Airports & Networks

Egypt has suffered a decline in tourism for the last few years. But a network planning expert is predicting a resurgence in 2017.

Russian and Finland aviation authorities have agreed to increase flight frequencies from 14X- to 21-X per week for designated carriers on Saint Petersburg-Helsinki services.

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has said it has reached interline agreements with both Aer Lingus and Norwegian and is just finalizing technical implementation.

Comoros' Int'Air Îles will tentatively commence its Dzaoudzi to La Réunion via Moroni Int'l service from January 23, reports ch-aviation.

Peter Cerdá, the regional vice president in the Americas for IATA, discusses the future of Latin America, infrastructure concerns and trends throughout the region.

Moscow-based cargo carrier Atran Airlines, which is part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has received approval for 7X-weekly Moscow-Frankfurt service, according to a statement by Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.

Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Vanilla Air plans to launch new routes from Osaka and Tokyo over the next few months as the LCC looks to expand its domestic network.

China Southern Airlines’ parent China Southern Group transported 115 million passengers in 2016, up 4.8% over 2015.

Cathay Pacific will offer a four times weekly service between its Hong Kong International Airport hub and Barcelona from July 2, 2017, subject to final government approval, continuing through the peak travel months until October 27, 2017. This will be the first ever non-stop offering between Hong Kong and Barcelona.

Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings Europe opened a base in Salzburg, Austria on Jan. 11, the LCC’s second base after Vienna.

Over 1,500 meeting requests have now been submitted for Routes Americas.

In the first of our new number cruncher features, we take a look at the facts and figures behind the city hosting Routes Americas 2017 - Las Vegas.

ASM (Airport Strategy & Marketing) is hosting route development training in Singapore for the first time in February 2017.

As it celebrates the tenth anniversary of its debut in the US market, Qatar Airways has said the new four times weekly link between Hamad International Airport and McCarran International Airport will commence from January 8, 2018. It will be flown using a Boeing 777-200LR.

Ethiopian Airlines will add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network as of 28 March 2017.

A strong mix of the world’s fastest growing airlines have signed up for Routes Europe 2017 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Dubbed the new ‘Silicon Valley’ owing to its reputation for being an incubator for tech start-ups thanks to a growing population of highly-educated young professionals, Zagreb is central to industry in this region of Europe. In addition to new technology and telecoms, many of the largest Croatian and Central European companies and conglomerates have their headquarters or regional offices in the city centre.

President-elect Donald Trump’s team has not made a decision regarding separating US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA, US transportation secretary nominee Elaine Chao said in a Jan. 11 Senate confirmation hearing.

Wataniya Airways was a legacy of a liberalisation of Kuwait’s air service market during the 2000s and launched operations from Kuwait International Airport in January 2009, operating a fleet of seven leased Airbus A320s to destinations across the Persian Gulf, the wider Middle East and Europe. However, overcapacity in the local market from new entrants led the carrier to scale back operations in late 2010 ahead of its closure in March 2011.

Las Vegas-based ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) Allegiant Air will launch 17 new routes in May and early June, add Louisville (Kentucky) to its network and make Destin/Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) in northwest Florida a “base of operations.”

Istanbul New Airport has appointed global IT provider SITA to bring the region's most advanced airport to life. SITA will deliver a wide range of airport, passenger and baggage processing solutions to deliver a world-class experience, showcasing the future of air travel.

Royal Air Maroc is planning to move its Moscow operations from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Moscow Domodedovo by the end of March 2018, reports ch-aviation.

Now that Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines have accepted the regulatory conditions they must satisfy to start a transborder joint venture, the US Transportation Department (DOT) has initiated the process for transferring slots from those carriers to competitors.

Jetstar Japan has decided to delay the launch of a route to Shanghai Pudong International Airport because of challenges in gaining approval from Chinese authorities.

UK carrier Virgin Atlantic has raised an additional £32 million ($39 million) and has extended its codeshare agreement with UK regional carrier Flybe.