Airports & Networks

Jazeera Airways will begin flights from Kuwait City to London Gatwick using an Airbus A320neo this year.

Kenya Airways and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines have signed a codeshare agreement that will open connectivity to 11 US and four Canadian cities.

This week: Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines adds second UK destination; Air New Zealand to serve Seoul; and IndiGo moves in on Jet Airways' routes.

This week: Air Mauritius takes delivery of A330neo; AirAsia still keen on Vietnamese LCC; Norwegian delays aircraft deliveries; Ryanair starts Charleroi connecting service and more.

China’s Zhejiang Development Commission has approved the preliminary design for the Phase III expansion for Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.

Fixing Europe’s air traffic control (ATC) problems will be a test not only of the continent’s technical abilities, but its resolve to combat global warming, according to Europe’s airport trade association.

Later this year, the US and Japan plan to sign a formal aviation accord to expand access for US airlines flying to Tokyo Haneda airport, the closest airport to downtown Tokyo and a gateway for connection points throughout Japan.

Air Mauritius has taken delivery of its first A330-900, on lease from ALC during a ceremony held in Toulouse.

During their sponsored lunch at Routes Europe Astana Convention Bureau, hosts of Routes Silk Road 2019, showcased their rapidly growing destination to senior decision makers from the route development community.

Jet Airways has temporarily suspended all its domestic and international flights after failing to find fresh funding.

Links between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Indian subcontinent continue to grow with the arrival of two new carriers in Abu Dhabi. Thousands of expatriates from the subcontinent work in the UAE.

A French court has ruled to annul the controversial 2015 privatization of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, in the latest step in a long legal process that could eventually see the airport sale being canceled.

For over four years American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines—the Big Three—have waged a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign to frustrate competition in the US-EU market where—together with foreign alliance and JV partners—they control nearly 90% of the seats.

FedEx chairman and CEO Fred Smith has joined with the CEOs of Atlas Air Worldwide and JetBlue Airways to strongly rebuke an open letter to US President Donald Trump from the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines claiming that Qatar Airways’ stake in Air Italy breaches the US-Qatar Open Skies agreement.

Following another successful and productive event, we take a look at some of the facts and figures which shaped Routes Europe 2019.

As China Eastern schedules its latest new route to Western Europe, Routesonline looks at the growth of the market and the new services set to start in the coming months.

TAL Aviation and Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) have agreed that TAL Aviation's European sales teams covering France, Ireland and Sweden will be acting on behalf of the carrier to build Air Tanzania's brand in these territories.

Turkish Airlines has added Marrakech to its flight network.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Indonesia’s Garuda announced an expanded codeshare agreement that will cover flights between Singapore and Jakarta.

United Airlines announced April 15 that it plans to begin nonstop service between New York Newark and Cape Town, South Africa starting December 15.

United Airlines, joining its US counterparts with grounded Boeing 737 MAXs, has pulled its MAXs from its schedule through well into the summer peak season.

Back for its second year, TakeOff, the air service development event designed for smaller airports in the USA, will take place in Orlando/Sanford, Florida from 28-29 October 2019.

A panel of experts has proposed a set of measures it believes would help improve the efficiency of Europe’s air traffic control (ATC) system.

Oman Air is offering special Ramadan promotions.

United Airlines is planning a return to the African market later this year when it will become the only carrier to fly non-stop between the US and Cape Town in South Africa.