Routes Update

New Lithuanian regional airline Air Lituanica plans to begin operating its first routes to Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin from July 1, The HUB can

The Tourism Minister of Cyprus has said the next two months will be a “critical time” for the country’s national carrier – Cyprus Airways – as the

The takeover of Spanish carrier Vueling by the International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) will not “change anything” at the hybrid carrier, a

In September 2012, the European Commission reviewed its progress in liberalising aviation markets since 2005 and called for “a major and rapid

CIS carrier FlyGeorgia is poised to make an official application for rights to fly into Jeddah. The full-service Tbilisi-based carrier has already

After the completion of a refinancing and the arrival of AMP Capital as its new 49 per cent shareholder following Copenhagen Airports’ sale of its own

Now in its 25th year of operation and under wholly-independent ownership following a management buyout, UK charter carrier Titan Airways has

Yesterday’s Routes Europe Strategy Summit highlighted some of the most interesting aspects of aviation in Europe today. More than a dozen high-profile

ASM will this morning announce that George Karamanos, Managing Director of KPI, will be teaming up with the consultancy to work together as part of a

Following his keynote address at yesterday's Routes Europe Strategy Summit, József Váradi, chief executive officer, Wizz Air spoke exclusively to The

"It is business as usual in Cyprus!" That was the message of Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, Cypriot Minister of Commerce, Industry & Tourism, in his address to

Thirty Routes Europe delegates took to the pitch on Sunday morning at the Round Stadium (Körcsarnok) to contend in Budapest Airport’s 5-a-side

It appears that two regular attendees of Routes conferences have stumbled upon a novel way of raising funds to support their travel plans for World

A start-up carrier which plans to compete with Air Greenland and introduce low-cost flights to Greenland is understood to have finally made a formal

Martin Gauss had some good news to tell delegates at this year’s ITB travel trade show in Berlin. The airBaltic chief executive officer was able to

The number of seats offered by low-cost carriers (LCCs) in Europe has increased by an average of 14 per cent per year over the last decade, compared

The past 12 months have not been easy for the team at Berlin Airports, the host of World Routes in 2011. The opening of Germany’s new capital city

While we have all been gearing up for Routes Europe, two of the industry’s most famous airline executives have been enjoying a little fun, all in the

Ahead of the official programme at Routes Europe, delegates that arrived early in the Hungarian city of Budapest were given the opportunity to view

When delegates arrived in Budapest for this year’s Routes Europe forum they could have been excused for thinking they had arrived at the Hungarian

The arrival of low-cost and low-fare airlines have certainly changed the way we fly and in markets in Central and Eastern Europe it has been the

At 04:00am on Friday, February 3, 2012, Budapest Airport aviation director, Kam Jandu, woke up to a call from the airport’s operations manager. Malev

The seat belt sign is off, but has the turbulence passed, questions Aidan Mooney, VP Consulting, Airport Strategy and Marketing Limited (ASM) in a

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

One of the highlights of this year’s Strategy Summit at Routes Europe will be the keynote address from József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer, Wizz