From snorkeling with sharks to the world’s tallest bungee swing, there’s plenty to see and do in Durban. We’d like to share with you just a handful of experiences of what the Routes team got up to after the hard work of World Routes was over.
The news that Norwegian has selected the Irish regional airport to launch new transatlantic links to Boston and New York in 2016 and 2017, respectively, was unexpected and showed how the airport is working with local partners and the world’s airlines to develop enhanced global connectivity.
The new route will complement the carrier’s existing US network of Newark Liberty, New York JFK and Chicago O’Hare and will be its longest non-stop service at a distance of around 7,670 miles and a 16 hour flight time. It will be served by a Boeing 777-200LR and will operate on a three times weekly basis from December 2, 2015.
The UBM EMEA Routes team were pleased to be to able to team up with a couple of local Durban charities supported by this year’s World Routes hosts in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and to present them with a range of goods donated by the team and event exhibitors as well new products bought using money raised through fundraising activities.
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines are jockeying for a slot at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) being surrendered by Sun Country Airlines.
WATCH exclusive content from this year's World Routes Strategy Summit. Here we highlight a discussion on Open Skies in Africa and how work is progressing towards opening Africa's skies for Africa's airlines from the 'State of the Industry' panel session.
WATCH exclusive content from this year's World Routes Strategy Summit. Here we highlight a discussion on how the fall in fuel costs have not translated to savings for Africa's airlines from the 'State of the Industry' panel session.
Faro Airport is located in the Algarve, in the southwest of Europe, and provides access to a growing market of airlines and destinations, currently operating to 69 destinations in 15 countries. Famous for providing access to the sustained leisure travel market of the Algarve, Faro Airport is also the gateway to the coastal city of Huelva, another important Spanish tourist destination.
The Qatari and Australian governments this month announced they had expanded the current bilaterals between the countries, allowing 50 per cent more flights on the Australia-Qatar route with immediate effect. The agreement will allow for up to 21 flights each week, each way, for airlines of both countries to the major gateways of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
The new route to Paris will commence in May 2016 and will supplement the existing London route operated by rival carrier, American Airlines. The daily flight will launch on May 12, 2016 and will be operated using a 164-seat Boeing 757-200ER in conjunction with the airline's joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Alitalia.
The new service will build on the national carrier’s existing weekly Honiara - Nadi service which operates via Port Vila, Vanuatu, on Saturdays and returns to Honiara, again via Port Vila, on Sundays and continues a recent growth of Solomon Airlines’ international network in recent months, which saw a direct Sydney-Honiara service introduced in June.
The airline had for a long-time used Domodedovo International Airport as its main scheduled base in Moscow, supplemented by leisure-based operations from Sheremetyevo International Airport. However, in May 2012 it introduced flights from Vnukovo, until then known mainly for its domestic activities within the Russian Federation.
Finnair resumed non-stop scheduled services between its Helsinki hub and the US city of Miami in December 2014, introducing a three times weekly operation using an Airbus A340 from December 16, 2014 until March 21, 2015 and will resume the route later this year.
Qatar Airways could introduce up to 20 direct weekly Doha-Sydney flights in the immediate future, following an updated air services agreement (ASA) between Qatar and Australia.
The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLT) has approved an Air France-KLM 3X-weekly direct cargo service between Amsterdam and Busan, starting at the end of October.
