Airports & Networks

Iraq’s aviation market is recovering after almost three decades of intermittent conflict, with Baghdad International Airport the main gateway and hub for Iraqi Airways.

The air navigation service providers (ANSP) of Germany and Croatia are among several organizations that have canceled their participation in next month’s World ATM Congress in Madrid because of concern over the COVID-19 outbreak, a conference organizer confirmed Feb. 27.

Plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport are in tatters after judges sided with a group of climate campaigners and ruled against expansion over environmental concerns.

Garuda Indonesia has set aside its turnaround plans and gone into survival mode to weather the fallout from COVID-19.

This week: Calgary to join Eurowings’ long-haul network; Alitalia to end service to Santiago, Chile; and Frontier Airlines further increases its presence at Ontario International.

The seasonal service will commence for the winter ski season.

US major cites demand drop related to COVID-19.

The ULCC believes it can stimulate more demand to and from Texas’ capital.

New York-based JetBlue is the largest player in the Dominican Republic’s market, operating 18 routes from the US during 2019.

French airports operator Groupe ADP has completed the first phase of its plan to take over a 49% stake in GMR Airports, buying an initial 25% stake in the New Delhi-based airport operator.

Virgin Australia plans to reduce capacity by accelerating the retirement of the last of its Airbus A320s operated by LCC subsidiary Tigerair.

Thai AirAsia (TAA) ended 2019 with a total net loss after tax of THB871 million ($29 million) despite an increase in passengers and 3% revenue growth.

Nouvelair will offer its first scheduled flights from the UK to Tunisia this summer, replacing some of the capacity lost by the failure of Thomas Cook.

A China Eastern subsidiary set up to fly Comac aircraft will serve coastal districts from the Yangzi River Delta and retain the business aviation operation on which it has been based, the parent company said.

The oneworld members have reconciled after years of acrimony.

Flight restrictions touched off by COVID-19 are affecting belly capacity and could mean changes to freighter schedules and trade flows.

The EU mandate is less comprehensive than in the U.S. and will not be uniformly applied across the continent.

Sweden reported a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports in 2019 as the flight shaming movement gained prominence.

Air France has moved to fill a gap in the market left by the collapse of its former commercial partner Jet Airways.

Average delays to flights in Europe eased in January, compared to the same month a year earlier, as traffic decreased 0.5%, Eurocontrol said in a Feb. 25 report.

As South Korea is struck by hundreds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections, its airlines are trying to mitigate the effects.

Virgin Atlantic is opening a new long-haul route from Manchester later this year, connecting the UK airport with the Indian capital.

Competition in Moldova’s market is set to intensify with the launch of HiSky, a budget operator that will initially serve six European destinations from Chisinau.

Air Senegal is to launch a direct service operating between London Stansted and Dakar this summer.

The bankrupt carrier’s new commissioner presented plans to unions.