Airports & Networks

Italy’s Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport will be closed between 00:01 hours on May 13 and 06:00 hours (local time) on June 2 to perform maintenance work on its runway.

Scheduling for Routes Europe, which will take place 6-8 April, is now open and it is recommended that delegates make their requests as soon as

Sharjah-based Air Arabia has begun services to Cairo International. The Egyptian capital's main airport had, until recently, been off limits for low cost carriers which were restricted to destinations such as Alexandria, Assuit and Sohag.

Qatar Airways has continued its aggressive expansion plans with the launch yesterday of two new routes, into the UAE.

African LCC, Fastjet has made its debut flight between Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Lusaka in Zambia. The flight took place on Saturday and marked the airline's second international route in Africa. The airline said sales have been exceedingly strong since the launch of this route in early January, and the first flight from Lusaka was full.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Air Arabia has signed a strategic partnership with the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Civil Aviation to become the

Abu Dhabi's executive airport, Al Bateen, is continuing to see growth. Abu Dhabi Airports announced today an 18% increase in visiting aircraft traffic and 6% increase in commercial aircraft traffic during 2013, compared to 2012.

Following the collapse of RAK Airways a month ago, Sharjah-based Air Arabia has stepped in to rescue services to the northern-most emirate.

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

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

The launch of Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 operations by Interjet on its domestic network in Mexico in September last year was a key stage in the type

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

The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) in a vote on Thursday endorsed the European Commission’s Single European Sky (SES) 2+ package aimed at speeding up implementation of the SES.

The US is “merely reacting to the challenge” of a growing influx of international air travelers and is in danger of turning off future tourists and businesspeople from visiting the US, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) president and CEO Jack Potter said.

The European Union (EU) has earmarked at least €6.6 million ($9 million) to co-finance a study looking at methodologies to support faster flight data processing (FDP) for more effective air traffic management (ATM) in Europe.

Lufthansa is preparing for Airbus A380-800 operations into India following Monday’s decision by the Indian government to lift restrictions on A380 flights into the country.

Airline Routes

UK low-fare carrier has announced a significant growth of its operation at Birmingham Airport in summer 2014 with the launch of seven routes from the

Air Austral announces that they have reopened their direct route between Reunion Island and The Seychelles in partnership with Air Seychelles through a code share agreement which will be implemented shortly.

Southwest Airlines has been provisionally approved for 27 new slot pairs at Washington National Airport (DCA) while JetBlue Airways has received tentative clearance for 12 new DCA slot pairs.

Russian authorities have approved the new Terminal 1 for Saint Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport, providing it meets all technical requirements.

Air France—which operated a special Airbus A380 flight from Paris to Africa’s Abidjan Jan. 28—is considering making it a regular service.

Southwest Airlines said it has been provisionally approved for 27 new slot pairs at Washington National Airport (DCA).

US carriers JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines have both revealed that they have been successful in their bids to secure slots at Ronald Reagan

JetBlue Airways said its bid for 12 slot pairs at Washington National Airport (DCA) has been “provisionally accepted.”