Russia and Finland aviation authorities have agreed to add three more destinations between the countries for Finnish and Russian carriers, comprising routes from Helsinki to Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara.
UK air navigation services provider NATS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to work more closely together on a range of airport planning, capacity and efficiency projects.
Lilongwe-based Malawian Airlines, which is 49%-owned by Ethiopian Airlines, has opened its first international route between Lilongwe and Johannesburg.
Russia’s charter Nordwind Airlines, which will launch scheduled services this year, has applied for permission for nearly 20 international destinations from different Russian cities.
Although some Asian flag carriers—such as Malaysia Airlines and Thai Airways—are reporting lackluster performance and potential route cuts, Middle East carriers seem happy to continue their push into the regional Asian market.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) said it has decreased frequencies of nonstop scheduled flights on certain routes by around 12% from Feb. 24 until March 29 due to political unrest in the country.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will investigate the feasibility of reducing aviation’s reliance on bandwidth reserved for air traffic control radar without adversely impacting safety.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced the start of daily flights from London Heathrow to Addis Ababa from July 8, 2014 when a new Tuesday evening service is added to the schedule.