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With British Airways back on board, Bristol’s ambitious expansion project should see its network grow substantially in the coming months and years

Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings opened a base in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 24, and will launch its first Airbus A320 flight May 25 to Bremen, Germany.

Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air has based a second Airbus A320 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Italian airport solutions company ENAV has delivered the first of two air traffic control towers that will be installed at the Mitiga Airport in Libya as part of an ongoing infrastructure revamp project, reports Oscar Nkala.

Aviation IT specialist, SITA, rolled out several community innovation demos with an eye toward the future at this year's Air Transport IT Summit being held in Barcelona. These forward-looking innovations are part of SITA's 2016 multi-million investment across five main focus areas to explore new solutions to some of the air transport industry's most pressing challenges.

Sino-Russian business aims to take on Boeing and Airbus in long-haul market

Dubai-based Emirates Airlines will begin a second daily Airbus A380 service to Beijing and Shanghai Pudong from July 1, replacing the Boeing 777-300ER on both routes.

Berlin-based Germania opened a base in Palma de Mallorca, Spain May 19, and will operate daily flights between Palma de Mallorca and Friedrichshafen, Muenster/Osnabruck, Dresden, Bremen and Nuremberg for the summer season.

The Trump administration has given its full backing to the creation of a “non-profit, independent corporation” separate from FAA to manage US air traffic control (ATC), proposing that the new entity be operational by 2021 after a “multi-year” transfer.

China’s Juneyao Airlines has become the first Star Alliance connecting partner in an effort to facilitate its international expansion.

Florida-based ultra-low-cost-carrier Spirit Airlines will begin nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) and Chicago O’Hare to Cancun International Airport beginning Nov. 9.

Malaysia’s Malindo Air has operated the first revenue flights with a re-engined Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Airline Routes-May 22, 2017

The Namibian government says it has restarted a 'transparent and cost-sensitive' tendering process for the expansion of the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) which stalled in March after a Supreme Court ruling which nullified the December 2015 decision to award the contract to a Chinese company, writes Oscar Nkala.

New head of network planning Wilken Bellmann shares the airline's network development goals

President Trump's visit to Kingdom triggers contract announcement

Entebbe Airport has seen an upgrade of its radar system to become ADS-B capable and will be able to use next generation systems including data links.

London City Airport (LCY) will be the first in the UK to have its air traffic control (ATC) functions controlled remotely.

The conflict over management of the US air traffic control (ATC) system is back in full swing. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) is trying to consolidate support for his plan to put an independent not-for-profit corporation in charge of ATC, paid for by user fees.

Southwest Airlines plans to launch new international flights from Fort Lauderdale, Nashville, and St. Louis beginning in November.

Uzbekistan Airways launched 2X-weekly Tashkent-Riga-New York JFK Boeing 787-8 services, replacing a 767-300ER on the route, May 18.

Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair began trialing connecting flights through Rome Fiumicino, May 17, in a move away from point-to-point services.

Russia’s S7 Airlines began international flights from St. Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport May 9, with 3X-weekly Airbus A319 services to Berlin Tegel.