Airports & Networks

The new Aer Lingus Regional operation will launch on October 23, 2014 and will be flown with 13 weekly services with two flights every day except Saturday when there will be just a single rotation. The carrier expects to carry up to 70,000 customers annually on the new route.

The United Arab Emirates has finally signed an extensive air services agreement (ASA) with the government of India which opens the way for growth in the number of flights to India and an increase in travel opportunities for Indian citizens.

fastjet, has announce that it is launching flights between Dar es Salaam and Entebbe.

Having a single UK hub with spare capacity to add new routes to emerging markets is critical to the UK’s long-term sustainable growth, according to a

Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being

Every month The HUB will provide an update on the current Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 flight schedule and the routes the aircraft is being deployed upon

Although the Airbus A380 has now been in passenger service for more than six years there remains a lot of interest in the Super Jumbo and new routes

Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being

With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month The HUB provides an update on the current Dreamliner flight

The Lufthansa Group has resumed flight operations to Erbil in Northern Iraq, based on the most recent assessments of the security situation in Iraq, it said.

Asia, the world’s largest air passenger market, pulls further ahead of North America and Western Europe

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, and Hong Kong Airlines, an internationally-acclaimed SKYTRAX 4-star airline, have signed a codeshare agreement to provide travellers with enhanced connections in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Turkish Airlines, has announced flights to Asmara in Eritrea, the 27th country destination in Africa where the global carrier now flies to 42 destinations.

A new codeshare agreement between Taiwan’s China Airlines and Qantas represents the latest step in the Australian carrier’s drive to expand its Asian network.

Airline Routes

Gittens is a tireless advocate for airports but she also champions a holistic view of the air transport system in which all players work together on key issues.

Some six months after Norwegian Air Shuttle applied for US permission to launch its long-haul, low-cost operation, Norwegian Air International (NAI), between Europe and the US, the company is still waiting for a yes or no from the Department of Transportation. Latest filings to DOT for and against the application (see story, page 9) show the two sides digging in.

Flydubai has announced the addition of three new East African routes, bringing the total number of destinations in the carrier's network to 80. With the launch of flights in September 2014 to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda, flydubai will fly to nine destinations in Africa.

World Routes 2014 is a little over three weeks away and we already have more airline delegates registered for the event than ever before. The number

Scheduling for World Routes will close on Friday 5 th September, just one week from now! If your delegate package includes a diary of pre-scheduled

Voting has now closed for the World Routes Marketing Awards 2014 and the shortlisted airports and destinations were announced earlier this week

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air plans to add international service for the first time as early as next year, starting with flights to Mexico, according to president and COO Andrew Levy.

About 30% of Delta Air Lines’ traffic in Seattle is connecting, mainly to Asia, a trend the carrier expects to grow as it builds out its Pacific gateway, an executive said at the Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit in Las Vegas.

Central and Eastern Europe-based Wizz Air—which recently added the fifth aircraft and launched eight new routes in Warsaw—will deploy two additional aircraft in Katowice and Poznan.

UK air navigation services provider NATS has signed an agreement with Manchester Airports Group (MAG) confirming a 10-year contract to provide air traffic control and engineering services at both Manchester and London Stansted airports.