Airports & Networks

Ryanair has filled in one of the few dark areas in its European route map with the launch of flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Irish LCC’s 37th country.

Norwegian has begun nonstop service to Tampa Bay, Florida from London, adding the west coast Florida city as its 15th US gateway.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is launching its first nonstop service to Seattle, Washington state from Sept. 3, 2019, making it the fifth US city to be served by the airline.

Cape Town International Airport will realign its primary runway and upgrade terminal facilities as international traffic continues to grow at South Africa’s second-largest airport.

The European Commission (EC) has dropped an anti-trust case against TAP Air Portugal and Brussels Airlines.

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Airline consolidation is hurting profitability across the aviation and tourism sectors, one of North America’s leading industry figures has said.

Bahraini flag carrier Gulf Air and Thai Airways International (Thai) have expanded their longstanding codeshare arrangement under a new agreement that became effective Oct. 28, the Middle East carrier said Oct. 31.

Korean Air is boosting its network for the winter season with new routes and additional frequencies, although it will also suspend or merge some routes.

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Ethiopian Airlines has changed its ultra-long haul route from Addis Ababa to Los Angeles to transit through Lome, Togo as of December 17, 2018. It will also start a new route from Addis Ababa to Dublin via Madrid as of December 15 2018.

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US airports are disappointed Congress opted not to increase funds they receive for infrastructure construction in the FAA reauthorization bill, putting pressure on them to generate funds to shore up facilities amid record passenger demand.

WestJet is further growing its network in Europe from next summer with a new service to Barcelona in Spain.

Kenya Airways is eyeing revenue gains of 10 percent following the launch of is first non-stop flight to the US, while a route to Beijing is firmly in its sights.

Speaking at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Panama, IATA's director general Alexandre de Juniac said the region is missing out on the full benefits of aviation.

Latin American and Caribbean airline leaders meeting at the annual ALTA forum in Panama City Oct. 29 emphasized a coordinated and vigorous approach to digital modernization, decreased regulation and infrastructure improvements as vital to meeting the demands of a forecast doubling of air traffic in the region in 10 years.

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Spanish flag carrier Iberia is boosting services from its Madrid Barajas hub to Latin America, and introducing additional Airbus A350 XWB routes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (Argentina) and Chicago O’Hare (Illinois) in 2019.

Lufthansa Group’s airlines are adding seven weekly frequencies from hubs at Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Zurich to Cape Town, South Africa, during the coming southern warm-weather season.

Kenya Airways launched daily Nairobi-New York JFK services Oct. 28, making it the fifth African carrier serving the US.

Uzbekistan Airways has transferred its Moscow flights from Domodedovo to Vnukovo International Airport on Oct. 28.

Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) LCC subsidiary Scoot will begin introducing sister company SilkAir’s Boeing 737-800s after April 2019 as part of SIA Group plans to optimize the airline’s network and better compete against regional LCCs.