Airports & Networks

UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet is to base its second Airbus A320neo at London Gatwick Airport, after basing its initial aircraft at London Luton.

Russia’s Anapa International Airport has opened a new 11,800 sq m passenger terminal, which is able to handle 600 passengers per hour.

FAA’s airport infrastructure grants for 2017 expanded July 12 with an additional $185.1 million for 40 US airports, including $54.6 million in discretionary funding for 13 airports, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) said.

Major Chinese carriers register ahead of meeting request system opening on Monday, 17 July

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expanding its federally mandated rollout of facial recognition biometric exit technology to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) division said July 11.

HNA Group’s subsidiary Beijing Capital Airlines will begin 3X-weekly Hangzhou-Beijing-Lisbon (Portugal) services July 25, as part of its international expansion plans.

Ahead of World Routes 2017, each week we will be profiling a different member of the Routes team.

The key routes in the sights of Eindhoven - the largest airport without direct flights to a European hub.

GCC and South Asia top targets as Dubai's second airport aims to build its network

American Airlines is ending its codeshare relationships with Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways as a protest against what it alleges to be government subsidies of the major Gulf carriers.

Chinese narrowbody aircraft operator Donghai Airlines proposes to open the first scheduled services between China and Darwin in northern Australia, a tourism market.

Oneworld member airberlin plans to expand services at Dusseldorf by stationing 12 instead of 11 long-haul aircraft at the airport this winter, which will be used to provide additional flights to the US.

The Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) supervisory board has agreed to the construction of a so-called Terminal T1-E’lite,’ which is designed to handle up to 6 million passengers and cost around €100 million ($114 million).

Flydubai will launch two new European routes for next year - flights to Krakow will start on 08 April 2018 and flights to Catania will start on 13 June 2018.

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

This week: An unusual move by LOT, China Southern grows in Australia, another US link for Edelweiss.

World's longest-range single-seater set for 2019 debut in the continent

Europe will begin the arbitration process over Norwegian UK’s (NUK) application to serve US routes if the US does not soon approve the application, a senior European Commission (EC) official warned this week.

Tehran could become an important hub for Iran Air following ambitious expansion plans for Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport and the creation of new transit facilities, Iran Air chairman and MD Farhad Parvaresh told ATW recently.

Virgin Australia is considering launching its own service to Samoa after its joint venture with the Samoan government is terminated in November.

Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has canceled flights to Ukraine it had planned to start in October.

Emirates and Flydubai have announced 16 additional destinations to which Emirates' passengers will be able travel on a single ticket.

Ethiopian Airlines has finalised preparations to start scheduled thrice weekly services to Kaduna, Nigeria, as of August 1st, 2017.

Airline Routes-July 10, 2017

Lufthansa will introduce “SmartDepart” gates to expedite passengers flying from Munich to Düsseldorf, Berlin/Tegel, Frankfurt and Hamburg airports, from Oct. 31.