Routes Update

By Poppy Marello
From November 16, 2015, the airline will operate year-round flights between Frankfurt and Panama City five times weekly, subject to government approval.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
CSA Czech Airlines is introducing five additional European destinations for its 2015 summer schedule, in addition to another five which were announced last autumn.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
Central and West Africa’s largest airline will commence scheduled flight operations from Lagos, Nigeria to the Ivorian city via Cotonou, Benin Republic.
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By Poppy Marello
Ryanair initially announced it would fly from Copenhagen – Milan Bergamo and Warsaw Modlin daily, as well as from Copenhagen – London Luton twice daily; increasing to three times daily from October 25, 2015, but has since announced a further four routes for later this year, including Madrid, Rome, Brussels and Stockholm.
Airports & Networks

By Routes Marketing Team
Known as 'The City of Eternal Spring' due to its pleasant climate and flowers blooming all year long, Kunming is the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province, located in Southwest China.
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By Routes Marketing Team
As Routes Europe 2015 draws closer, we recommend booking your hotel accommodation early to avoid disappointment
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By Victoria Jones
Routes Middle East & Africa will see route development professionals from across the Middle East and Africa gather to discuss air service development to, from, and within the region.
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By Richard Maslen
According to SAS, currently the fifth largest holder of slots at London Heathow, the transaction will generate positive earnings of $60 million. Following the closure of this deal, SAS will now hold 20 daily slots at London Heathrow which it uses to offer non-stop flights to Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm and Stavanger.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The airline plans to introduce a twice weekly service on the route from June 11, 2015 with Airbus A320 rotations every Thursday and Sunday. Grenada will be JetBlue's 90th destination and its 32nd destination in the Caribbean and Latin America.
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By Richard Maslen
After the success of its first six direct return flights in January 2015 between Sydney and Vancouver, Qantas has made the decision to resume service for the busy summer and winter holidays. The direct service proved to be popular with both Australian and Canadian passengers and this upcoming schedule will offer greater flexibility with a switch from two to three flights per week.
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By Richard Maslen
The likely move into regional Brazilian operations comes as the Government looks to roll-out a new incentive scheme which will partly-subsidise flights in this market. The regional aviation development program Programa de Desenvolvimento da Aviação Regional (PDAR) was launched last month.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
The Swedish government has announced its decision to look into the possibility of introducing US preclearance at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, meaning that Sweden could become the second country in Europe, after Ireland to offer the service.
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By Poppy Marello
The two existing daily flights to Singapore will also be operated with the airlines A350 XWB aircraft, commencing service in July and August 2015.
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By Richard Maslen
Apple Computer may soon get better flights to sell more iPhones in a China after Hainan Airlines filed an application for an exemption and ammended foreign air carrier permit with the US Department of Transportation to serve San Jose, California, which elicited wide smiles from San Jose International Airport's Olgierd Hinz at Routes Americas in Denver.
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By Richard Maslen
Building on the success of this year’s event, which provisional figures suggest welcomed over 650 delegates, 45 per cent growth year-on-year, Routes Americas 2016 will take place between February 7-9, 2016 in San Juan. The event, which is the route development forum for the entire Americas region, will be hosted by Puerto Rico Tourism Company with the support of their partners Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC and MeetPuertoRico.
Airports & Networks

By Flightglobal
An ongoing call by US mainline carriers for the country's government to re-look at its Open Skies deals with certain Gulf nations has stirred up strong reactions in the industry, even as some parties choose to stay out of the controversial issue altogether.
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By Poppy Marello
The service will be operated three-times weekly, increasing to a daily service by the end of the year, using a B757-200 aircraft with 74 lie-flat seats in a 2x2 configuration.
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By Poppy Marello
Beginning September 1, 2015 and subject to government approval, the service will operate four-times weekly to Dusseldorf - the international business and financial centre in Germany.
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By Richard Maslen
Last night during a fantastic networking evening hosted by Denver International Airport and its partners at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was announced as the winner of the first heat of the 2015 Routes Marketing Awards.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The keynote address at this year's Routes Americas Strategy Summit in Denver by John Byerly, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs at the US State Department has certainly ignited an interesting debate on the relationship between US and Gulf carriers, especially given his current role as a consultant, with clients including Emirates Airline and Norwegian. But, who is John Byerly?
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, already a global passenger hub for American Airlines, wants to become "a super-global logistics center" as it uses its central geographic location to attract even more cargo airlines, Milton de la Paz, assistant vice president for DFW, tells Routesonline at Routes Americas.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), formerly known as São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport, has signed the two-year deal. The new licence agreement includes access to OAG’s Schedules Analyser, Connections Analyser, Traffic Analyser and OAG Mapper products, which will be used to strengthen the airport’s marketing and route development programmes.
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By Richard Maslen
Delta launched its hourly non-stop Delta Shuttle product from Los Angeles to San Francisco in September 2013, adding a California perspective to its long relied-upon New York-based Shuttle. Alongside eight daily 717 flights it will offer seven flights through Delta Connection partner Compass Airlines using 76-seat Embraer E175s.
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By Richard Maslen
In its first summer season, Air Canada rouge offered an up to daily link between Toronto and Dublin using a Boeing 767-300ER, but reverted to a three times weekly offering through the current winter schedule. According to its schedules, frequencies will increase again from late April 2015, growing to ten times weekly in mid-June and up to eleven times weekly from the end of that month through to the end of August.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
ProColombia, the new name of the tourism and promotions organisation that was ProExport Colombia, is experiencing a rise in new international flights to the country as it takes the top spot for economic growth in the region.
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