Airports & Networks

Selected June 2016 airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements, presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
Airports & Networks

Norwegian Air International (NAI) is appealing to European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to help the carrier make its case for starting US service.
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Medview Airline commenced the airlift of 448 pilgrims from Osun state, Nigeria, on Monday.
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Accra and Lagos now have new connections to Milan, Italy as Meridiana began services from Malpensa to the two African major cities.
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Southwest Airlines said it should be considered before American Airlines and Volaris for any slot divestitures at Mexico City International Airport (MEX) that Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico must make in order for the Mexican and US governments to approve their proposed immunized joint venture (JV).
Airports & Networks

By Karen O'Neill
The World Routes Strategy Summit (sponsored by Oman Airports Management Company) will shine a spotlight on the challenges facing the aviation industry in turbulent times.
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By Linda Blachly
Australia's Melbourne Airport welcomed its inaugural Airbus A350 service with the arrival of Singapore Airlines' (SIA) flight SQ207 on Aug. 10.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Efforts to ease air traffic restrictions over Tokyo are gaining momentum, potentially opening the way for a significant increase in international slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport.
Airports & Networks

Lufthansa Consulting has been given a wide-ranging contract by the government of Iraq to help transform the country's civil aviation.
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Turkish Airlines will return several aircraft to their lessors as the carrier's capacity demand continues to weaken given the onset of the winter season, reports ch-aviation.
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TAV Airports Holding has announced its 2016 nine-month financials, with revenue of EUR 814 million and EBITDA of EUR 349 million.
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Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, hosted a press briefing with national and regional Italian media during his recent visit to Tuscany.
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Oman Air is delighted to announce that both of its daily Muscat to London flights will move to Terminal 4 at London Heathrow Airport from January 31, 2017.
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Oman Air is to launch a new daily flight from Manchester to Muscat starting May 1, 2017.
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Tanzania's Dodoma Airport is now 80% complete and expected to be finished by the end of August.
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By Edward Robertson
In our regular Routes News series we take a look at the people that attend Routes events and find out more about them, their jobs and the current industry issues impacting them.
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By Alan Dron
A passenger who believed he had missed his Ryanair flight from Madrid’s Barajas Airport took matters into his own hands in his attempts to travel to Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.
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By Richard Maslen
Despite making its retreat from the European market back in 2012 due to high fuel costs, airport taxes and weak demand, it has been AirAsia X’s ambition to return to the Continent with more fuel efficient twin engine equipment once market conditions improved.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Nensel, Linda Blachly
Delta Air Lines said it started Wednesday, Aug. 10 operations with a little over 150 systemwide cancellations, with expectations that normal operations would return by mid-to-late afternoon.
Airlines & Lessors

By Vincent Chappard
Air Seychelles and Air Madagascar have strengthened their codeshare cooperation with the aim of bringing more travellers to both Seychelles and Madagascar, while increasing travel choice in the Indian Ocean.
Airports & Networks

The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has reported it expects a further increase of passenger traffic.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Have you wondered what enticed an airline to a certain destination? What the data says about demand on the city pair and connecting markets? What external factors may have influenced the airline in selecting a specific city pair? How this business case differs from others? Our new ‘Route Case’ offering will seek to provide the answers all within a single 20 minute meeting slot at our events.
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By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has begun detailed planning for its first routes to China, which it plans to launch in 2017.
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By Adrian Schofield
Indonesian low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X (AAX) wants further relaxation of flight limits on routes from Malaysia to Australia, as the LCC sees this market as one of its major growth oportunities.
Airports & Networks

Air France will begin 3X-weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle-Accra (Ghana, West Africa) services on Feb. 28, 2017.
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