Airports & Networks

American Airlines is to buy a minority stake in Brazil’s GOL as it seeks to better compete against Delta Air Lines and its regional partner LATAM.

Sri Lanka’s flag-carrier is returning to the Colombo-Paris market at the same time as Air France is preparing to enter it.

Additional frequencies are being added by the Japanese carrier on select international routes as passenger traffic recovers.

Air Seychelles has confirmed that the national flag carrier will reinstate commercial passenger services between Johannesburg and the Seychelles effective 26 September, 2021.

The carrier cites ‘soaring vaccination rates’ in Cuba as one reason why it is restarting flights to the island nation.

The grounded airline is endeavoring to secure airport slots and lease aircraft.

Transavia France is adding a sixth new route from Paris Orly for the winter season.

A slew of sustainability initiatives continues to be rolled out by the aviation industry as the opening of United Nation’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow at the end of October draws closer.

Ireland’s Cork Airport (ORK) has brought forward a major reconstruction of its sole jet-capable runway, taking advantage of much lower traffic levels during the pandemic.

A research project to improve the sustainability of airports by eliminating emissions and waste, led by Royal Schiphol Group, has been awarded €25 million ($29.5 million) in funding by the European Commission.

Emirates will introduce the first scheduled commercial Airbus A380 service to Istanbul, Turkey from 1 October.

EgyptAir plans to operate non-stop flights between Cairo and Dhaka in Bangladesh by November 2021.

Gulf Air will commence direct flights to Tel Aviv, Israel starting from 30 September with two weekly flights.

RwandAir continues its recovery from the pandemic by adding additional routes to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from September.

Two new long-haul routes from Stockholm Arlanda are among the latest network additions as Finland’s flag-carrier responds to 'increased travel demand' across its key markets.

The network growth includes a new route between Pune and Raipur.

The airline's CEO says rival airlines have 'dramatically' scaled down MSP capacity.

The long-haul services will now start in January; American still plans to launch a New York JFK-Delhi route on Oct. 31.

The world’s largest A380 operator has been using the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the route.

Although global capacity reduced by nearly 600,000 seats, there were some brighter spots as Canada reopened its borders to vaccinated travelers.

Business aviation flights in North America were flat in August compared to July, but higher than August 2020 and up 10% from August 2019.

As first electric aircraft enter service airports and operators come to grips with infrastructure for recharging batteries.

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777-200 landed at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International (KBL) on Sept. 13, marking the first foreign commercial flight to the country since the Taliban takeover.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has denied authorization for Qantas Airways and Japan Airlines (JAL) to coordinate flights between Australia and Japan.

European airports are taking different approaches to meeting ever-more stringent sustainability targets, and some are already well on the way. In June