Airports & Networks

With air traffic flights and passengers drastically down in 2020, the 2019 top issues of aircraft emissions and “flight shame” have all but disappeared. But they will reappear just as soon as traffic recovers.

Max Kownatzki took the CEO's position on April 15, as the Turkey-based airline was coming to grips with COVID-19. He describes actions that SunExpress took, including liquidating its Germany-based branch, and the challenges the pandemic presented.

After easyJet said it expects to fly no more than 20% of pre-pandemic capacity in the three months through December, Routes looks at the LCC's most used departure airports and aircraft this week.

Europe’s airports will have to adapt to a “new normal” that does not take for granted ongoing traffic growth, ACI Europe said.

Aer Lingus has been granted tentative approval to join an existing antitrust-immune transatlantic joint venture that includes American Airlines, British Airways (BA), Iberia and Finnair.

The Spanish regional carrier plans to reduce salary costs by 25% to avoid layoffs and to reduce its fleet by one third, equaling about 14 aircraft.

Closed borders and quarantine requirements abroad have left Chinese vacationers little choice but to travel within the country, boosting domestic traffic in October beyond 2019 levels.

With the ongoing conflict between Ethiopia's government and forces in the country's Tigray region, Debretsion Gebremichael, head of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) confirmed on Sunday that his forces had fired rockets at an airport in Asmara, Eritrea's capital.

Ryanair is taking over a large chunk of rival easyJet’s slot portfolio at London Stansted.

Ireland’s flag-carrier has secured provisional clearance to join a transatlantic alliance that includes American Airlines and British Airways.

Talks between Singapore and Taiwan are 'very active' while conversations with Japan and Vietnam are planned.

The Singapore-Hong Kong Air Transport Bubble could be an example for other countries to follow.

For the air transport industry, news of vaccine progress provides a glimmer of hope that the air travel recovery might come within the more optimistic forecasts.

Emirates has signed an interline agreement with FlySafair for connections into the South African LCC’s three domestic hubs.

Etihad Airways’ first scheduled route to Israel will begin in March.

As airlines and airports around the world deal with the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes’ latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

Korean Air believes its takeover of Asiana Airlines will lead to network expansion and increase the carrier’s overall competitiveness.

The deal is with FlySafair, which says it is offering 75% of the available domestic seat capacity in South Africa this month.

Emirates airline and FlySafair today announced an interline agreement, opening up connections for customers to selected routes on FlySafair's network in South Africa.

Taiwan is reportedly in discussions with Japan, Singapore and Vietnam to create bilateral air travel bubbles (ATB), just as plans to establish such an arrangement with Palau were shelved.

Airport chief discusses how the facility in Ecuador's capital is meeting its financial obligations to bond holders after shutting down for more than two months and seeing traffic drop by 87%.

Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian ANSP faces what its president and CEO Neil Wilson has called “the toughest moment” in the company’s history.

A focus on providing same-day return flights on European business routes will form a key part of Spanish flag-carrier Iberia’s winter schedule.

Eurowings is taking over a route left without service following the closure of SunExpress Deutschland.

More than 75 destinations will be served by the Spanish carrier this winter, with an emphasis on boosting business travel.