Alaska Airlines introduced service to Mexico in 1988 and operates more non-stop flights between the US West Coast and Mexico than any other carrier, flying an average of 1.5 million passengers a year.
During the 2014/2015 winter schedule from October 26, 2014 until March 28, 2015, Air France will deploy the A380 on three weekly rotations between its Paris hub and Abdijan.
The surge in freight volumes at Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) continued in the third quarter of 2014 with triple-digit growth, according to traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports.
The Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) Company of South Africa and the Swaziland Civil Aviation Authority (SWACAA) have signed an agreement, aimed at building essential aviation infrastructure that will unlock and stimulate regional economic activity - by contributing to a safe, efficient and reliable transport infrastructure within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region.
Air Cairo has announced it will be operating seven weekly direct flights from Dusseldorf, Stuttgart and Hanover to the Egyptian city of Hurghada throughout 2014.
Since commencing operations at Glasgow Airport on April 10, 2004, Emirates has carried over 2.4 million passengers across its global network, which now covers 141 destinations. Emirates currently offers over 43,000 passenger seats per month to and from Glasgow, following the upgrade of its second daily service to a Boeing 777 in 2012.
The new service will place SilkAir in head-to-head competition with Jetstar Asia Airways which launched its own operations between Singapore and Hangzhou in March 2011.
UK air navigation services provider (ANSP) NATS has begun trials of a new cross-border operational procedure aimed at reducing the amount of time aircraft hold in stacks on approach to London’s Heathrow Airport.
Flynas has announced the launch of new domestic destinations from King Khaled International Airport starting on September 23rd, 2014 with one flight daily to Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk and an average of four flights per week to Ha'il international Airport.
Oil company Shell has today formally launched its global Aviation Centre of Excellence (ACE) - a proposition designed for fixed-base operators (FBOs) and small and medium size airports.
UK low-cost carrier easyJet has signed seven- and 10-year deals with London’s Gatwick and Luton airports, respectively, enabling the airline to commit to growth at those locations.
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.
