Focusing on direct routes to popular destinations, SAS’s 2016/2017 Winter Programme will open up 470,000 more seats to travellers in Scandinavia than last year, and will see an increase in flight frequency on selected domestic and European routes.
European budget carrier Norwegian has revealed that it is considering launching transatlantic flights from Edinburgh as well as potentially introducing UK domestic services as part of its backing to the case for Gatwick Airport’s expansion.
Kunming-based Hongtu Airlines has launched its inaugural flight—Kunming-Nanchang service—after the Civil Aviation Administration of China loosened its grip on approving new entrants into the domestic airline industry.
Taiwan-based regional airline TransAsia Airways will reduce regional services and schedules to Japanese destinations following a FY2015 operating loss of NT$2.49 billion ($76.8 million).
The launch of flights to Chiang Mai comes at a time when Qatar Airways is rapidly expanding its network and will inaugurate 14 new destinations on its route map throughout 2016 and into early 2017, including a number of new markets in Africa.
Africa is set to be one of the fastest-growing aviation regions over the next 20 years, with annual expansion averaging nearly five percent. This opens up incredible economic opportunities for the continent’s 54 nations. By transporting some 70 million passengers annually, aviation already supports some 6.9 million jobs and $80 billion of economic activity on the African continent.
Emirates' premium and loyal customers can now look forward to even greater levels of comfort, hospitality and convenience with the opening of the airline's new two-level premium lounge at the Cape Town International Airport in South Africa.
Swissport Executive Aviation, a business line of Swissport International has won of the ONDA (Morocco National Airport Authority) FBO tender and will launch the first FBO product at Moroccan airports.
With effect from June 23, 2016, flynas will add a second daily service between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, increasing its combined offer with Etihad to four daily services. At the same time it will enter the Jeddah – Abu Dhabi market with a daily flight which will complement Etihad’s existing thrice daily services.
Ireland’s pro-aviation policy, embracing deregulation and liberalizing market access, is visionary and helps enable growth among airlines, lessors, MROs and aviation and travel companies, the CEO of Aer Lingus told a Washington DC audience this week.
Singapore’s second airport and MRO hub, Seletar Airport, is to build a replacement Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) to expand the facility’s handling capacity.
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been designated by local authorities to perform flights from Khabarovsk, in Russia´s Far East, to several points in the US.
