Mactan-Cebu International Airport

Mactan-Cebu International Airport CEO Athanasios Titonis says the airport is seeking to boost transfer traffic to between 20-25% over the next three years.

United Airlines has pulled two new routes from its summer 2024 schedule due to an FAA review, including a Newark-Faro service initially due to launch in May.

Three new routes across three continents are being added by United Airlines, with new services to Cebu, Philippines; Marrakesh, Morocco; and Medellin, Colombia.

News from exhibitors and delegates attending Routes Asia 2024 in Langkawi, Malaysia.

Capital A CEO Tony Fernandes said the company wants to increase the fleet to 50 new aircraft, with a focus on Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

The awards are highly regarded in the aviation industry for recognising marketing services that support new and existing air services, as well as excellence and innovation in the route development community.

This year’s edition of the event in Chiang Mai will see the return of the Awards ceremony dedicated to recognising excellence in route development across Asia Pacific's airlines, airports and destinations.

The Taiwanese carrier is adding a third gateway in the Philippines.

The SkyTeam alliance member is adding flights to points in the Philippines and Thailand beyond each country’s capital city.

More flights and routes are returning to the airline’s schedule as governments in Asia loosen travel restrictions.

The carrier operates 35 weekly flights to South Africa.

The plans seek to build on a relationship that stretches back to 2011.

The airline is hiking capacity in response to growing travel demand and the loosening of restrictions.

Turkish Airlines will offer three flights per week from Istanbul.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

A Taipei-Singapore route will be launched in September.

The LCC’s new Airbus A321neos will initially be deployed on routes to destinations in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Philippine Airlines is rerouting certain international flights destined for Manila to Clark or Cebu instead.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

The government is imposing strict measures for the metro Manila area.

Qatar’s national carrier reinstates flights to Philippine city having not flown there since March 2012.

Twenty airports and destinations have been recognised by the airline network planning community for their outstanding marketing achievements over the past twelve months.

Qatar Airways is launching routes to eight new destinations, three of which have hosted Routes events in the past 18 months.

This week: Philippine Airlines is resuming service between Cebu and Los Angeles; China Airlines plans to re-enter the market between Taipei Taoyuan and Routes Asia 2020 host Chiang Mai; and BA CityFlyer is filling a gap in the market left by Thomas Cook.

After increasing capacity on US routes to more than 1 million available seats in 2019, Philippine Airlines is further expanding its presence in the market with the launch of two new non-stop services.