Airports & Networks

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.

A new bid has been put forward to create London Heathrow’s long-awaited third runway at considerably lower cost than the plan from the airport’s owners.

Emirates Airlines is offering special fares for Eid. Promotional bookings to select destinations across Emirates' network made between 7 August to 19 August for travel until 13 December 2017 start from AED 910.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will begin scheduled flights between Riyadh and Jeddah to the Republic of Mauritius from September 14 this year.

Delta Air Lines is beefing up its Boston operation with two new routes, bringing the total number of destinations served from the city to 47.

Warsaw-based LOT Polish Airlines plans to launch its first transatlantic services from the Hungarian capital of Budapest to New York JFK and Chicago O’Hare, starting from May 2018.

Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings will base three Airbus A330-200s in Munich from April 16, 2018, as the fast-growing European carrier continues its long-haul expansion.

New German airline Azur Air has begun operations and launched its first flight from Düsseldorf to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 3.