Routes Update

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

A carbon offsetting company used the recent ITB Berlin travel show to showcase its study into the world’s greenest airlines. Following its release

TAP Portugal is to launch flights between Lisbon and Porto Alegre, its tenth destination in Brazil. In the process it will become the first long-haul

The rising price of fuel could lead a number of the world’s airlines to cut their expansion plans and cancel some of their not so well performing

Independent Swiss regional carrier SkyWork Airlines is taking a much stronger position in the country’s scheduled aviation sector, bringing

Mexican carrier Aviacsa is set to relaunch domestic flights in May, less than a year after the Mexican Government grounded the carrier due to alleged

Earlier this week it was revealed that Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Company (IATA: CTU; ICAO: ZUUU) in China would be the host of the 10th

NORWEGIAN ADDS FLIGHTS FROM ARLANDA Budget operator Norwegian has confirmed the launch of three additional routes from its base at Stockholm Arlanda

BATAVIA AIR ADDS SINGAPORE LINK FROM MEDAN Indonesian carrier Batavia Air has this week launched flights from Medan Polonia International to Singapore

CONTINENTAL TO LAUNCH SAN FRANCISCO – GUADALAJARA Continental Airlines is to add a second link to the Mexican city of Guadalajara, with the

MAHAN AIR ADDS SHIRAZ – KUALA LUMPUR SERVICE Iranian carrier Mahan Air has this week launched flights from Shiraz to Kuala Lumpur. The twice weekly

ARIK AIR TO SUPPORT SIERRA LEONE START-UP Nigerian carrier Arik Air has entered into a joint venture with the Government of Sierra Leone to establish

AIRASIA AND EXPEDIA TO ESTABLISH JOINT ONLINE TRAVEL AGANCY Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Expedia have launched a joint venture Online Travel

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

Today’s issue of The HUB is dated April 1, a day more commonly known in the western world as April Fools’ Day. It is widely recognised and celebrated

Air France is to launch a three times weekly service between Paris CDG and Cancun from October 21, boosting links between France and Mexico. The

Gulf Air is to offer flights between Bahrain and Kabul this summer with the launch of a new four times weekly connection. The new link to Afghanistan

New South African low-cost carrier Velvet Sky Aviation inaugurated operations this week, offering a daily schedule between Johannesburg and Cape Town

This weekend marks the mass change of airlines’ schedules as we transit from the Northern Winter to the Northern Summer. This will see a number of

The European Union and Brazil have agreed in principle to a revised air services agreement that will allow airlines across the continent to operate

ALITALIA TO ADD FLORENCE – AMSTERDAM FLIGHT Italian flag carrier Alitalia is to enhance links into the Netherlands with the introduction of a twice

AIR CHINA DROPS PLANNED TOKYO ROUTES Air China has announced that it will postpone the launch of proposed flights from Chengdu and Wuhan to the

VOLARIS TO LAUNCH OAKLAND – MEXICO CITY SERVICE Mexican low-cost operator Volaris is to inaugurate its first international flight from Mexico City’s

TRANSAERO BOOSTS DOMESTIC RUSSIAN FREQUENCIES Independent Russian carrier Transaero Airlines is to increase capacity on four of its domestic routes

ETIHAD AIRWAYS SELECTS MANCHESTER AS HOME FOR EUROPEAN CONTACT CENTRE United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator Etihad Airways has announced that the UK