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.
Air Europa pilots, represented by the Spanish pilots trade union SEPLA, have requested layover alternatives on its 3X-weekly Madrid-Caracas services because of safety concerns.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has seen a dramatic improvement on its Australasian services, thanks to the carrier’s efforts to boost demand in this market.
As foreign competitors continue to erode flag carrier El Al’s market share, Routesonline looks at the growing appeal of Israel for international airlines.
Zambia has, for the past few years, been engaged in major infrastructure development projects to upgrade the country's four international airports. Keith Mwanalushi checks in on progress at the main gateway – Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
Russia’s new Platov International Airport, which will serve Rostov-on-Don, will begin aircraft testing from Oct. 16-Nov. 20, as it prepares for a December 2017 opening.
We sat down with Mike St Laurent, ASM’s vice president of consulting, to discuss how delegates can maximise the effectiveness of their airline meetings at World Routes.