Royal Brunei Airlines will reopen Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh route, which was cut in October 2011, to close up a gap in coverage between its Hong Kong and Bangkok destinations.
As with the smaller 787-8, the US major will be the first North American operator of the larger 787-9 and is expected to receive its first aircraft next month.
Qatar Airways will boost capacity on routes from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Madrid and Perth through increased frequencies on the route to Europe and the permanent deployment of a larger capacity airliner on the Australian link.
Emirates has now connected Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to its worldwide network. Abuja is Emirates 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
According to a study by Oxford Economics, Air Serbia is making a significant contribution to the Serbian economy. The combined direct, indirect and induced economic contribution to the Serbian economy is expected to be more than US$700 million in 2014.
The grounding of the carrier follows just days after the European Union (EU) broadened its sanctions against Russia and added Dobrolet to its list of companies that EU persons and entities are prohibited from doing business with.
Aviation and aviation-related activities will derive nearly one-third of Dubai’s entire gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020, according to the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).
The operational and environmental efficiency of UK airspace improved during the first half of the year, according UK air navigation services provider NATS.
American Airlines is retooling its Latin America schedule this winter, ending a São Paolo-Charlotte, North Carolina service, to focus on Miami, Florida, as the carrier’s gateway to the continent.
Vienna Airport (Flughafen Wien AG) will sell its entire 25.15% stake in Germany-based Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH, transferring equal shares to the city of Friedrichshafen and the Bodensee district.
Saudi Arabia's low cost carrier flynas, today successfully launched its inaugural non-stop flight from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to London Gatwick.
RwandAir will operations between Entebbe, Uganda and Juba in South Sudan today, following the recently granted Fifth freedom traffic rights from Uganda to South Sudan by the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority.
American Airlines will offer a three times weekly link between New York and Viracopos from December 1, 2014 and a daily link between Miami and Viracopos from December 2, 2014, subject to government approval, complementing its existing flights from both US destinations to Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.
IATA cautioned that that failure to release the airline monies puts at risk a major contributor to the well-being of the Venezuelan economy. According to its data, international capacity to and from Venezuela is down 49 per cent from peak service levels offered last year and 36 per cent lower year-on-year as flights are cancelled or frequencies reduced.
Ireland’s director general of civil aviation is the latest high-ranking official to throw his support behind Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) struggle to secure a foreign air carrier permit from the US Department of Transportation (DOT).
Emirates has celebrated the launch of its scheduled A380 service to Zurich, bringing the number of destinations it serves with its popular A380s to 25.
As Airbus and Boeing go head-to-head in negotiations for Emirates Airline’s outstanding order of 70 extra-widebodied aircraft, aviation intelligence expert OAG has revealed the critical importance of Emirates’ choice and how it could impact up to 88 per cent of the carrier’s flights.
Despite limited current connectivity to and from Curaçao, the US actually overtook the Netherlands and Venezuela as the largest source/destination market for the country in 2013 with around 265,000 bi-directional passengers; an 18.3 per cent demand share, up from just 9.1 per cent in 2008.
