Hong Kong-based investment holding and asset management company China Everbright Limited (CEL) has purchased the entire stock issue of Albania’s Tirana International Airport (TIA).
United Arab Emirates flag carrier Etihad Airways has increased links to Africa with the signing of a codeshare agreement with South African low-cost carrier (LCC) kulula.
London Gatwick Airport said Oct. 10 it had passed passenger and destination milestones far in advance of official predictions, as it continues a fight to win the planned new runway for the congested South East of England.
Juneyao Airlines and Star Alliance have formally sealed a strategic partnership, which will see the Shanghai-based carrier become a connecting partner in 2017.
The Yekaterinburg-based carrier will offer eleven weekly flights from Zhukovsky, the newest airport for the Moscow region from October 31, 2016 with four weekly flights to Astana, Kazakhstan; three weekly services to Dushanbe, Tajikistan; and twice weekly flights to Khudzhand, Tajikistan and Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
Emirates will boost its services to Doha with two additional daily flights, taking the airline's total operations to nine daily services, effective from October 30, 2016.
Russia’s UTair Aviation will launch a 3X-weekly Saint Petersburg-Munich Boeing 737 service Oct. 30, its first scheduled international flight from St. Petersburg in the IATA 2016-17 winter season.
Lufthansa Group—parent of Austrian Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa,Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and the soon-to-be-acquired Brussels Airlines—has released the company’s 2016/2017 winter flight timetable, effective Oct. 30 through March 25, 2017.
As Hurricane Matthew, a major Category 4 storm, bears down on Florida and the southeastern US on Thursday, airlines serving the region have announced preemptive operational closures and flight cancellations.
London’s hub airport is almost operating at capacity and a decision is expected in the coming weeks about a possible expansion. On the agenda is the extension of an existing runway, the creation of a third runway, or an expansion at fellow London airport Gatwick.
The Chinavia project was initiated in 2012 and works toward making Scandinavia more appealing and welcoming to Chinese travellers to ensure that Scandinavia keeps its position in the global competition to attract Chinese visitors
Germany’s second biggest airline, Air Berlin, will downsize their current fleet by 40 aircraft. Eurowings will receive 35 aircraft, whereas Austrian Airlines will receive five.
Warsaw-based LOT Polish Airlines plans to boost its summer 2017 north transatlantic services with the launch of 4X-weekly Warsaw-Los Angeles and 3X-weekly Warsaw-Newark services, starting from April 2017.
Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016 posted a 7% year-on-year rise in visitor numbers with more than 28,000 trade visitors attending the show, which took place from 25-28 April at Dubai World Trade Centre.
