Subject to final regulatory approval, Alaska Airlines will offer a four times weekly schedule between Orange County and San José del Cabo, in the Baja California Sur state, starting from October 8, 2015 and three times weekly between Orange County and Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta from October 9, 2015. Both routes will be flown using Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 equipment.
The airline, part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, introduced a twice weekly connection to Nội Bài International Airport in Hanoi from its base at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport from April 1, 2015. The flights from Vietnam operate via Hong Kong and connect in the Russian capital to AirBridgeCargo’s wider network into Europe and the United States.
Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015, the region's leading travel industry showcase, opens its doors this morning for four days of business networking opportunities, insightful seminar sessions, ministerial discussions and recognition of 12 months of industry achievement.
Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti is evaluating new opportunities such as inclusion in the Eurowings concept. The Italian carrier provides point-to-point service and operates as a Munich hub feeder for Lufthansa.
The Saint Helena government said it has concluded negotiations for South African airline Comair to provide an air bridge for the remote British island territory.
The UK Department for Transport has received bids for 19 new regional routes that could be eligible for government start-up funding aimed at boosting connectivity through the UK’s smaller regional airports.
South Korean low-cost carriers (LCCs) will need to change their strategy as the market matures, T’way Air president and CEO Hahm Chul-ho said. T’way Air is the country’s longest established LCC.
The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) has expressed confidence that the number of Arab travelers visiting Brazil will grow further significantly in the coming years. Brazil saw a strong influx of visitors from Middle Eastern countries last year especially at the height of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
German critics of Gulf carriers' relatively low cost fares will be celebrating today as German carrier Eurowings announced it is to launch flights to Dubai in October with tickets costing less than 100 Euros ($111).
Wizz Air first launched operations in Poland in 2004 and has subsequently built up a strong presence in the country over the subsequent eleven years. As a result of these latest network additions it will now offer a total of 113 Polish routes to 20 countries from seven Polish airports.
The airline announced it would resume flights to Dublin last September when it also revealed summer 2015 network plans to reintroduce links between Helsinki and Athens and Malta. The Irish market was last served by the carrier in summer 2007 and it is now offering a six times weekly link through to the end of October 2015 using a 100-seat Embraer E190.
The base opening has enabled easyJet to introduce nine new routes to its Amsterdam network: Corfu, Dubrovnik, Hamburg, Ibiza, Nice, Olbia, Palermo, Toulouse, and Venice, bringing the total number of destinations it serves from the city to 29. Earlier this week, the airline also announced that it will start flying from Amsterdam to Milan Linate.
London Heathrow Airport has become the first airport to implement time-based separation (TBS) for aircraft on final approach in a bid to reduce delays caused by strong winds—the single most significant cause of arrival delay at the airport.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways announced that Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) will approve its 33.3% investment in the Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline.
Icelandair is part of a distinctive business model. It is the largest subsidiary of the Icelandair Group that also contains travel companies, hotels and ground services. Nevertheless, this eclectic mix has proven extremely successful.
The application marks a significant step in the creation of a $1.5 billion joint venture which will allow Delta and Aeromexico to compete more effectively on routes between the two countries.
China Southern has previously revealed its intent to serve the European market with the 506-seat airliner but has faced opposition flying the jet out of Beijing due to regulatory procedures that prevent China’s big three state-owned carriers from competing with one another directly.
