The growth in flights, which might be a positive economic indicator, is straining capacity before planned air traffic management improvements take effect.
Following successful meetings at Routes Europe, senior decision makers from many of Europe’s leading carriers register for 25th World Route Development Forum.
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has signed its first major codeshare agreement as it seeks to further its international expansion and fill the gap created by Jet Airways’ suspending operations.
South African Airways (SAA) has announced that due to the closure of the main runway at the Chileka International Airport in Blantyre, Malawi from 24 April to 24 July 2019, the airline’s operations have been affected.
Kuwaiti airline Jazeera Airways will this year launch new routes to destinations in Europe, Pakistan and Bangladesh as it readies to take delivery of three new A320neo aircraft.
Austria’s Salzburg Airport shut down operations for five weeks beginning April 24 to renovate its 59-year-old runway. Aircraft operations are scheduled to resume May 28.
Airlines that are adding tracking at more points of the baggage journey are enjoying a huge improvement in bag delivery globally. The SITA 2019 Baggage IT Insights – officially launched at an event in Abu Dhabi International Airport yesterday – shows that where tracking is done at check-in and loading onto the aircraft, the rate of improvement is as high as 66%.
Nevada-based LCC Allegiant Air has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to offer non-stop scheduled flights between the US and Mexico, which would be its first scheduled international service.
Philippines’ Clark International Airport has closed temporarily following a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the main island of Luzon the night of April 22.
EgyptAir is to move six of its flight operations from terminal two (TB2) instead of Terminal three (TB3) at Cairo International Airport (CAI), while the arrival flights from the same points will be landing at TB3 as usual.
Cabo Verde Airlines has entered a strategic partnership with TAAG Angola Airlines, the national airline of Angola, in a codeshare agreement of flights operated by TAAG between Luanda and Sal.
After a four-month suspension because of a dispute between Malaysia and Singapore, Malaysia LCC Firefly has resumed scheduled service between the two countries, with the first flight landing at Singapore’s Seletar Airport on April 21.
Emirates Airline and Indian LCC SpiceJet signed an MOU April 22 for a reciprocal codeshare agreement aimed at opening new routes and destinations between India and Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) appears to have changed its policy on how Chinese airlines will be split between Beijing airports after the new Daxing International opens, allowing China Eastern Airlines to maintain Beijing-Shanghai flights from Beijing Capital International.
Responding to allegations by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines that Air Italy’s US service additions violate the US-Qatar Open Skies agreement, the Italian carrier said, “We are puzzled (but slightly flattered) that the three very largest US carriers … claim to be threatened by us.”
Russian state-owned Air Traffic Management Corp. (ATM Corp.) will invest RUB881.9 million ($13.8 million) to develop a new control tower at Simferopol International Airport in Crimea.
French airline Aigle Azur has launched a direct flight from Paris Orly to Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport, the capital of Ukraine, as part of an ongoing drive to expand its network.
