On first consideration, Tenerife might not seem the most logical host for Routes Africa 2016, but, as Routes News, investigates, the Continent is key to its development strategy of becoming a major trade hub.
US NextGen air traffic control technology is a decade old even as it’s introduced and the nation is rapidly falling behind other countries with more advanced air traffic management systems.
Philippine visitors to Guam grew by 125 percent in March 2016, compared to the same month last year, latest data from the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) showed. This led to the second best March in Guam's tourism history, with 133,335 visitor arrivals – just a few notches behind March 2013 with 136,728 visitors recorded. Total visitor arrivals for March 2016 rose 0.8 percent year-on-year.
The dramatic collapse in the price of oil is helping to boost the bottom line of airlines but, ominously, the old adage says that what goes down will, inevitably, go up again. Routes News investigates.
American Airlines has presented a defense of why it should be allocated two daytime slots from the US to Tokyo’s close-in Haneda Airport, and subsequently dismissed rival claims by Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
Qatar Airways is making selective flight cancellations in several markets because of a delay in Airbus aircraft deliveries, Qatar Airways executive communications manager Christine Sarkis confirmed to ATW in Doha.
Passenger traffic at Dubai International has exceeded all previous records in July surging to an historic high of 7.6 million, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.
TAV Operation Services, a subsidiary of TAV Airports, won the tender for the operating rights of the private passenger lounge at the New Terminal Building of Muscat. The number of passenger lounges operated by the company in eight countries increased to 40.
Following years of losses, lack of investment and the consolidation of carriers, US airlines are once again making money and better positioning themselves for when the next downturn comes, as Routes News discovered.
During the Summit, the audience were invited to participate via the website sli.do. This technology is an audience interactive tool for meetings, events and conferences which allowed those in attendance at the Summit to ask questions and vote in polls. Altogether, there were 82 active participants.
Investigators from the UAE have recovered the black box from flight EK521 that was caught fire upon landing at Dubai International on Wednesday August 3.
TAAG Angola Airlines, the national airline of Angola, has taken delivery of another Boeing 777-300ER, which will be used on Angola-Portugal double daily services from June 2.
An influential UK parliamentary body has backed recommendations that London Heathrow Airport should be the site for much-needed extra runway capacity in South East England.
A key approval has paved the way for Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines to go forward with their proposed joint venture, but the process is not yet complete.
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss International Air Lines plans to replace Airbus A330 and A340 widebodies on several Asian schedules with new Boeing 777-300ERs.
Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia said increased airport costs at important Malaysian regional center Kota Kinabalu have contributed to its decision to suspend one of its flights, underlining the carrier’s call for a dedicated LCC terminal.
Spanish carrier Air Europa is to further extend its network into South America during the winter 2016/2017 schedule with new links into Argentina and Ecuador and Routes events and consultancy ASM (Airport Strategy and Marketing) contributed to delivering one of these new long-haul flights.
