Routes Update

By Richard Maslen
The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, officially opens Birmingham Airport’s new terminal today (May 13) at a VIP event
Airports & Networks

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Russian freight carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the scheduled division of the Volga-Dnepr Group, is to offer flights to Chicago, its first
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By Richard Maslen
Afghanistan carrier Safi Airways is to inaugurate flights from Kabul to Delhi. The airline will operate four flights per week on the route from June
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By Richard Maslen
A large group of spectators were forced to endure a nervous penalty shoot-out as route development and commercial executives from airlines and
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By Richard Maslen
In summer 2012 a new international airport will open in southeastern Spain with ambitions to become one of the main gateways to the region. Región de
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By Richard Maslen
Qatar Airways has used this year’s Arabian Travel Market to announce the latest stage of its network growth. Having already opened services to five
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By Richard Maslen
Virgin Blue Holdings, which has operations under the Virgin Blue, V Australia and Pacific Blue names, has been rebranded as Virgin Australia Holdings
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By Richard Maslen
Air Canada resumed service at the City Airport in downtown Toronto on May 1, providing customers with additional options for flying Canada's busiest
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Air China is to introduce a seventh daily flight between Beijing and Hong Kong from July 1 as it seeks to increase its share of this busy and
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New Caribbean low-fare carrier REDJet is set to launch operations this month with flights linking Bridgetown, Barbados; Georgetown, Guyana; Kingston
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By Richard Maslen
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
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CONDOR TO OFFER WINTER LINKS TO ANTALYA German carrier Condor is to add winter flights to the Turkish city of Antalya from Dusseldorf and Frankfurt
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By Richard Maslen
KOREAN AIR BOOSTS CONNECTIONS FROM HONOLULU South Korea’s national carrier, Korean Air, is to modify the schedule of one of its two daily flights
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YEMENIA REDUCES CAPACITY TO GUANGZHOU Yemenia reduced capacity on its Sana’a – Dubai – Guangzhou route to twice weekly on May 1 having served the link
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JETBLUE BOOSTS FORT LAUDERDALE TO NASSAU CAPACITY JetBlue Airways has confirmed it will introduce a third daily rotation on its flight from Ft
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CLOSES AIRTRAN ACQUISITION US low-fare carrier pioneer Southwest Airlines has closed its purchase of all of the outstanding common
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By Richard Maslen
Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For further
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Following on from a previous survey highlighting some of the strangest, most unusual requests its staff have received over the past few years, Virgin
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By Richard Maslen
Routes is pleased to reveal that long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X will be using Routesonline's Route Exchange platform for the placement process
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As exclusively revealed by The HUB last month, Vietnam Airlines is to inaugurate flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to London this winter
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By Richard Maslen
Aeromexico is to boost its presence in the competitive Mexico - US market with two new routes to California and increased frequencies on three
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By Richard Maslen
Australian carrier Strategic Airlines has made a formal application to the International Air Services Commission (IASC) for permission to launch
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Taiwanese airline Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) has returned to the air after an almost three year grounding due to financial problems. The
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American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate more flights into Brazil by the end of this
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By Richard Maslen
Bamako is the capital and largest city of the land-locked West African country of Mali, and currently estimated to be the fastest growing city in
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