Airports & Networks

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has returned to its full complement of six runways following completion of a four-month refurbishment of the Polderbaan strip.

Breeze's network will focus on point-to-point flights from smaller secondary airports, bypassing hubs; almost 80% of its routes will have no competition.

The Atlanta-based airline will serve four new markets and increase the use of its Airbus A220 fleet.

The startup’s first route will likely connect Tampa and Charleston.

Southwest Airlines plans to enter the ultra-competitive leisure market in June.

The carrier has turned its attention to southern California, where four new routes are being launched.

The request comes after American switched its Shanghai flights from DFW to Seattle to take advantage of Alaska’s feed.

Paragliding from the United Arab Emirates’ highest peak, diving for scallops at the UAE’s first scallop farm, learning desert survival skills at the Bear Grylls Survival Academy or enjoying a luxury glamping experience – all are on offer to UK tourists in Ras Al Khaimah.

Emirates and Flydubai are working together to reach 168 destinations by the end of May.

Flydubai is celebrating the third anniversary of its holidays division at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM).

Air Austral thwarted the Covid-19 crisis by adjusting to the context and constraints of air transport by leveraging its human and technical capabilities.

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, CEO and founder of the Emirates Group and chairman of Dubai World, officially inaugurated Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021 this morning

Starlux has indicated it plans to operate daily year-round service between Taipei and Los Angeles.

Russia’s Aeroflot Group has finally brought all of its subsidiary airlines to its home base, Moscow Sheremetyevo International, as part of efforts to optimize its network.

The all-business-class carrier now hopes to resume its transatlantic operations after more than a year of its scheduled services being suspended.

Governments on both sides of the pond must heed the calls for the swift and safe return of transatlantic flights between the two countries.

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

The ULCC plans to offer more than 4 million departure seats from Italy during the current summer season—a huge increase from the 1.9 million available during summer 2019.

The planned launch of an air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong looks likely to be postponed again following new social interaction restrictions in response to emerging COVID-19 clusters.

Southwest will offer more capacity into Hawaii this summer than at any time since the routes were launched in 2019.

New COVID-19 clusters in Singapore has government officials signaling caution.

The carrier has signaled LAX will be its first North American service.

So far only three routes have been launched but the LCC intends to grow its network to 14 destinations from Russia’s busiest airport over the course of the summer season.

The new services, which include the first scheduled connection between Montreal and Honolulu, will complement the airline’s long-standing routes from Calgary and Vancouver to the Hawaiian Islands.

British Airways (BA) and Lufthansa are among the latest airlines to pause flights to Tel Aviv, following the likes of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in suspending their services to Israel.