Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot is looking to expand and consolidate its route network in the fourth quarter of 2015 as it phases out its Boeing 777-200ER fleet with new 787 aircraft.
Sir Tim Clark, president, Emirates Airline spoke with us at the World Routes Strategy Summit during a candid fireside chat discussing all things aviation and Emirates.
Dubai-based hybrid-carrier Flydubai has continued it assault on the African market with the announcement today of new routes to Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to double pre-clearance capacity at Airports over the next decade, CBP acting deputy commissioner, Kevin McAleenan, revealed at the start of the second day of the Strategy Summit at the 20th World Routes Development Forum in Chicago yesterday, writes Jutin Burns for The HUB.
Transaero Airlines is set to launch a new route between Moscow and Prague next summer if it can secure the traffic rights next month. The Russian carrier revealed the news at the 20th World Route Development Forum in Chicago yesterday, writes Justin Birns for The HUB.
As a record-breaking World Routes event in Chicago enters its last day, this lunchtime the Chicago Department of Aviation and Choose Chicago will officially hand the event over next year's host, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Brussels Airport were announced as the overall winner of the World Routes Awards 2014 which were formally announced this evening during the spectacular Chicago Networking Evening which took place at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Our sister magazine, Routes News, gets up close and personal with Matthew Findlay, Christchurch Airport’s general manager, aeronautical business development.
Dublin Airport is continuing to dramatically grow its transfer traffic, and is solidifying its position as a significant transatlantic transfer hub. Transfer traffic at Dublin increased by 34% to more than half a million passengers in the first eight months of this year, and will set a new record this year.
Two international airports basking under 300-plus days of sunshine per year in the middle of the Eastern Mediterranean have cause to celebrate a banner year as Larnaka International Airport and Pafos International Airport together welcomed a record 11 new carriers to Cyprus in 2014 alone.
Travellers departing from a handful of select Canadian airports, including John C. Munro International Airport (YHM) in Hamilton, Ontario and Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) in Atlantic Canada, can enjoy expanded warm-weather travel options this winter, thanks to popular all-inclusive Caribbean cruise packages operated by Celebrity Cruises out of Port Miami.
The new stores, many of which are the first of their kind to open in the UK, follow the enormous growth in long haul markets at Birmingham in the past twelve months, including direct charter flights to China and the popular Air India service to Delhi and Amritsar. These services are set to continue demand for high value retail and product innovation.
The agreements cover the leasing of two B737-700s and two B737-800s with respective capacities of 148 and 189 seats. The aircraft will be operated by Air Transat on its Mexico and Caribbean Sun destinations routes and marks the completion of Transat’s narrow-body internalisation plan for winter 2014–2015, begun in July 2013.
Key executives from United Airlines discuss the carrier’s post-merger route network, the domestic and international fleet and how airports can get a piece of the action with our sister magazine, Routes News.
Latest traffic data from Inframérica, the concessionaire that manages the airport, shows that Brasilia Airport handled 13 per cent more passengers in the first half of 2014 versus 2013 as more than 8.6 million travellers passed through the facility.
Budapest Airport continues to go from strength to strength and chief commercial officer Kam Jandu says the next target is a direct route to the US, writes Justin Burns for The HUB.
TAV Airports will continue to focus on emerging markets its CEO Sani Şener told a press briefing at the 20th World Routes Development Forum in Chicago, yesterday, writes Justin Burns.
The lack of money invested in airport infrastructure in the US and Europe was bemoaned in session three of the World Routes Tourism Summit yesterday afternoon in Chicago, writes Justin Birns for The HUB.
