In the increasingly bitter war of words between London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports—fueled by the ongoing Airports Commission study into the UK’s future runway capacity needs—Heathrow has cited Garuda Indonesia’s withdrawal of its planned direct London service as evidence that only a hub can sustain long-haul routes.
It has been a busy first quarter for Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport in the UK with new flights announced by Wizz Air to Bucharest and Riga and from Links Air to Belfast and the Isle of Man.
easyJet has agreed a new seven year deal with London Gatwick Airport from April 2014 which will incentivise the airline to grow at the airport under the new ‘commitments’ framework which replaces the current regulatory regime.
Seven major German airports—including Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart and Hanover—will be affected by German public services trade union Verdi strike over wages on Thursday.
Singapore’s Changi Airport is stepping up passenger security in light of possible lapses revealed in the aftermath of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, flight MH370.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published its final decision on future economic regulation of Stansted Airport, and confirmed the airport will not require an economic regulation license for any of its passenger and cargo services from April.
The airline, backed by businessman Ovidiu Tender, who runs a group of geological, oil and gas exploration and tourism companies, recently revealed plans to launch its own scheduled operations in Romania under the Fly Romania operational brand and this African contract further diversifies and expands its product offering.
Canadian leisure carrier Air Canada rouge is to expand its operations into Western Canada to serve a number of predominantly leisure markets from Vancouver and Calgary to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Anchorage.
Lithuanian leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines will launch Airbus A320 flights from Tripoli International Airport to Dusseldorf, London Gatwick and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports at the end of March.
Epic Air aims to bring low-cost travel to the country and will launch services with an initial fleet of two Boeing 737-800s, according to sources close to the carrier. The launch of the new business, which is reportedly headed by former Regent Airways’ chief executive, Imran Asif, comes at a time of significant change in the Bangladesh aviation market.
UK low-fare carrier Flybe is to open six new routes to destinations across Benelux and Northern Europe from Southend Airport after agreeing a franchising agreement with Stobart Air, the new corporate name for Irish regional carrier Aer Arann.
German public services trade union Verdi has called for a warning strike over wages on Thursday regarding Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport, which could further affect flights through Germany this week.
