Airports & Networks

Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, is making a major bet on the resilience of leisure travel in a post-pandemic world.

The deadline for Kuwaiti ground handler National Aviation Services (NAS) to formalize its takeover plans for Scottish ground handler John Menzies has been extended to March 20, relieving the pressure of an original March 9 cut-off.

Southwest Airlines wants to add more gates to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU), from which it launched international flights in 2015 after building a new terminal.

AirJapan will serve destinations more than four hours away from its base at Tokyo Narita.

Emirates has signed MoU with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.

The carrier last operated flights on the route in 2016.

The Houston City Council says it will make an initial down payment of $20 million for the airport upgrade.

Longer flight routes to avoid Russian airspace, as well as a higher price for jet fuel, will drive up costs.

The airline is hiking capacity in response to growing travel demand and the loosening of restrictions.

United and Delta are both looking to acquire U.S.-South Africa frequencies, which are limited under the current air services agreement between the countries.

The French destination is one of five the carrier plans to launch or relaunch in its summer 2022 schedule.

The new carrier takes flight this month providing Aer Lingus-branded regional flying.

Dubai Airports is launching the new Dubai Airports Women’s Network (DAWN), a dedicated platform to empower, inspire, connect women in aviation.

Etihad Airways has announced a new European destination this summer with the introduction of flights to the French city of Nice from 15 June.

Kenya Airways plans a route network review programme that will affect a few of the routes in its network.

Routes hears how the US Virgin Islands has become the fastest-growing territory for total capacity in the Americas.

United hopes to begin flying between Washington and Cape Town from November but will face competition for the available weekly frequencies under the US-South Africa air services agreement.

Governments are once again working to facilitate travel now omicron fears have subsided.

The Malaysia-based LCCs plan to activate more of their fleets when the country reopens its borders.

As the World Defense Show opens its doors, TATV is there to host this week's rapid run around the region's aerospace high spots.

The closure of Russian airspace to Finnish airlines is hitting Finnair hard as the majority of the flag-carrier’s pre-COVID revenues came from long-haul flights to Asia that overfly Russian territory.

Korean Air has become the latest carrier to suspend its flights to Moscow since the Ukraine conflict began, while Japanese airlines are extending their cancelation of most European flights.

Juan Carlos Zuazua says the carrier is ready to expand Mexico-US service as soon as it is allowed to.

The carriers are growing a partnership that began in 2020.

Merger partner Frontier Airlines already has crew bases at both airports.