Airports & Networks

Morocco’s largest low-cost carrier, Air Arabia Maroc, has operated its first direct service from Birmingham Airport to the Moroccan city of Agadir.

Dubai South is attracting foreign investors to set up business in the fast growing free zone.

Fastjet will commence daily flights between Harare and Bulawayo from 20 July 2018.

Malaysian long-haul LCC AirAsia X announced July 10 it will move its twice-daily operations to Melbourne, Australia, from Tullamarine International Airport to Avalon Airport

We speak to Vantage's Jeremy Pennington to understand how the Hamilton International Airport secured Norwegian's first service to Canada.

Air traffic and en-route delays both increased last year in Europe, according to an annual review of air traffic management (ATM) performance.

Beijing’s new airport, at Daxing on the southern side of the city, will go into operation Sept. 30, 2019, officials have decided.

Ambitious African carrier moves closer to planned Mumbai and Guangzhou routes.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on civil aviation technical cooperation.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 6.1% compared to the same month in 2017, which was a slight pickup from 6.0% year-over-year growth for April 2018. Capacity climbed 5.9% and load factor rose 0.1 percentage point to 80.1%.

Ethiopian Airlines landed in Asmara, Eritrea, yesterday, in VVIP flight led by H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Ethiopian launched its inaugural flight from London to Addis Ababa in June 1973 with just four flights per week stopping in Rome, Frankfurt and Cairo operating just two Boeing 720 aircraft.

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has selected global IT provider SITA to support the modernisation of the country’s biggest airports, implementing a sweeping transformation of airport and communication technology across 26 airports.

Airline Routes-July 6, 2018

Long-haul growth at two of its three airports saw Manchester Airports Group (MAG) return an increased net profit from continuing operations for its 2017-18 financial year of £122.5 million ($161.9 million), up from £117.4 million.

Norwegian regional carrier Widerøe has signed a codeshare agreement with Air France. The move comes after Air France’s partner KLM initiated a similar arrangement with the Norwegian airline earlier this year.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Germany’s DFS Aviation Services have signed an agreement to collaborate, share information and knowledge on air traffic management (ATM) issues.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines plans to alter its long-haul network and eliminate loss-making routes from Vienna to Hong Kong, Havana (Cuba) and Colombo (Sri Lanka) at the end of October.

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This week: Norwegian adds Thailand destination; Spirit to operate Guatemala service; and LEVEL readies for Vienna launch.

EasyJet said over 1,000 more flights were canceled in June than in the same month in 2017, mainly because of French and Italian air traffic control (ATC) strikes.

Emirates has landed six of its special ‘Year of Zayed’ livery aircraft on six continents for the 6 May centennial birthday of the UAE’s Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

This week we profile Routes Africa 2018 attendee Brussels Airlines, the flag carrier of Belgium.

Senior network planners from more than 100 of the world’s leading carriers are now accepting meeting requests.

Hang Zhao joins ASM from Shanghai Juneyao Airline Co Ltd as new business development manager.