The new business will operate with a small fleet of around four Boeing 737-800s transferred from its parent and will initially fly from Moscow to Belgorod and Volgograd in the European part of Russia, to Kazan and Samara on the Volga River, to Yekaterinburg and Ufa in the Urals Federal District, and to the Siberian cities of Tyumen and Surgut.
Scotland’s largest airports made a joint submission yesterday (28th October 2014) to the Smith Commission calling for Air Passenger Duty (APD) to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
Saudi hybrid carrier flynas has scrapped its entire portfolio of long-haul services and will revert to its core business of regional flights in the Middle East.
The Philippines-Japan market is becoming increasingly competitive, with the two major Philippine carriers both launching new routes to Japan from the Mactan-Cebu secondary gateway.
Offering an additional capacity of 1890 seats per week, the second A380 service replaces the existing Boeing 777 operation. It will have a capacity of 489 passengers including 14 luxurious First Class Private Suites, 76 lie-flat beds in Business Class and 399 spacious seats in Economy Class.
The existing New York – Cartagena route from JetBlue has proved successful in connecting Cartagena with the North East United States and the carrier is hopeful of replicating this success further south with a new link from Fort Lauderdale which launches on October 29, 2014.
US major, United Airlines, has used the performance and range of the 787 to enable it to introduce non-stop flights between Los Angeles and Melbourne, the world's longest direct 787 flight. The city pair used to be served with a one-stop strategy via Sydney using a 777-200ER.
Thai regional carrier Bangkok Airways is to start using northern Thai Chang Mai Airport as a second hub for its local services from the end of October, using ATR 72-500 and Airbus A320 aircraft.
Aeroflot’s new low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary—Byudzhetny Perevozchik, which directly translates as Budget Carrier—will now fly from Moscow Vnukovo Airport from Nov. 17.
Aeroflot relaunched daily Airbus A320 Moscow-Tbilisi, Georgia service from Oct. 26, after Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, announced Sept. 15 that scheduled flights could resume between the countries.
As United Airlines launches the longest Dreamliner route to date, here at Routesonline we decided to look at the top 10 longest and shortest Dreamliner routes in the world.
The airline commenced the three-times-weekly flights from Doha's Hamad International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, marking the airline's 145th global destination.
Since 26 October 2014, Air France has been serving Abidjan by A380, the largest superjumbo in its fleet, with three weekly frequencies. The other flights are operated by Boeing 777-300 (four weekly frequencies).
The confirmation of the new route follows years of discussions between the management of Newcastle International Airport and various US partners to establish a scheduled westbound long-haul link to the US to support its highly successful Emirates Airline flight to Dubai.
Russian aviation authorities have removed all restrictions for Turkish carriers on service to Sochi International Airport for the next three IATA seasons. The move is part of the Russian government’s plan to recoup the investment on airport renovations to prepare for last year’s 2014 Winter Olympics.
Etihad Airways has signed a commercial agreement with Swedish digital air traffic management products supplier AVTECH to implement its Aventus NowCast Descent service for Etihad's operations into London Heathrow, Abu Dhabi and Jakarta airports.
Leeds Bradford Airport yesterday welcomed Aer Lingus on its inaugural flight from Dublin and released information about a new shuttle service with Flybe during their winter schedule.
