Airports & Networks

Delta Air Lines has submitted a proposal to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to launch new route to Shanghai from Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Routesonline looks at the capacity surge to the Mediterranean island which contributed to the failure of Cobalt Air.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is deploying its Airbus A350-900s to upgrade key long-haul routes and might use 2019’s deliveries to open new international markets.

Delta Air Lines will launch new daily nonstops between Ontario International Airport (ONT) and its Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International (ATL) hub next April and move to double-dailies in June, further illustrating the growing California airport’s resurgence as a gateway to the Los Angeles area.

London Gatwick Airport’s new draft master includes a controversial plan to use the standby runway to provide additional capacity.

The FAA has modified areas in Eastern Ukraine that are off-limits to US airlines and their foreign codeshare partners, citing a stabilization in security conditions in the region.

Air France-KLM said it would increase winter capacity across its network by 2.5% compared with the previous winter season, with 44 new winter routes across long-, medium- and short-haul destinations.

Philippines carrier Cebu Pacific is preparing for the return of flights Boracay after six months of no operations to the resort island.

This week: Kuala Lumpur – Tianjin route launched; LATAM Airlines strengthens its connectivity between Colombia and Peru; and JetBlue adds second Ecuador route.

The official hotels for Routes Americas 2019 and now online and available to book.

The key dates for the 2019 Routes Marketing Awards have been announced.

Aviation industry experts have been confirmed to speak at the inaugural TakeOff event, taking place in Memphis, October 29-30, 2018.

Ethiopian Airlines has firmly established itself at Norway’s main airport. Now they are enhancing their service offering between Addis Ababa and Oslo Airport.

While all eyes are on Adelaide for the next World Routes in 2019, Milan is already preparing for its time in the spotlight a year later.

The 'four great years' in aviation could be set to end, an airline CEO has warned, with a downturn 'around the corner'.

This week we profile TakeOff 2018 attendee JetBlue, the US low-cost carrier headquartered in New York.

Austria’s Constitutional Court has dismissed citizen complaints against Vienna Airport’s third runway and has referred further action to the Administrative Court.

Germany’s Munich Airport will likely see a significant delay—if not an outright stop—of plans to build a third runway following regional elections in Bavaria Oct. 14.

Routesonline analyses the North American aviation industry, taking a quarterly look at the top routes served and revealing the airlines that are dominating the market. We also rank the top ten airports by available departure seats.

Norwegian Air Argentina began domestic cabotage operations Oct. 16, with a Boeing 737-800 flight from Buenos Aires’s Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport to Cordoba’s Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella International Airport.

London Gatwick Airport on Oct. 18 will unveil future development plans over the next decade, with widespread expectation that it will make greater use of its main taxiway as a second runway.

China’s Juneyao Airlines has taken delivery of the first of five Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

A motion filed by American Airlines with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) that would alter how airlines schedule their routes to Cuba has generated backlash from rivals Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways.

Ethiopian Airlines is to resume flights to Mogadishu, Somalia.

María Méndez Castro of the double-award winning Canary Islands outlines their approach to securing new air services for the destination.