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Gulf Air recently hosted key travel trade industry representatives in Abu Dhabi at an event that showcased the airline's latest developments and customer-focused initiatives while thanking guests for their longstanding support.

Emirates today announced that both daily flights between Dubai and Moscow will now be operated by the airline's A380.

Jazeera Airways has launched its double weekly service to Azerbaijan's capital city, Baku.

Etihad Airways is adding year-round flights between its Abu Dhabi hub and both Cairo and Lagos later this year.

The Federal Government of Nigeria is in talks with the UK on how Arik Air will return to the London route, reports The Afritraveller.

Routesonline's profile of an unserved, underserved or upcoming route as featured on Route Exchange. This month we take a look at the case for Athens-Chicago.

UK LCC easyJet will launch flights in four German markets in January, as it picks up routes formerly served by now-bankrupt airberlin.

Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have signed a preliminary MOU to form a joint venture (JV) that will include coordinated schedules and pricing on US-Canada transborder flights.

Air Algérie has abandoned plans to start intercontinental services out of Oran this summer, reports ch-aviation.

EgyptAir is to operate a direct flight from Cairo to Narita, Japan and connect it to Egyptian tourist cities in winter flights schedule starting from October 29 with a frequency of one flight per week on Saturdays, apt to increase according to demands to visit Egypt.

The number of unique city pair connections is estimated to have exceeded 20,000 this year, more than double the connectivity by air 20 years ago.

IATA does not foresee more US carriers pulling out of Cuba and says the airlines now serving are the “right players” for the market.

The last edition of 2017 has been published.

Emirates will introduce a third daily service to Brisbane, Australia from 1 December 2017.

Start-up winter sports airline Powdair, which was due to launch this month with services from eight European airports to Sion in Switzerland, has cancelled all planned flights but says it has a new investor on board and expects to relaunch in 2018.

Japan Airlines has invested $10m in a US start-up which is aiming to bring supersonic travel back to commercial networks – and has options to purchase as many as 20 of the planes.

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The national carriers of Russia and Japan have signed a strategic cooperation agreement that they say will bring significant customer benefits and increase travel options between the two nations.

Ryanair has applied for slots to base nine aircraft at Berlin’s Tegel aircraft from summer 2018 in a challenge to easyJet’s expansion plans at the airport and in the broader German market following airberlin’s collapse.

Global air travel demand rebounded in October after the hurricane-related disruptions in September, with Asia-Pacific airlines leading the growth.

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has applied for slots to base nine aircraft at Berlin Tegel, a move which would double its number of planes in Germany’s capital city.

Singapore-based LCC Scoot, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, will expand its network to Europe with the launch off 4X-weekly Singapore-Berlin services starting in mid-2018.

Emirates announced today that it will further expand its European network with the introduction of a daily flight from Dubai to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia from June 1, 2017.

Mahan Air will next month open talks with authorities in Australia over the proposed launch of flights, reports ch-aviation.