The busiest air routes on earth have been revealed in a new study published by Routesonline, with the number one growing passenger numbers by almost 5 percent. The research has been revealed as the 25th World Routes gets underway in Adelaide, Australia.
Adelaide Airport has laid out a vision to more than double annual passengers to almost 20 million over the next two decades, with routes to North America and untapped destinations in Asia high on its agenda.
While Japan’s major airlines are likely to shift more international flights from Tokyo Narita Airport to the city’s Haneda Airport, the two hubs will still fulfill different roles in the carriers’ strategies.
Future airport growth will require a fundamental strategy shift in which new modes of transportation will help unlock “latent capacity,” Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said.
Canada’s flag carrier is to launch a new route between Montreal and Bogotá, it’s 39th new route launched from the Canadian city since 2012 and the 12th new route since 2017.
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) opened a third runway Sept. 19, which will nearly double the number of possible takeoffs and landings from 55 to 90.
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has announced that the airline is moving forward with its corporate social responsibility programme to reduce carbon emissions, reinforcing its commitment towards sustainability.
Despite its well-documented financial challenges, Air India is continuing to add new routes and expand its international network. In recent weeks, the state-owned carrier has announced or launched services to Seoul, Toronto and Nairobi among others.
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) dropped 12.4% year-over-year (YOY) in August to 6 million passengers as visitors avoid the territory amidst civil unrest.
The FAA has rolled out its new taxiway-landing alert system at 13 airports and is confident that all 35 facilities getting the enhancement will be up and running by October 2020, the agency’s top runway safety official confirmed.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe will close its base on the Isle of Man and hand over services there to one of the companies that took it over earlier this year.
Transport Canada (TC) and the country’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) remain at odds over whether a flight crew procedure change would reduce runway incursion risks on a particularly tricky area at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
The FAA and several stakeholders are progressing toward the next major step in the US remote air traffic control tower evaluation effort, readying Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL) to join the program this fall.
A guidance system designed to help pilots fly complex low-noise approaches has been flight tested at Zurich Airport by German aerospace center DLR using its Airbus A320 advanced technology research aircraft (ATRA).
In the third of a three-part feature, Routesonline takes a closer look at the individuals shortlisted in three categories of the World Routes Awards 2019.
China Eastern LCC China United Airlines will be the sole commercial aircraft operator at Beijing Daxing International Airport for the first few weeks after the opening of the facility, which is scheduled for the end of September.
