Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has increased the frequency of its Dubai to Turkey route to three daily flights to its Istanbul hub.

Based on the positive indicators of the epidemiological situation in the Kingdom of Morocco and the drop in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Moroccan authorities have taken new progressive measures to ease restrictions on the movement of travelers wishing to access the national territory.

United Airlines has inaugurated its nonstop daily service between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and O.R. Tambo International Airport, with the arrival of the first flight into Johannesburg on June 5.

Nigeria has announced plans to significantly increase airport facilities throughout the country. Alan Dron reports.

Heathrow Airport has integrated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into its fuel distribution in a proof of concept that the airport hopes will lead to greater quantities being used in the future.

Transborder capacity is just 8% of pre-pandemic levels as non-essential travel remains banned.

Flights from Doha to Sharjah will resume in July, seven months after the blockade on Qatar was lifted.

Barriers to routes between the EU and ASEAN countries are set to be removed, opening up new opportunities for carriers based in the blocs.

Airlines based in the EU and ASEAN are set to gain air rights to operate more services between the blocs after negotiations seven years in the making came to fruition.

With large carriers focused on rebuilding their networks, Breeze sees opportunity to fill in some blanks.

A consortium led by Paris airports operator Groupe ADP has selected 11 companies for a wide-ranging study, including some on-site testing, exploring the use of hydrogen as aviation fuel.

A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.

Croatia Airlines has had a troubled financial record.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

The airline will fly to 12 US destinations by late July—the same number as before the pandemic—with capacity to and from the country around 60% of 2019 levels.

Alaska aims to return to pre-COVID-19-pandemic flying levels at Paine Field by the spring of 2022.

Gulf Air will return to Alexandria and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, this summer.

Oman Air has launched seasonal service between Muscat and Tbilisi, Georgia, with 2 weekly direct flights.

Flydubai has resumed flights to Eritrea’s capital Asmara with a weekly flight service.

Emirates Executive Private Jet Safari has partnered with Roar Africa, a travel specialist to curate a unique journey, with an ethos rooted in humanity, targeting sustainability and conservation to four destinations in Africa.

Wego, an online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has released its survey on travellers’ behaviours and MENA travel trends for Q1 2021.

The first commercial passenger flight from Abu Dhabi to Israel departed Abu Dhabi International Airport at 10.13am this morning, bound for Ben Gurion International Airport.

The Indian carrier is poised to add destinations in the US to its long-haul network.

The proposed codeshare covers an initial 24 routes from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.

Fights to destinations in Belgium, Germany and Sweden will begin before the end of the month.