Airports & Networks

Air Arabia has marked the start of operations from Ras Al Khaimah, with an official ceremony attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Saud Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah, His Excellency Engr. Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman, Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), Ras Al Khaimah, and His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammad Al Thani, Chairman of Air Arabia.
Airports & Networks

Hosting the EXPO 2020 trade fair will bring more than 17 million international visitors to Dubai reveals exclusive research released at the WTM Vision Conference in Dubai.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and its Abu Dhabi home-base continue to benefit from the airline's strategy of working closely with network partners which, in turn, is supporting economic growth in markets around the world, chief executive James Hogan said at today's opening of the Global Aerospace summit.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
If you attended this year's Routes Africa look out and see if you can see yourself on our event highlights video, if you didn’t then sit back and watch as three days of meetings and networking are condensed into just three minutes.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
The US government has directed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement increased security measures for certain airports with direct flights to the US.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

New York-based JetBlue Airways and South African Airways (SAA) have expanded their codeshare agreement to include flights between Washington DC and Dakar, Senegal—a move that enables SAA to sell tickets to American government workers and contractors under terms of the Fly America Act.
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By Victoria Jones
Route Exchange Airline Briefings continue to go from strength to strength as is shown by the success of the briefings already held this year at Routes
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Jones
Route Exchange Airline Briefings continue to go from strength to strength as is shown by the success of the briefings already held this year at Routes
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
African low-cost carrier fastjet is confident it will be able to launch the international operations of a Zambian-registered fastjet entity before the
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
VIDEO: You find out more about the challenges of operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo in our video interview with Christophe Allard, CEO of Korongo Airlines, in which he also highlights the carrier’s strategy to develop more regional partnerships across Africa.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways is operating extra flights today to help clear the backlog of passengers affected by yesterday's runway closure during dense fog at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Smiths Detection has won a contract with the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to supply a range of conventional X-ray systems for scanning cargo at Bole International Airport in the capital, Addis Ababa.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Jones
Leading airlines and airports meet to expand air services between Asia, Europe and the Middle East 3 rd July 2014 The first Routes Silk Road, the
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By Richard Maslen
This year marks the return of our popular country by country air capacity statistics series. Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
This year marks the return of our popular country by country air capacity statistics series. Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting
Airports & Networks

Mexican low-cost carrier (LCC) Volaris has asked the US Transportation Department (DOT) to extend the carrier’s authority to serve four routes from Mexico City—Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas—and one route between Monterrey, Mexico and Chicago.
Airports & Networks

JetBlue Airways believes it can be an important player at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) despite having only 30 slots there.
Airports & Networks

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), which launched daily Kiev Boryspil-New York JFK services in April, is planning to extend its long-haul services to Beijing.
Airports & Networks

Germany-based leisure airline Condor has inked an interline agreement with Sun Country Airlines to add new US services from the summer season of 2015.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
South African carrier Comair has been operating for over 70 years and has shown over the past two decades that you can successfully operate both a full service and budget operation in Africa, albeit under two very separate brands.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The independent Swiss regional carrier says the move to the "customer friendly” Southend Airport from October 26, 2014 at the start of the winter season will enable it to modify its schedule and provide better flight times for corporate travellers.
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Emirates has launched the first regular A380 service to Spain with daily A380 flights to Barcelona replacing the Boeing 777 previously operated on the route.
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Air Seychelles has recommenced flights to Paris from its home base in the Seychelles after a gap of two and half years.
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Turkish Airlines will launch services to Algeria July 31 on the 2X-weekly Istanbul-Tlemcen-Batna-Istanbul route.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Air Canada has launched service between Toronto and Tokyo-Haneda Airport. The year-round service is the only nonstop flight between the two cities.
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