Airports & Networks

Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) VietJet Air has flagged the next step in its expansion plans on the back of recent figures showing 182% increase in passenger numbers over the previous 12 months.

China Southern subsidiary Xiamen Airlines is launching a Beijing branch company and increasing capacity as it accelerates its expansion pace in the Beijing market.

Airline Routes-Sept. 16

In an exclusive interview with The HUB ahead of World Routes, Aéroports de Lyon’s chief executive officer, Philippe Bernand, confirmed that international growth was the forefront of Lyon’s expectations for the year ahead as the facility seeks to grow both its short- and long-haul offering.

With World Routes literally days away, there are plenty of reasons to download the Routes App before departing for Chicago. Here are just ten of them:

Qantas previously served Vancouver as an extension of its flights to San Francisco on a short season basis from summer 2006 through the winter 2007/2008 schedule. Through this period the carrier offered 37,900 seats in and out of the Canadian city.

Ethiopian Airlines moves to its new UK home at Heathrow's Terminal 2 on 17th September.

There are not many countries in the world where six new runways will be constructed and four brand new regional airports opened for traffic in a decade. But, that is exactly what is underway in the Sultanate of Oman over the past few years as the country seeks to diversify its economy away from relying on its oil and gas resources and to focus more on other sectors such as tourism and other areas of business.

Flights between the UK and China are set to increase following an agreement allowing more passenger flights between the two countries.

China Southern Airlines will start 3X-weekly service from Wuhan to San Francisco, flying out of its base in Guangzhou, as it aims to explore international potential posed by China’s tier-two cities.

Turkish airport operator TAV Airports has signed a share purchase agreement with Limak Group to acquire a 40% stake in Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport.

Airline Routes-Sept. 15

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Lufthansa is likely to receive the green light from Indian authorities to fly the A380 into Mumbai, but without the strong transfer traffic its current operating slot affords, it is unlikely to want to move the service to accommodate the utilisation of the larger aircraft and may have to wait up to 15 months until the airport completes work to support simultaneous A380 operations.

Emirates will be able to connect even more people and cargo with Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with the start of a second service to the east African coastal city from 26th October.

Proflight Zambia is to add Kafue National Park to its routes adding a tenth domestic destination to its schedule and opening up the area to tourism.

Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport AG and a consortium headed by the Slovenia Sovereign Holdings have reached agreement to purchase Ljubljana Airport in the capital city of Slovenia.

Air New Zealand plans to boost its service on North American routes next year, using aircraft capacity freed up by Boeing 787 deliveries.

Fastjet has applied for a Kenyan Air Service License (ASL), forming part of its four-year expansion strategy, as pressure begins to mount from its high-profile shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Southwest Airlines’ eighth international destination will be San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO), to which the carrier will operate daily flights from Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) from March 7, 2015, subject to government approval.

Finnair and UK-based regional carrier Flybe will increase their connections following a new agreement between the two airlines.

The US government is understood to be seeking pre-clearance facilities in the UK and other European countries for travelers to the US.

Qantas will be able to significantly broaden its network offering in Canada thanks to a new code share agreement with Calgary-based low cost carrier WestJet Airlines.

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