Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and Parma Airport have signed an agreement to develop cargo traffic at the airport of the central Italian city.

The hub for fast-expanding network carrier, Emirates Airline and base for growing low-cost operator, flydubai, witnessed a 10.7 per cent surge in international passenger numbers for 2015, helping it to remain the top spot, which it secured from London Heathrow earlier this decade.

The route will be Chongqing-based West Air’s first international flight and has been launched in order to strengthen ties between the two cities.

British Airways (BA) has said it will move flights from London City Airport if new owners attempt to increase landing charges.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the union representing 14,000 US air traffic controllers, is backing Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Pennsylvania) proposal to separate ATC from FAA.

Singapore-based long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot plans to launch services to at least three Indian destinations by the end of May 2016.

Chongqing-based West Air has launched a new 3X-weekly schedule from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport to Singapore’s Changi Airport with 180-seat Airbus A320-200 aircraft.

Hainan Airlines subsidiary Tianjin Airlines will open four international long-haul routes in June as it accelerates its international expansion pace.

Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) pending application for permission to serve the US will be on the agenda at the next US-European Union aviation meeting, in April in Washington DC.

The Routes Americas app is now available to download from your app store for all of the event essentials right at your fingertips.

For business travellers, a growing segment of easyJet’s passenger count, the new bases will enable the carrier to better serve the demands of its premium passengers in Barcelona and Venice with new earlier morning departures affording a more flexible schedule for same day trip arrangements to Europe’s main economic centres.

South African Airways' (SAA) has launched flights to Abuja as a second gateway in Nigeria.

US airlines—minus Delta Air Lines—quickly lined up behind a proposal to separate US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA, but others, including the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), expressed misgivings.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary expects to overtake Wizz Air in Central Europe to become the largest carrier in these markets by 2018.

British Airways will return to Iran on 14 July 2016 after a 15.5-year absence of flying its own aircraft into the often controversial country.

Russia and Cyprus have agreed to remove “all the limitations on the number of designated airlines of both sides on agreed routes” between the countries.

Ethiopian Airlines plans to launch 3X-weekly Addis Ababa-Lomé (Togo)-New York JFK services by the end of June.

US House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) has proposed legislation that would remove the operation and management of US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA.

Delta plans to use the type to replace older less-efficient domestic Boeing 757 aircraft that are being retired from Delta's fleet and, according to its flight schedule inventory will configure them in a two-class arrangement with 20 First Class seats and 169 Economy seats, including extra-legroom seats in its Economy Comfort cabin.

Industry leaders from Boeing, Amadeus Philippines and Digital Jungle will explore how tourism can benefit from Asia Pacific’s growing aviation industry during a high profile event at Routes Asia 2016.

Qatar Airways has celebrated the arrival of its first flight from Doha to Sydney, making this the airline's third gateway into Australia.

Emirates has launched its first non-stop service between Dubai and Auckland, one of the world's longest scheduled flights, bringing 39 European destinations and another 38 in Africa and the Middle East within just one stop of New Zealand.

Satair is to market and distribute the ground support equipment from Dedienne Aerospace across the whole of Africa .

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, celebrated the arrival of its inaugural non-stop scheduled service from Beijing this morning.

Hainan Airlines filed an application with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in November last year for rights to introduce the first regular flight between China and Alberta. There are already direct links between Beijing and Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver; Guangzhou and Vancouver; Shanghai and Toronto and Vancouver and Shenyang and Vancouver.