Airports & Networks

SAS Scandinavian Airlines plans to launch three North-Atlantic routes in 2016, adding 330,000 seats to its international network, the company said.

The US should engage Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in consultations over Open Skies agreements, Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) president Tim Canoll said.

Icelandair will launch new nonstop service between Keflavik International Airport in Reykjavik and Montreal’s Pierre Trudeau International Airport on 19 May, 2016.

Durban and KwaZulu-Natal have a rich natural heritage and culture, boasting Big 5 game reserves, battlefield memorials, two World Heritage Sites and rock paintings, thousands of years old.

Airport freight traffic, year-to-date, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.

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South African Airways’ low cost carrier Mango is expanding its flights into Lanseria. Mango will launch Durban-Lanseria on 15 October

Sydney Airport must pay Qantas AUD535 million ($394 million) to curtail the 30-year lease the Australian carrier holds on the airport’s Terminal 3.

Air China will launch 4X-weekly Beijing-Mumbai Airbus A330-300 flights from Oct. 25.

Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc are set to further strengthen their recent business partnership with the launch of new code-share routes across Royal Air Maroc's extensive West African network, as well as on both airlines' routes between Qatar and Morocco from 20th August.

FAA has conceded an Aug. 15 air traffic control (ATC) system failure affecting hundreds of flights was rooted in a software upgrade to its ATC computer system.

The European NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has criticized the Irish government for using €42.5 million ($47.1 million) of public funds for underused regional airports.

Bangkok Airways has applied strict security procedures at Thai departure airports following a bombing in Bangkok that killed at least 21 people Aug. 17.

Air France and Air Seychelles today signed a landmark codeshare agreement to provide travellers with enhanced connections between France, wider Europe and Seychelles.

Airline Routes Aug 17 2015

Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Jetstar Asia will extend its route network with new schedules to Palembang and Pekanbaru, Indonesia and Da Nang, Vietnam.

American Airlines is on track to launch Airbus A321 service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Hawaii as of Aug. 18, the airline confirmed.

FAA said an Aug. 15 air traffic control (ATC) system failure was not caused by “any inherent problems” with its new ATC computer system.

Qatar Airways has increased flight frequencies to Asmara, Eritrea, and to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

FAA is trying to determine what caused a system failure at a major US ATC center over the weekend, causing hundreds of flights to be delayed or cancelled.

Turkish Airlines president and CEO Temel Kotil has spoken against airline subsidies.

FAA is investigating whether the city of Dallas failed to properly accommodate Delta Air Lines’ request to continue operating flights from Love Field.

Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings has reported promising bookings for first flights from Vienna to the Caribbean, Thailand and Dubai from Nov. 9.