Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
The UK CAA has wet-leased aircraft from operators around the world to support a massive repatriation of Thomas Cook Airlines passengers stranded by the compulsory liquidation of UK leisure operator Thomas Cook.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
XiamenAir has established a branch company at Shanghai, increasing its ability to gain service rights at China’s largest city, especially for international destinations.
Airports & Networks

Budapest Airport has been crowned the overall winner of the World Routes Awards. Other winners at the prestigious ceremony included Wilco Sweijen from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, who took home the Individual Leadership Award.
Airports & Networks

New generation aircraft types have dramatically expanded route and market prospects for airlines, and in the longer-term new technologies will pose more opportunities and challenges for operators, according to a panel of aviation industry experts at World Routes.
Airports & Networks

Sri Lanka’s airports have seen a dramatic recovery in traffic following a steep decline in demand caused by terrorist bombings in April.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Hawaiian Airlines sees potential to grow its already strong presence in the Japanese market by expanding its own flights and through its proposed joint venture with Japan Airlines (JAL).

By David Casey
Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest holiday company, has ceased trading with immediate effect after last-ditch talks to save the UK business failed.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Western Sydney Airport’s chief executive Graham Millett has invited airlines to help design their dream airport from the ground up.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Air India is seeking to double its fleet to 250 aircraft over the coming years once the national carrier has been fully privatised.
Airports & Networks

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) expects the impact of the recent civil unrest on its traffic to ease, with a smaller passenger decline in September and the potential for a significant rebound in 2020 results.
Airports & Networks

Hawaiian Airlines sees potential to grow its already strong presence in the Japanese market by expanding its own flights and through its proposed joint venture with Japan Airlines (JAL).
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
Australia’s largest provider of contract aviation services, including passenger flights and air freight operations, is a name unfamiliar to many outside the country. That’s starting to change.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routesonline today publishes the list of the top 100 busiest routes in the world in full.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) expects the impact of the recent civil unrest on its traffic to ease, with a smaller passenger decline in September and the potential for a significant rebound in 2020 results.

By Karen Walker
Saudi Arabian Airlines is on a growth plan that will both extend its reach to European destinations using long-range narrowbodies and broaden its international base by focusing on countries with high concentrations of Muslim populations.

David Casey
Improving connectivity with India is a key target for the Australian government, the country’s minister for trade, tourism and investment told delegates at World Routes in Adelaide Sept. 22.

By Karen Walker
Despite still having capacity growth for about 19 million more passengers annually beyond the 66 million currently handled, Changi Airport Group (CAG) has embarked on a Terminal 2 expansion that will add capacity for 15 million more passengers in the 2020s.

By Karen Walker
Airlines and airports anticipate a huge change in city point connections enabled by new very-long range narrowbodies and widebodies, although some say they do not yet the data to validate these emerging markets.

David Casey
An agreement designed to bring a non-stop route between the Australian city of Darwin and Haikou, the capital of China's island province Hainan, was signed at World Routes in Adelaide Sept. 22.

By Karen Walker
Saudi Arabian Airlines is on a growth plan that will both extend its reach to European destinations using long-range narrow-bodies and broaden its international base by focusing on countries with high concentrations of Muslim populations.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Introducing quotas for female chief executives is not the answer in the quest for equality in the global aviation industry, delegates at World Routes 2019 have been told, but more must be done to enable the advancement of women into important leadership roles.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Europe's airline industry is ripe for further consolidation although it will not be on the same scale as in the US, according to airBaltic’s chief executive.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Leading aviation consultancy ASM has helped to secure two new routes for its clients in the days leading up to World Routes 2019.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Improving connectivity with India is a key focus for the Australian government, the country’s minister for trade, tourism and investment has told delegates at World Routes 2019.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
An agreement designed to bring a non-stop route between the Australian city of Darwin and Haikou, the capital of China's island province Hainan, has been signed during a special event at World Routes.
Airports & Networks