Airports & Networks

Carrier reports July load factors in the 40-45% range.

The low-cost airline has been granted the rights by Indian regulators to begin services to the US and UK.

Qatar’s national carrier reinstates flights to Philippine city having not flown there since March 2012.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and the SOF Connect consortium have signed a concessionaire agreement for Sofia Airport (SOF) July 22.

Airline to retire four aircraft types this year as it copes with significant demand drop from COVID-19.

US carrier Spirit Airlines expects third quarter capacity to be two-thirds of the level seen a year ago.

Belfast City Airport has secured six new UK routes, previously operated by Flybe.

The UK flag-carrier is adding a new route to Jamaica this winter.

Work has begun on expanding Xian Xianyang International Airport (XIY) to a capacity of 83 million passengers a year by 2030.

Resumption of service comes after Virgin Atlantic unveiled a long-awaited restructuring July 14.

Speaking on the latest Aviation Week Network webinar, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says full service carriers will prevail in the Gulf region.

TAP Air Portugal has reinstated its service between the Azores and Boston after nearly two decades.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at the resumption of Finnair flights to China, OWG's debut services and KLM's adjustments in the Persian Gulf.

The Malaysian Ministry of Transport is estimating its air transport industry will record a MYR13 billion ($3 billion) loss for 2020 following travel restrictions and a drop-off in demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Airlines for Europe (A4E) is stepping up its efforts to get another slot waiver for the winter timetable, offering to abide by a code of conduct to reach a compromise with airports ahead of a possible approval by the European Commission (EC).

The stalled recovery has led many carriers to pause or scale back capacity growth planned for July and August.

The leisure carrier will station two Airbus A321s at the airport this summer.

Alaska Airlines is beefing up its network from San Diego with the addition of three new routes.

Competition on routes between Italy and Ukraine is set to heighten over the coming months as more low-cost seats enter the fast-growing market.

SITA has released a new paper outlining the company’s vision for the immediate future of air travel.

SITA and NEC Corporation have announced a global partnership to develop solutions that enable a secure walk-through travel experience at airports, leveraging NEC’s I:Delight identity management platform together with SITA Smart Path and SITA Flex.

RwandAir has announced it will resume various services on August 1, 2020.

Vietnamese start-up Bamboo Airways is set to lease a pair of Embraer E195LRs from Danish operator Great Dane Airlines to launch new services to the Con Dao archipelago.

Travel ban remains in effect for US passengers.

Pilots' union agrees to programs designed to allow pilots to leave airline voluntarily in face of COVID-19 demand drop.