Airports & Networks

This week: Bombardier to sell Q Series; American Airlines orders 15 E175 jets; Vietjet firms up A321neo order; Azul and Copa strengthen ties and more.

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) will be activating its full-scale Aerodrome Emergency exercise at 18:00 today.

Routes' host and event management team document their recent site visit to the tropical destination for the 17th Routes Asia taking place next March.

United Airlines is seeking to expand its footprint in China - and the move could have an impact on American Airlines’ hopes of temporarily suspending some services to the Asian powerhouse.

International Airlines Group’s (IAG) Iberia is moving out of survival mode and looking to Latin America as a key pillar of the Spanish flag carrier’s future strategy.

Oman Air is reviewing its route network with a view to further expanding its destinations in Africa.

Flydubai has announced that flights to 10 of its destinations will move from its current operating base of Terminal 2 and relocate to Terminal 3 at Dubai International (DXB).

Kaleyesus Bekele reports from the sixth Africa Airport Expansion Summit held in Addis Ababa.

Global passenger traffic growth slowed in September amid severe hurricane and typhoon activity, coupled with rising airline cost pressures.

The head of IATA, in a speech to Arab airlines and aviation organizations, continued his advice to governments to be cautious about turning to the private sector to solve their aviation infrastructure challenges.

As one of the main beneficiaries of Air Berlin’s demise, easyJet’s chief executive Johan Lundgren expects there to be further consolidation of the European aviation industry over the coming months.

Emirates celebrated the inaugural flight of its new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN).

United Airlines is seeking approval to launch a second daily round-trip between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) in 2020.

Emirates Airline is preparing to launch the world’s first “biometric path” to offer more seamless travel for passengers at the airline’s hub at Dubai International airport (DXB).

The first direct commercial flight in 12 years departed Greece for Macedonia on Nov. 1, ending Europe’s last aviation blockade.

Icelandair has agreed to buy Skúli Mogensen's low-cost rival WOW air in an all share deal.

Jetlines' new chief executive Javier Suarez tells Routesonline why Canada is ready for the start-up ultra low-cost carrier.

The 44th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Middle East, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Ministry of Tourism of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Sharm el Sheikh, 8-9 May 2018), focused on innovation and digital transformation.

Ethiopia has launched visa on arrival service for all African travellers as of November 1, 2018.

International Airlines Group’s (IAG) Irish airline Aer Lingus plans to nearly double its long-haul fleet from 17 to 30 aircraft by summer 2023, using the extra capacity to grow its North American presence.

Dubai-based LCC flydubai launched daily Dubai-Helsinki (Finland) Boeing 737 MAX 8 services Oct. 24.

The Senegalese president visited the Airbus manufacturing plant in Toulouse to monitor the assembly of the first A330neo of the national airline.

Our top five stories on Routes Weekly: Europe's winter capacity; airline consolidation ‘damaging aviation profitability’; WestJet extends European network; Kenya Airways targets Beijing after launch of New York route; Lufthansa to reduce capacity growth and more.

The new chief executive of Canadian start-up Jetlines has been confirmed as a speaker for Routes Americas 2019, which will take place in the city of Quebec in February.

This week: Ethiopian to connect West Africa with the West Coast of the US; Thai AirAsia to launch new Sri Lanka service; and United to offer special Barcelona flights.