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The CEO of London Heathrow Airport has accused the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of failing to understand how much funding is required to operate a major airport.

Oman Air already operates flights to five oneworld hubs.

ACI World director general Luis Felipe de Oliveira has hit back at claims made by IATA director general Willie Walsh that many airports are “addicted to a ‘spend big and cream it off the customer’ mentality.”

The New York-based carrier is adding more London flights and has routes to Paris on its radar.

The airline is also restarting two routes to Europe.

Elsewhere, Helsinki Airport is poised to formally combine its two terminals into one.

The carrier is moving back to using a passenger aircraft for cargo-only flights, citing rising e-commerce demand.

A third route to Europe will open later this month and CEO Dang Tat Thang says the airline is exploring more international markets as it seeks to make Vietnam “a crucial gateway in ASEAN region.”

The airline is one of two carriers poised to enter the Indian market over the coming months alongside Akasa Air.

The carrier is anticipating leisure passengers flying on the route.

The Japanese airline is restoring Airbus A380 flights to Hawaii, as well as reinstating service to London.

The Japanese carrier sees ‘signs of recovery’ after a difficult year.

Routes from Sydney to London and New York are slated to start in late 2025 after the airline unveiled an order for a fleet of ultra-long-range aircraft.

Kazakhstan’s largest airline is switching its London route to Almaty and launching a new service to Bodrum.

The carrier opened a new regional Dublin-UK route.

Kuwait City’s airport was effectively closed for a long stretch during the pandemic.

CEO Navdip Singh Judge says that if its long-haul low-cost model doesn’t work then that business model doesn’t work.

Competition between Boston and London is set to further intensify from July when JetBlue Airways begins the first of two daily routes between the

JetBlue has firmed up plans to enter the Boston-London market at the same time as making an unsolicited $3.6 billion bid for Spirit Airlines.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in April 2022, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority says it needs more time to assess the impact of the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement on the UK-US market.

The carrier is boosting service to European markets, assessing that demand will come back strongly.

London becomes the latest European destination in the growing Vietnamese leisure airline’s network.

With Malaysia easing border restrictions, the carrier is significantly expanding international flying.

The revived UK regional carrier will face competition on about two-thirds of the routes being launched.