Airports & Networks

Korean Air has made significant reductions to routes in the Korea-Japan market, as political tension between the two countries affects traffic.

American Airlines’ long-haul schedule changes for 2020 will continue to position Chicago O’Hare International Airport as a mid-country gateway to Europe and will test Royal Air Maroc’s Casablanca operation as a potential link deeper into Africa.

Cape Verde Airlines is reinforcing operations in the United States with flights to Dulles International Airport in Washington this December.

Ethiopia’s increasingly relaxed visa regime and the expansion of the country’s national airline have helped Addis Ababa become Africa’s biggest long-haul transit hub. Alan Dron reports.

American Airlines' vice president of network and schedule planning Vasu Raja explains the carrier's transatlantic strategy from Philadelphia.

French leisure airline Aigle Azur is preparing to stop flying to Portugal at the end of October and sell this part of its activities to Spanish LCC Vueling.

Aeroflot LCC Pobeda Airlines performed a Boeing 737-800 test flight from Moscow Vnukovo to the new Gagarin International Airport in Saratov, southwestern Russia, Aug. 18.

Two regional carriers, Scotland’s Loganair and Norway’s Widerøe, have signed an interline agreement.

Cabo Verde Airlines will start flying to Lagos, Nigeria, from December 9.

United Airlines will begin service between four of its US hubs and Tokyo's Haneda International Airport from next spring.

Delta Air Lines will resume flights to Virgin Atlantic’s London Gatwick and Manchester hubs for summer 2020, while Virgin Atlantic will add Gatwick-New York JFK, as part of a transatlantic push and route reshuffle between the two partner airlines.

Rupert Hogg among senior officials replaced as China pressure takes toll on Cathay.

This week: Hawaiian Airlines to resume Maui - Las Vegas service; Houston secures Africa flight; and Interjet to launch a second route to Ecuador.

This week: Just-Us seeks US flights; AirAsia X takes first A330neo; Brexit ends TAP Portugal London City services; Flydubai expands Asia network and more.

Kazakhstan LCC FlyArystan will open a base in 2Q 2020 at Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport, the first regional base for the Almaty-based carrier.

Star Alliance carrier TAP Air Portugal is suspending flights to London City Airport, blaming weaker-than-expected demand on the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit), as part of a wide-ranging network shakeup planned for 2020.

We profile Air India, the country's flag carrier and attendee at World Routes 2019.

Copenhagen Airport has enjoyed a traffic spike in recent years, but chief executive Thomas Woldbye insists that there is more to come as it seeks to further expand its network and become a connecting hub.

Dubai-based LCC flydubai will expand services to Thailand and Myanmar by adding Krabi and Yangon routes to its network this winter.

Air Canada will deploy its initial Airbus A220-300s on two new routes that support its long-term strategies of growing transborder revenues and driving more intercontinental connecting traffic through its hubs.

Airport operations staff at London's Heathrow Airport have suspended a 48-hour strike, planned for Aug. 23-24, pending a ballot on an improved pay offer.

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has secured an injunction that will prevent pro-democracy protesters from “unlawfully and willfully obstructing” airport operations.

Tajikistan will upgrade its air navigation system to bring the local service into compliance with ICAO standards.

Air Canada has said its new Airbus A220 will be “instrumental” in growing its share of international transit traffic to and from the US.

Scandinavian carrier Norwegian is ending flights between Ireland and North America from September, blaming the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max for making the routes “no longer commercially viable”.