Singapore Airlines (SIA) launched daily Singapore Changi-San Francisco Airbus A350 XWB services Oct. 23, its longest nonstop flights within the Star Alliance member network.
Following the announcement that World Routes 2019 will take place in Adelaide, Australia, hosted by South Australian Tourism Commission, Tourism Australia and Adelaide Airport, Routesonline takes a closer look at its aviation sector.
The capital city of South Australia has been named as the host of the World Routes forum in 2019. Hosting the event gives the city the opportunity to not only boost air connectivity, but to show thousands of delegates what they have to offer potential visitors.
Plans for a system of affordable flights between smaller cities in India will come to fruition in January 2017 when the first services take off, a government minister said Oct. 21.
Moscow Domodedovo International Airport has reported a 2016 first-half net income of RUB3.7 billion ($57.1 million), up 4% year-over-year (YOY). The first-half reporting period ended June 30.
The point-to-point business model of the start-up will be supported with a simple organisational structure to maintain low operating costs and deliver low fares and a customised offering to consumers with ancillary charges for hold baggage, seating selection and boarding as well as food and drinks.
The latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast suggests that the developing Asia-Pacific region will be the source of more than half the new passengers over the next 20 years. China will displace the US as the world’s largest aviation market (defined by traffic to, from and within the country) around 2029, while rapid growth in India will see it displace the UK for third place in 2026, while Indonesia will enter the top ten at the expense of Italy.
“An unfavorable light” is being cast on US commitment to the law and its Open Skies agreements by the delay in finalizing a decision on Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application to begin flights to the US, New York-based JetBlue Airways has charged.
The European Commission has announced the availability of €400 million ($438 million) to aid the deployment stage of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program.
The new route, announced today, is now just the airport's second link to Europe. Condor’s seasonal service from Frankfurt, which will begin next year, saw the first European route at the airport for more than 30 years.
TTG’s Daniel Pearce chairs the panel who discussed some of the challenges facing the industry today, including the impending prospect of reaching airport capacity and the need to update infrastructure.
Over 18,000 face-to-face meetings are expected to take place at Routes events in 2017. Don’t miss your opportunity to engage with your key targets next year.
Richard Evans, senior consultant, Flight Ascend Consultancy took to the stage in Chengdu, China to discuss the ongoing issue of delayed flights in the country.
Following an overwhelming response from the business community, Flybe has taken the commercial decision to extend its limited series between Cardiff and London City Airport into a regular operation from this winter.
FAA is contending with a backlash from some communities around airports where Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures have inadvertently created concentrated areas of increased aircraft noise.
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana wants to increase its European presence by taking advantage of Almaty and Astana hubs to focus on transfer passengers flying from Europe to Russian and Asian destinations.