Opening Routes Middle East & Africa on Sunday 31st May 2015, The Routes Middle East & Africa Strategy Summit will take place at the event in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
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Niki said at the time the flights were announced that it believed there would be sufficient demand for the short flights, which despite a 25 minute block time were estimated to be just ten minutes in length. The majority of this demand would have been to feed its wider network from Vienna International Airport, according to the carrier.
Ryanair opened the Copenhagen base at the end of last month as it continues to develop its network offering from primary airports to support business as well as leisure demand. It is initially stationing a single Boeing 737-800 at the airport but expects a further three aircraft to arrive over the course of the year to support its network expansion.
Hercules freighters have long been an essential part of aviation in the North of Canada. First Air began operating its first Hercules aircraft in 1997 and added a second in 2006 but can no longer justify keeping the Hercules in its fleet.
Etihad Airways equity partner airberlin has resigned its membership of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), accusing the lobbying organization of taking a protectionist stance against the three major Gulf carriers.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) and the International Air Carrier Association (IACA) have confirmed they are in talks about a possible cooperation, which have been ongoing for “some months” and are unrelated to British Airways, Iberia and airberlin recently resigning their AEA memberships, an AEA spokesman told ATW.
Alaska Airlines may transfer its authority to fly between Los Angeles (LAX) and Mexico City to American Airlines, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively decided on April 17, despite an objection from Delta Air Lines.
United Airlines will switch to Boeing 767s from 757s on four longer European routes departing Newark Liberty International Airport, a move that will improve operational reliability by reducing unplanned fuel stops during the winter season.
The decision of three major European operators to depart the AEA shows the dispute between Europe and the Gulf carriers is clearly heating up. It is a very rare move that a key member of an EU trade association withdraws, but for three of its membership to leave shows significant concern at its abilities to fulfil its role.
The airline made its debut in Taiwan in September 2012 and has already boosted its operations on the highly competitive route between Singapore and Taipei to ten times weekly. It currently competes with China Airlines, EVA Air, low-cost carriers Jetstar Asia, Tiger Airways and Tiger Airways Taiwan and complements the full service activities of its parent Singapore Airlines.
The market from Europe to Puerto Rico is currently massively underserved, with a significant percentage of indirect passengers already flying between the two markets. In the past 12 months this market size was an estimated 150,000 passengers, with 87 per cent having to travel indirect due to the current limited direct offering across the Atlantic.
Ethiopian Airlines is switching its European technical landing hub from Rome Fiumicino to Dublin from May 15, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW.
The number of passengers traveling through UK airports last year increased for the fourth year in a row, bringing the total to just below the pre-recession peak of 2007.
Spanish infrastructure company Abertis has sold its stakes in Montego Bay and Santiago de Chile airports, completing the company’s divestment of all its airport business.
From June 26, 2015, the airline will operate five-weekly services between Perth and Singapore, with Boeing 737 aircraft, offering a total of almost 1,700 seats between the two cities.
Although Belgium represents the 6th source market for Tenerife with 2.7 per cent of the total tourists travelling each year to the island, they also represent the 4th source market and account for 4.7 per cent of tourists staying in 5-Star hotels, according to visitor information.
The arrival of the second A380 on the Doha- London route from July 1, 2015 reinforces Qatar Airways’ presence in the United Kingdom, with six flights a day between the two cities in addition to daily direct services from Doha to Edinburgh from May and double daily services to Manchester. The three-class aircraft will be operated on the ‘QR001/002’ flight.
As the campaign led by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines sped from secret briefings in Washington DC to the broad media and loud finger-pointing, one thing became clear. The US carriers are eager for a fight against Emirates, Etihad and Qatar and their state owners. So if there’s to be a bruising, then the facts should be established in as far as they are directly relevant to what is or is not fair competition.
