Ahead of World Routes 2017, Routesonline gathered the thoughts of three airlines to find out the golden rules when preparing for network development meetings.
Bahraini national airline Gulf Air and Greece’s largest carrier, Aegean Airlines, have announced a codeshare partnership widening their respective networks across Europe and the Middle East.
UK airports operator Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is rolling out a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) investment program and swapping the CEOs of Manchester and London Stansted airports into one another’s roles.
Irish LCC Ryanair has doubled its connecting flights at Milan Bergamo from 25 to 50 routes, marking the latest step in a wider expansion in Ryanair-to-Ryanair connections.
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific is to expand its route network and increase its fleet of Airbus A350-900 aircraft as it grapples with "intense competition", particularly on international routes to and from China.
This week: Frontier brings the first new mainline service between San Antonio, Texas and Ontario, California; Budapest gets an Agadir link; and Juneyao increases its Philippines focus.
Azul Brazilian Airlines will add two more Brazil-Florida routes in December and has reached an expanded codeshare agreement with New York-based JetBlue Airways.
Hawaiian Airlines CEO Mark Dunkerley is proposing a new approach to slot allocation to enhance competition at increasingly constrained global airports.
Four Dutch airports overseen by Royal Schiphol Group are to go wind-powered from 2018 under a 15-year agreement with sustainable energy supplier Eneco.
Air Berlin has filed for bankruptcy protection but flights will continue to operate as rescue talks with Lufthansa and the German government take place.
An analysis of seat capacity for travel to the top ten international airports in Africa, produced by ForwardKeys, reveals that Lagos is seeing substantial declines in both domestic and international capacity, mainly because Arik Air is cutting 53% of its seats for the rest of 2017.
Hainan Airlines has signed a cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport and the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality in an effort to enhance its position in the Shenzhen market.
United Airlines will launch commercial passenger services from Paine Field in Everett, Washington state—with six daily flights to its hubs in Denver and San Francisco—in the fall of 2018.
