Routes Update

A new regional carrier plans to improve domestic links in the United States by making use of satellite airports in major urban markets to enhance the

This section of your weekly update will keep you up to date on all the key aircraft orders and deliveries and what they could mean for the route

SAS EXPANDS IN THE BALEARICS SAS Scandinavian Airlines is to add a twice weekly service to the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca from its Copenhagen

TAAG ANGOLA LINKS LUANDA TO PORTO TAAG Angola is to increase flights between Portugal and Angola with a new twice weekly link between Luanda and Porto

NEW LINKS BETWEEN SEOUL AND BEIJING PLANNED Civil aviation authorities in China and South Korea have tentatively agreed to the opening of direct air

EL AL FACES SABBATH FLIGHT PROBLEMS El Al could be forced into making a major decision on its future flight operations following the recent closure of

UNITED AIRLINES TO FLY GUAM SCHEDULES As part of its merger with Continental Airlines under the United Continental Holdings umbrella, United Airlines

OAG FLIGHTTIMES LANDS ON SMARTPHONES OAG, a leading global provider of aviation intelligence, has released its OAG FlightTimes on iPhone, BlackBerry

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further

Irish budget carrier Ryanair generally releases one free car every month as a top prize on its popular onboard scratchcard game, so you can imagine

UK low-cost carrier easyJet is to relaunch flights between Glasgow and Amsterdam, six years after it suspended operations on the route. The new daily

Spain’s flag carrier Iberia is to offer almost a quarter more seats between Madrid and Tel Aviv this summer, highlighting the Israeli city as its most

Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has revealed the first three routes for its new Osaka Kansai International-based low-cost unit. The unnamed

Low-cost carrier flydubai is to launch flights to Jeddah and Riyadh from the start of May, increasing the number of destinations it serves in Saudi

The rise of Riga International Airport (IATA: RIX, ICAO:EVRA) has been rapid. In 2000 it handled just 500,000 passengers but just ten years later over

US start-up carrier LV Air will this week finalise leasing and crewing arrangements for its first aircraft as it prepares to inaugurate flights. The

This new section of your weekly update will keep you up to date on all the key aircraft orders and deliveries and what they could mean for the route

SAS DROPS WINTER LINK TO DUBAI SAS Scandinavian Airlines is reported to have dropped its three times weekly Copenhagen – Dubai link from its

VIETNAM AIRLINES TO LAUNCH HANOI – KAOHSIUNG Vietnam Airlines, part of the SkyTeam global alliance, is to introduce flights to Kaohsiung from Hanoi

AZAL SET TO LAUNCH US FLIGHTS WITH DREAMLINERS Azerbaijan Airlines hopes to launch its first flights to the United States in 2014 when it takes

AMERICAN AIRLINES TO SAVE MEXICANA? American Airlines has emerged as a possible saviour for Mexicana, according to a local Mexican television station

RYANAIR TO TRIAL RESERVED SEATING Irish budget carrier Ryanair has announced that it will trial a reserved seating service on its Dublin - Malaga and

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further

Hong Kong Airlines is preparing its cabin staff for any eventuality onboard its aircraft by training them in the martial art of wing chun. This, says

Middle East carrier Gulf Air is to inaugurate flights from the kingdom of Bahrain to Copenhagen and Nairobi this summer, bringing its new route count