Airports & Networks

Emirates Airline has suspended flights from Dubai to Tunis in a row between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Tunisia over the carriage of Tunisian women.

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling is set to increase its presence in Austria, Germany and Switzerland after its parent company International Airlines Group agreed to buy the assets of Niki, the insolvent former Air Berlin subsidiary.

Routesonline looks back at an eventful second half of 2017 which included the 23rd World Routes taking place in Barcelona, the failures of Monarch and Air Berlin, and Airbus' A380 celebrating a decade of commercial flight.

UAE carriers were “banned” from landing in Tunisia after Dubai’s national carrier Emirates refused boarding to Tunisian women under the age of 30.

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.

Airline Routes-Dec. 22, 2017

Selected 2017 airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements, in monthly and year-to-date figures, as of December 22, 2017.

Bristol Airport, the main airport in southwest England, was closed for several hours Dec. 22 after a bmi regional Embraer 145 slid off the runway while taxiing, according to an airport spokeswoman.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group and its LCC subsidiary Scoot plan to further grow their European network.

Lufthansa—which plans to transfer five of 14 Airbus A380s from its Frankfurt home base to Munich from March 25, 2018—has announced seasonal network changes.

Emirates Airline is launching services to London Stansted Airport (STN), the Dubai-based carrier’s third London route, starting June 8, 2018.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian estimates the 11-hour power blackout at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Dec. 17 cost the company between $25 and $50 million, a Delta spokesperson confirmed to ATW Dec. 21.

The week: The first scheduled Las Vegas-Brazil non-stop flight, more Milan-New York capacity and Condor targets Kuala Lumpur.

Discover which airports and destinations have been recognised for their outstanding achievements in route development marketing.

Florida-based ultra LCC Spirit Airlines will launch two new year-round international routes, including the carrier’s first service to Ecuador, from its Fort Lauderdale hub in spring 2018.

The European Commission has approved Lufthansa’s acquisition of parts of Air Berlin after the German flag carrier agreed to scale back the deal.

German leisure carrier Condor has leased seven aircraft during the holiday season to fill a capacity gap left by airberlin subsidiary NIKI, which filed for bankruptcy and immediately ceased operations Dec. 13.

ASM is hosting two industry-leading training courses in New York this spring: Negotiating Airline Incentives and Marketing to Airlines for Air Service Development.

ASM is hosting two of its flagship courses, The Fundamentals of Route Development and Route Traffic Forecasting Data Tools & Techniques in London this spring.

Delta Air Lines is expanding its codeshare routes with Korean Air as the pair await final clearance for their joint venture on transpacific flights.

Turkish carrier firms up optional deal for 25 A321neo ACF jets.

Senior airline officials are among the high-profile names preparing to discuss the future of aviation at Routes Americas 2018.

China's aviation market is expanding at an incredible pace; but how much of that is from Western Europe?

Emirates will begin daily flights to Dubai from Stansted next year, providing a huge boost for the London airport’s long-haul ambitions.

Airlines will be able to nominate airports and destinations that provided exceptional marketing support for new and existing air services from Tuesday, 2 January