Europe

The expansion of Heathrow Airport will create billions of pounds in growth and generate thousands of jobs across the UK in the early years of Brexit, according to the man charged with driving the airport’s future strategy.

The airline model will continue to evolve over the coming years and airports must be ready to adapt, a senior delegate speaking at GAD World has stressed.

Vienna Airport is on track for a 10 percent surge in passengers this year amid an influx of low-cost carriers and the opening of new long-haul routes.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern have signed an agreement to extend their joint venture partnership to two additional routes.

Route development decision-makers from across Europe will meet in Bergen, Norway, for the 15th European route development forum.

This week: Doncaster Sheffield to get a new link to Poland; Germania to operate Dusseldorf to Tirana; and Flybe switches Newquay Cornwall Airport route from Gatwick to Heathrow.

After mainly operating scheduled and charter flights in Scandinavia for the past 30 years, passenger and cargo airline DAT has spread its wings and headed for warmer climes in Sicily.

Wizz Air is opening a new base in the Polish city of Krakow from 2019 and will launch 12 new routes.

As regional airline Flybe seeks a buyer - and with Virgin Atlantic linked to a potential deal - Routesonline looks at the carrier's network, including the role it plays in UK connectivity.

UK-based regional airline Flybe is putting itself up for sale and warned of further flight capacity cuts in the face of ongoing challenges in the European short-haul market.

Ongoing profitability challenges in the aviation sector require more innovative solutions, says a leading industry figure.

With more than 600 million seats available on European routes this winter, Routesonline reveals the markets and airlines driving the capacity growth.

WestJet is further growing its network in Europe from next summer with a new service to Barcelona in Spain.

Rising oil prices could force Ryanair to close more bases or cut capacity, its chief executive Michael O’Leary has cautioned. But the airline plans to speed consolidation in Europe through its aggressive pricing.

Routesonline's latest analysis of the European aviation industry, examining the top routes, airlines and airports.

Routesonline looks at the capacity surge to the Mediterranean island which contributed to the failure of Cobalt Air.

The 'four great years' in aviation could be set to end, an airline CEO has warned, with a downturn 'around the corner'.

María Méndez Castro of the double-award winning Canary Islands outlines their approach to securing new air services for the destination.

A heavyweight line-up of speakers will take to the stage at MRO Europe, the international trade fair for maintenance, repair and overhaul in the aerospace sector.

SAS is adding six destinations to its network in summer 2019 along with 17 new routes from Scandinavia.

Loss-making national airline Air Moldova has been sold by the country's government to a company backed by Romanian low-cost carrier Blue Air.

On the first anniversary of the demise of Monarch, Routesonline looks at what happened to the routes operated by the UK leisure carrier at the time of its failure and how the market reacted.

Lufthansa is to accelerate the growth of its Munich base and develop the Bavarian capital into a hub with a focus on Asia.

Brexit will cause “significant disruption” to the European and global aviation industry unless bilateral talks between UK and European regulators are started now, an aerospace trade body has warned.

Less than a year after its relaunch, Belgian carrier VLM Airlines has cancelled all flights and ceased to operate.