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The arrival of the first A330-200 marks the latest stage of a fleet-renewal programme which will eventually include the arrival of new A350s and Boeing 777-300ERs. In February 2014, Kuwait Airways announced the lease of 12 Airbus aircraft including seven A320ceo (with first deliveries commencing late last year) and five A330-200s in addition to the purchase of 25 aircraft including 10 A350-900 and 15 A320neo Family aircraft.

easyJet will open the new base at Venice Marco Polo Airport from April 2016 with four Airbus aircraft stationed at the airport. The Italian city has for some time been a key network point for easyJet, having operated flights into and out of the city since 1998. It will also introduce three more aircraft at Milan Malpensa and a fourth jet at Naples.

The first flight will take off from Rome today (June 4) when the airline will also unveil its new brand design and livery at Rome Fiumicino Airport.

Rome Fiumicino’s new intermodal product opens up a world of opportunities.

The airline transported 26.1 million domestic or international passengers in Italy last year, whereas flag carrier Alitalia carried 23.4 million.

The start-up will inaugurate flights on April 2, 2015 with a three times weekly links to Budapest and Prague, while three times weekly flights to the Italian destinations of Milan and Rome will follow from April 3, 2015.

Turkish airline, SunExpress has recently announced its plans for a total of 21 new routes for the summer 2015 season, with departures mainly from Antalya, Dalaman, Izmir and Konya.

Over a twelve-month period, preliminary data shows a growth rate of 5.1 percent year over year, with both international and domestic traffic posting strong growth rates of 5.8 percent and 4.5 percent respectively.

The new route strategy into Italy will see airberlin introduce a new daily service from Stuttgart to Rome from March 29, 2015, operated by an Airbus A320, as well as a 17 times weekly, up to three times daily link from Stuttgart to Milan Linate from May 2015, flown by a Bombardier Dash 8-Q400. In addition, starting the same month, airberlin will expand its service on the existing Stuttgart to Venice route to a daily summer schedule.

The introduction of the second A380 into the Manchester market will mean that half of Emirates’ 16 daily flights to the UK will be operated by an A380 from the start of next month.

The low-cost Spanish airline has announced 31 new routes for its summer schedule, mainly departing from Barcelona and Rome. The airline has also announced its first destination to Northern Ireland, to operate twice weekly.

The total traffic for the four days is an increase of 36 per cent over the same period at the end of Eid Al Fitr in 2013, when 133,007 passengers took an Etihad Airways flight.

The Spanish capital city will be linked to its Addis Ababa Bole International Airport hub through Rome using a Boeing 767-300ER and will increase Ethiopian’s international network to 83 destinations covering five continents.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced plans to introduce three more destinations to its core international

European low-fare carrier easyJet has announced a one third increase in capacity to and from Rome Fiumicino airport as part of an expanded summer 2014

Wizz Air Ukraine has announced this week that it will use its fifth Airbus A320, due for delivery early next year, to open a third base in the country

Although the Airbus A380 has now been in passenger service for almost six years there remains a lot of interest in the Super Jumbo. Every month The

Philippine Airlines is set to launch flights to at least five European cities as it seeks to quickly resume flights following the lifting of a three

Just weeks ahead of this year’s Routes CIS forum, the host, Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk has formalised an

UK low-fare carrier easyJet has announced plans to add a fifth connection to Tel Aviv to its network as it continues to expand its network outside of

Munich Airport was announced as the overall winner of the third heat of this year’s Routes Awards last night at a spectacular networking evening which

Italian national carrier Alitalia has confirmed it will introduce a fifth weekly rotation on its route between Rome Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino) and

Independent Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline has announced it will base Saab 2000 turboprops at Ancona Falconara Airport in Italy and Leipzig

In what appears to be a direct response to the opening of a new operational base at London Gatwick Airport by rival low-cost operator, Norwegian, UK

Italian flag carrier and SkyTeam alliance member Alitalia is to expand its flights between Italy and the UK during the summer 2013 schedule with the