Airports & Networks

Copenhagen is welcoming Royal Jordanian passengers with competitive fares from Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Egypt with a campaign themed “Hej Copenhagen”, meaning Hello Copenhagen.

Revisit the key news stories, quotes, audio and images from the 16th annual Routes Asia in Brisbane, the only route development event dedicated to the Asia Pacific region.

Airline Routes-April 3, 2018

Sichuan Airlines has secured approval to use fifth freedom rights to extend a route from Chengdu, China to Prague, Czech Republic and onto Zurich, Switzerland beginning June 23.

Star Alliance members TAP Portugal and EgyptAir are expanding their codeshare on European routes.

Virgin Australia will begin flights from Sydney to Hong Kong on July 2, which will join its existing service from Melbourne to Hong Kong.

US regional Great Lakes Airlines, which ceased scheduled passenger flights operations March 26, did not provide the required advance notice of changes, according to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), which ordered the carrier to resume flights.

Air Belgium will operate its inaugural service at the end of the month as it seeks to gain a foothold in Asia.

LaudaMotion, the new Austrian airline headed by Formula One champion Niki Lauda and backed by Ryanair, is to launch a Berlin Tegel base as competition in Germany’s capital intensifies.

United Airlines has moved a step closer to increasing the number of non-stop flights from Houston to Havana.

The number of controlled flights in Europe increased 4.3% to 10.6 million in 2017, the fourth year of growth, according to Eurocontrol.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines rolled out new fingerprint biometric check-in devices at all 50 of its US Delta Sky Club locations last week; it is available free for Delta Sky Club members who are US citizens or permanent residents, and who have registered with Delta’s biometrics program.

New Belgian airline, Air Belgium, will begin ticket sales April 3 for flights set to launch April 16.

Nordwind Airlines will boost services from Crimea’s Simferopol Airport this summer to include 27 destinations, one more than last summer, creating Russia’s largest seasonal regional network, according to Simferopol general director Yevgeniy Plaksin.

China’s HNA Group’s subsidiary HNA Airport Group has won a 35-year concession to operate Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria to facilitate its European market expansion.

The upward trend in passenger traffic continued at Dubai International (DXB) with the hub welcoming close to 7 million passengers in November 2017, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.

Germany-based DFS is about to start providing air navigation services at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued tentative allocations for re-assigned US-Havana, Cuba frequencies March 30 to five carriers, including a major boost for United Airlines’ service from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), with frequencies jumping from once a week to daily.

Istanbul New Airport (INA) has commissioned its first runway, a significant milestone as it prepares for opening in late October 2018.

Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.

Air Seychelles has facilitated an Airbus test flight of a state-of-the-art A321LR from Sharjah to Seychelle.

Routesonline's latest analysis of the European aviation industry, examining the top routes, airlines and airports.

American Airlines will boost its service to the Mexico, Caribbean and Latin America region with the launch of six new routes from the US.

Niche scheduled charter provider OneJet has begun new nonstop service between West Palm Beach (PBI) and its Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) hub, and plans to keep expanding as its Embraer ERJ-135 fleet grows.

Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines, a connecting partner in the Star Alliance, is extending its role by beginning codeshare operations with Taiwan’s EVA Air.