The new route will operate on a twice weekly basis from February 5, 2015 and will be Icelandair's fifth destination in the UK and 39th across its expanding network.
In the first change to the Philippine - Canada Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) since December 2008, the two sides have agreed to increase the frequency entitlement for each side from seven flights a week to 14. Fifth freedom rights were also increased from four to five per week.
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is attempting to expand in a passenger-friendly way despite being constrained by the limitation of having only two runways.
United Parcel Service (UPS) has opened a much larger processing facility at its Taipei air cargo hub located at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE).
There has been a growing demand for air connectivity between China and the popular leisure destination with O&D demand rising massively over the past ten years from just 8,000 bi-directional passengers in 2004 to around 66,000 in 2013.
London mayor Boris Johnson has warned the Airports Commission it “would be letting the country down” if it continued to focus on what was needed in the short term and “failed to look to the longer term.”
Nearly six months since Australia mandated the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), more than 97% of domestic and international airline flights in Australian airspace above 29,000 feet (flight level 290) are being conducted using ADS-B surveillance, according to air navigation services provider Airservices Australia.
UK and Norwegian air navigation service providers (ANSPs) NATS and Avinor, have signed a deal for a single common Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) system as part of the Borealis Alliance of ANSPs.
Alongside the point-to-point market, the expanded frequency will provide better connection options for travelers from the UK to a range of markets across West Africa, including Abidjan, Abuja, Cape Verde, Libreville, Malabo, Niamey, N’Djamena, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou and Yaoundé.
Emirates Airline will operate 50 Airbus A380-800s by the end of June and will add an additional frequency to its Paris Charles de Gaulle service, Emirates SVP-commercial Europe and Russia Federation Thierry Aucoc confirmed to ATW.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it will offer four daily services to Nairobi with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior, starting from 1 June 2014.
