Airports & Networks

Singapore’s Changi Airport has introduced a trial of a new Fast and Seamless Travel (FAST) automated check-in system at Terminal 2.

Emirates Airline will launch daily Dubai-Panama City flights next year, marking its entry into Central America.

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Ukrainian aviation authorities have banned Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat-Kiev flights from Aug. 16.

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Recently named as one of CNN’s most underrated cities and hitting 7th on the New York Times’ list of ’52 Places to go in 2015’, Durban is a city on the rise.

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Both a vibrant metropolis and gateway to tropical destinations, Panama City is also the economic and financial centre of Panama with the major industries being international banking, commerce, and tourism. Located between North and South America, as well as the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Panama City has developed an unrivalled transportation and communication network.

What are the world's longest scheduled air routes by distance and block time? As Emirates Airline reveals plans to launch a Dubai - Panama City route in February 2016, Routesonline investigates.

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Jetstar plans to start regional services in New Zealand before the end of the year. The low-cost carrier will operate a fleet of five turboprops on the enhanced network in New Zealand, bringing low fare competition to many monopoly domestic routes outside the country’s main centres.

The average daily traffic in Europe in July exceeded 31,000 flights a day for the first time in five years, according to the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, Eurocontrol.

Allegiant Air will start flying to San Antonio and Kansas City, Missouri, as part of a broader plan to add 17 new routes this fall.

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Chinese carriers are accelerating their expansion into the Japanese market following an increased traffic rights agreement between the two countries.

Low-cost carrier (LCC) Indonesia AirAsia is set to reopen a direct Singapore-Padang, Sumatra service.

Qatar Airways has announced increased frequencies to its gateways in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia starting this month.

Emirates is to add a third-daily service to Riyadh from December 15, 2015.

The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 184 airports worldwide - current through June 2015 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.

Air China will launch 3X-weekly Boeing 777-300ER Beijing-Johannesburg service from Oct. 29, marking the Chinese carrier’s entrance into the African market.

Russia’s Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport will begin construction on a new terminal in 2016, which can handle 500 domestic and 200 international passengers per hour.

Filipino flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to launch Cebu-Los Angeles (LAX) service from March 2016.

LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) will soon revert to local control, which could eventually lead to lower costs for airlines and possibly more air service.

The addition of the Boeing B747-400BCF heavy cargo aircraft, and its 112.5 tonne capacity, will enable the carier to satisfy growing demand for outsized freight transportation from customers investing in significant infrastructure projects in the Middle East and throughout the world.

London’s Heathrow Airport is trialing steeper landing approaches to reduce aircraft noise next month, following British Airways’ Airbus A380 trial flights in May.