Indonesia’s Lion Air parent company Lion Group has confirmed it is in talks to build an airport to serve Jakarta, where severe congestion is crippling commercial air transport growth.
Singapore Airlines has become the first international airline to operate Airbus A380 services into India since the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) agreed to lift restrictions on the aircraft in January.
UK air navigation services provider NATS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus air traffic management (ATM) subsidiary Airbus ProSky to develop joint market propositions for increasing capacity and improving the efficiency of the air traffic system.
Lufthansa and subsidiary Austrian Airlines have stopped flights to Libya indefinitely due to security concerns after a bomb exploded in March at Tripoli International Airport, damaging the main runway.
Fifteen years after the Kosovo crisis, NATO has allowed civilian air traffic overflights through the republic’s upper airspace (Flight Level 205 to Flight Level 660) with the opening up of five direct routes.
The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport, declared the extension to London Southend Airport’s terminal officially open on April 7, 2014, while the airport was actively seeking to further expand its network at the Routes Europe forum in Marseille, France.
At lunchtime today the forum will be officially handed over to Aberdeen City and Shire, the host of the 2015 event, at a ceremony that is due to be attended by Lord Provost of Aberdeen George Adam, Aberdeenshire Provost Jill Webster and Aberdeen International Airport managing director Carol Benzie.
KLM Cityhopper will end its 2X-daily Fokker 70 services between Amsterdam and Manston Airport from April 10, as the Southeast UK airport braces for possible closure.
Pau-Pyrenees Airport in southwest France hopes to take advantage of the strong business flows within its catchment and the obvious yield benefits that offer to secure new direct air connectivity.
flynas has inaugurated its new long-haul network as it adds a new dimension to its flight offering. The carrier, which describes itself as Low-Cost Carrier Plus, offering customers added value, has wet-leased Airbus A330-200s from ACMI provider HiFly.
As from the 2014-2015 winter season, Air France will serve Abidjan by Airbus A380 with three weekly flights. Abidjan becomes the first destination in West Africa to be served by the A380.
WestJet Airlines continues to study the introduction of widebody aircraft into its fleet, but an executive of the carrier revealed in this year’s Routes Europe Strategy Summit in Marseille, France that the carrier has never been closer to formalising a deal.
It has been a tough few years for the airport, Hungary’s largest air gateway, following the collapse of national carrier Malev in February 2012, but the past year, during which it hosted the previous Routes Europe forum, has seen it continue to back fill the lost capacity and introduce links into new markets.
Passenger traffic at Dublin Airport is continuing to grow faster than the European average, building on its strong performance during 2013. Passenger numbers at Dublin are outpacing the total European average and are significantly ahead of the average for airports within the European Union.
Routes Europe 2014 kicked off with the hard-hitting Strategy Summit in Marseille on April 6, 2014. The motto of the day could be described as “plus ca change”, as around 20 high-level speakers from Europe and beyond attested to constant change in all parts of the aviation and tourism industry.
This year’s Routes Europe was formally launched in Marseille, France yesterday afternoon by an enlightening keynote address by Frédéric Gagey, chairman and chief executive officer, of European flag carrier, Air France.
