Airports & Networks

Lufthansa subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and LCC Eurowings Europe are in talks to expand a wet-lease contract from Jan. 1, 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air France-KLM’s Dutch LCC Transavia will launch operations from Brussels, initially serving nine destinations.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways Cargo plans to launch a major expansion into South America, adding four new cities to the division’s network of freighter destinations.
Airports & Networks

Chile’s LATAM Airlines Group announced its three South American subsidiaries have entered into codeshare agreements with Delta Air Lines, representing the first step in implementing the two companies’ newly cemented partnership.
Airports & Networks

The latest issue of Routes News magazine features an interview with Korean Air, analysis on the European, South African and South-East Asia markets, plus lots more.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Low-cost carriers Jetstar Group and Tigerair Taiwan have signed an interline partnership designed to open new destinations, increase frequencies and provide better connectivity.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
United Airlines has become the fourth US carrier to commit to Airbus’ A321XLR single-aisle aircraft, which it plans to deploy on thin transatlantic routes.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
LATAM Airlines Group has signed codeshare agreements with Delta Air Lines as the two carriers progress plans to deepen ties.
Airports & Networks

As part of its efforts to increase engagement with startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) amid rising trends on the ‘gig economy’ worldwide, Dubai South, Dubai’s integrated city and flagship urban project, continues to build new initiatives that support businesses in Dubai to maintain its global attraction as a magnet for foreign investors.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has announced the launch of a second daily flight from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN) starting 1st July, 2019.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
A focus on the Kenya market ahead of Routes Africa 2019 taking place in Mombasa.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Berlin’s new airport—Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)—is now set to open at the end of October 2020, eight years later than originally planned.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Low-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said it has been given three takeoff and three landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport for the summer 2020 season, but did not say what routes the slots could be used for.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to make further cuts in capacity next year as it continues to grapple with a demand slowdown prompted by Hong Kong’s civil unrest.
Airports & Networks

By Kimberley Hall
Voting for the awards closes on Friday 6 December. Don’t miss the opportunity to recognise the airports and tourism authorities that have provided exceptional marketing support over the past 12 months.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
With the top ten carrying more than 60 million passengers between them, Routesonline counts down the largest African airlines and looks at their performance over the past 12 months.
Airports & Networks

By Nigel Mayes
This week: Turkmenistan Airlines returns to London, PAL launches Manado service, Wizz opens up at Krakow.
Airports & Networks

By Wesley Charnock
This week: SpiceJet ties up first codeshare, Jet2.com expansion continues, AAPA names new leader.
Airports & Networks

By Routes News
Trouble is brewing in Europe’s saturated market, with many airlines collapsing this year
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle will stop flying from Copenhagen and Stockholm to the U.S., and from Oslo to Thailand, as part of a broader shakeup of its network designed to improve profitability.
Air Transport

Italy’s Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport will shut down operations for nearly 40 days beginning Feb. 3, 2020, for runway renovation works. Aircraft operations are scheduled to resume March 13.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle is ending flights from Copenhagen and Stockholm to the US and Thailand as part of a broader shake-up of its network to improve profitability.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
A surge in long-haul flights at London Gatwick Airport, particularly to South America, helped boost passenger numbers in the first half-year ended Sept. 30.
Airports & Networks

United Airlines is looking to gain a U.S.-Mexico City slot pair once JetBlue Airways ceases operating to the Mexican capital in January 2020.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Lufthansa has begun a long-term trial of a noise-reducing approach guidance technology at Frankfurt Airport.
Air Transport