Airports & Networks

With two previously unserved long-haul routes now secured, Copenhagen Airports is eyeing new targets.

Providing fast connections between Asia and Europe, Helsinki Airport is seeking to add connections to China and North America.

While existing carriers continue to increase capacity, new and emerging markets like India and the Middle East are a growing focus for Velana International Airport.

Barcelona is taking centre stage for the world's premier route development event.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastating hit on Puerto Rico, most airlines are continuing to cancel flights into San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU).

Abu Dhabi Airports (ADA) reported Sept. 22 it had substantially improved earnings for the first eight months of 2017, despite the adverse impact of international events.

Team Scotland hopeful that joined-up approach means a coherent vision to create a wide variety of new air services.

The 31 percent visitor Asian visitor growth seen by Prague in 2017 is set to kickstart hunt for more long-haul routes.

The city's "bold tourism goal" of 55 million visitors by 2020 means a renewed focus on new services.

With construction work on Accra-Kotoka Internationals new Terminal 3 flagship project moving into top gear some operators at the airport have had to change location to facilitate the development.

We bring together your tweets from this year's World Routes.

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.

This week: British Airways returns to the Seychelles after a 13-year absence and Avior Airlines picks up Caracas-Bogota route.

Russian startup Azimuth Airline, which began operations Sept. 21 with Rostov-on-Don to Moscow Vnukovo service, operated its first flight with a 100% seat load factor, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) said.

German leisure carrier Condor and Lufthansa Group LCC Eurowings will launch flights to the Caribbean from Dusseldorf from Sept. 25, following the closure of airberlin’s long-haul routes to these regions.

The Spanish carrrier wants to be an airline with more stamps in its passport, including Africa and Asia, says chief executive Luis Gallego.

A record-breaking 45.7 million passengers travelled through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last year and Kazue Ishiwata explains why further growth is on the horizon.

Bombardier has forecast strong global growth for 60- to 150-seat range over the next 20 years, with the manufacturer’s Imed Ben Abdallah explaining why the turboprop aircraft could become a critical tool to develop domestic networks in Africa.

A damaged pipeline has led to rationing by the oil company supplying New Zealand’s Auckland Airport with jet fuel, prompting delays and cancellations on scores of flights operating out of the country’s biggest airport.

Barcelona will be the centre of global aviation when the annual World Routes forum (23-26 September) opens in the city this weekend.

FAA has awarded approximately $733 million in airport improvement program (AIP) grants so far in September, including $448.1 million in discretionary funds, pushing AIP awards in 2017 over the $3 billion mark.

The test of SITA’s biometric boarding gate technology on JetBlue Airways flights at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) had “a close to 100% match-rate,” the Geneva-based air transport IT company said Sept. 19.

Volantio's technology is helping airlines to maximise unit revenues and decrease costs, while also enabling them to avoid potentially embarrassing PR disasters. Routesonline spoke to Azim Barodawala about the company and how the aviation industry is responding to digitalisation.

LCCs Norwegian and Ryanair have abandoned plans to form a connecting flight partnership, after Norwegian decided to enter into a similar tie-up with UK LCC easyJet.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) has announced the start of services to the Republic of Mauritius, with the first flight touching down on September 15, 2017, providing a direct link between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the island nation.