that failure to repatriate funds from Malawi will lead to the suspension of operations to the southeast African nation.

The airline’s summer 2023 plans include changes to its European and Asian networks.

Etihad Airways is relaunching its Kolkata route as well as increasing frequencies to New York.

Emirates is celebrating the re-opening of the Emirates Lounge in Concourse C, Dubai International Airport – the 7th Dubai lounge to reopen after the pandemic.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has commenced operations on the exciting new route of Abu Dhabi to the ancient city of Samarkand, the second largest city in Uzbekistan located at the crucible of cultures and religions.

Ethiopian Airlines will resume direct services to Singapore on 25 March 2023. The flight will be operated four times a week with the ultramodern B787 Dreamliner.

NEXT50, an Abu Dhabi based technology company, is well underway to delivering the first phase of the biometric initiative at Abu Dhabi international Airport.

The Chinese carrier plans to start six new services over the coming weeks as international capacity from mainland China continues to creep higher.

Airlines are focusing on SAF as the most realistic short-term solution for cutting their emissions, but supply and certification present challenges.

DEN in 2022 opened 16 new gates for the Dallas Love Field-based airline.

Routes to Miami, Toronto and Shanghai are being evaluated as the carrier looks to add a third Airbus A330 to its fleet.

The recovery outlook for 2023 is promising, although key challenges remain.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The UK has pushed back plans to ease the rules governing the quantity of liquids passengers can take on board airliners.