Airports & Networks

ECAIR Congo has resumed scheduled domestic flights following a three-month break, reports ch-aviation.

Air Madagascar is to resume operations to China early next year having suspended them in January owing to low profitability, reports ch-aviation.

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.

Oman Air has provided a substantial boost to its services to Salalah over the summer months, in respond to customer demand.

Spain-based SkyTeam member Air Europa and Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines have implemented a codeshare agreement, effective Oct. 1.

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.

Ethiopian Airlines has commenced services to Windhoek, Namibia, via Gaborone, as of October 6, 2016.

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.

Sweden's hub airport believe a number of factors are driving more and more Chinese tourists to Stockholm, although the market is still underserved.

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

Singapore Airlines and Air Mauritius have signed a codeshare agreement to provide customers more choice and convenience when travelling to Mauritius.

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.

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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.

Airports in the region could soon be using driverless electric shuttles to transport passengers and their luggage.

Qatar Airways received its 50th Boeing 777 recently, taking the total count of aircraft in operation to more than 180 single aisle and widebody aircraft.

The first LATAM Airlines flight to South Africa landed yesterday afternoon at Johannesburg's O. R. Tambo International Airport.

National Airways Corporation (NAC) has announced its charter facility will be launched at the end of November 2016.

The Hilton has announced the signing of a management agreement with Quality Inspection & Testing Services to open a 350 guest-room and suite hotel at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Nigeria.

Icelandair is to add 13% year-on-year international capacity and has confirmed plans to add another pair of Boeing 767-300s in 2017.

Russian airport operator Basel Aero has signed an agreement with Gelendzhik authorities to construct a new terminal at Gelendzhik Airport, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2018.

Russia’s UTair Aviation has signed an agreement of intent with the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of North Caucasus Affairs to develop a route network in the North Caucasus region.