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Aviation is booming in Asia, but the region’s airlines still have a fair share of challenges to face.
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Following news this summer of a further 2.2 billion Euros funding being made available for Berlin Brandenburg Airport’s new terminal’s construction, Germany’s airports are largely optimistic for the future. Here's the view of Hamburg Airport.
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Following news this summer of a further 2.2 billion Euros funding being made available for Berlin Brandenburg Airport’s new terminal’s construction, Germany’s airports are largely optimistic for the future. Here's the view of Berlin Airports.
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By Edward Robertson
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport currently ranks as the fourth largest aviation hub in mainland China and significant new route additions since it hosted Routes Asia in 2012 have included a direct British Airways link to London Heathrow, a Qatar Airways service to Doha, and a first direct flight to the United States with a United Airlines operation to San Francisco.
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By Laura Hamill
In our regular Routes News series we aim to help the air service development community to better fulfil their jobs with guidance on industry trends and key topics.
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Environmental considerations can constrain airport operations and affect dozens of parties, but how do you assess the opportunities and risks?
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By Richard Maslen
As the world’s ninth largest country it is no surprise that Kazakhstan has a real diversity of cultures, climate and infrastructure. But a renewed focus on its aviation sector and investment in tourism means the country will soon be appearing on more airline network maps.
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By Richard Maslen
HNA Group’s airline operations are central to its expansion plans as it seeks investments to reach its goal of becoming a global top 50 company by 2030.
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By Edward Robertson
In our regular Routes News series we take a look at the people that attend Routes events and find out more about them, their jobs and the current industry issues impacting them.
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The vote to leave Europe raises a whole host of issues for airlines that are well beyond the immediate and significant impact of the exchange rate.
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By Richard Maslen
The latest issue of the air service development magazine, Routes News, is now available to view.
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By Edward Robertson
With new and more fuel-efficient aircraft now able to fly direct from Europe, Hawaii is keen to build relationships with airlines to attract a new generation of travellers.
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Ethiopian Airlines has come a long way during its first 70 years – and it has plenty of groundbreaking plans for the decades to come. Gary Noakes reports for Routes News.
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By Edward Robertson
A new – and free – security review for airports provided by the Airports Council International looks set to help drive best practice across long-suffering destinations in Africa.
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On first consideration, Tenerife might not seem the most logical host for Routes Africa 2016, but, as Routes News, investigates, the Continent is key to its development strategy of becoming a major trade hub.
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The dramatic collapse in the price of oil is helping to boost the bottom line of airlines but, ominously, the old adage says that what goes down will, inevitably, go up again. Routes News investigates.
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Following years of losses, lack of investment and the consolidation of carriers, US airlines are once again making money and better positioning themselves for when the next downturn comes, as Routes News discovered.
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After a decades-long embargo that blocked Iran from forging ties with the rest of the world, the country is now planning a host of new connections, with local carriers also gearing up for new growth, Routes News discovered.
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Following Turkish Airlines’ record results for 2015, which saw it break the billion dollar net profit margin, CMO Ahmet Olmustur tells Routes News its plans for the future and just how important Istanbul’s new airport will be.
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A strong local economy and increasing demand for air travel is proving an ideal foundation for a revamped Vietnam Airlines to reach out to the region and beyond, reports Routes News magazine.
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It seems there’s more than enough room in Budapest for Europe's rival low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air. Wizz Air CEO József Váradi and Ryanair CMO Kenny Jacobs share their plans to Routes News magazine.
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Kam Jandu, chief commercial officer at Budapest Airport, says airports shouldn’t panic if a dominant carrier stops using their facility.
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Increasing low-cost carrier activity is helping Japan to shrug off the doldrums of the past and emerge as a strong destination once again.
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The 2016 summer season will mean more scheduled flights between China (including Hong Kong) and Europe than ever before, with 75 city pairs connected. ASM’s Nigel Mayes, senior vice-president consulting & product development, and Kate Meng, business development manager – Beijing, report.
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Now a fully owned subsidiary of Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia has recently undergone a major transformation – even ‘changing its stripes’ – in a bid to enhance its customer service and market fit.
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