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This week: Air India is to resume flights from Mumbai to Frankfurt after an absence of eight years; Avianca adds Chicago service; and Spirit to increase Colombia flights.

Somon Air has been challenging Tajikistan’s state-owned flag carrier since 2008 and is marking up sizeable successes.

World Routes has been handed over to Adelaide for 2019.

Revisit the news, interviews and images from the 24th World Route Development Forum, which took place in Guangzhou.

Many airports are not alive to the opportunities that exist from cargo because the benefits are not always immediately obvious, delegates at World Routes have been told.

Invest in social media or miss out on potential customers, aviation industry told.

Alastair Kiernan, business development director at charter airline Titan Airways, discusses the carrier's 30th anniversary, opportunities in the market and the challenges posed by Brexit.

Speaking to Routesonline, Taoyuan International Airport is targeting new connections to secondary cities in Asia.

Hannover Airport, host of Routes Europe 2019, explains what delegates can expect next April.

Companies that refuse to keep up with technological innovation will quickly find themselves left behind their rivals.

The Airbus A321LR will be a "game-changer" in the wet lease market once it enter the market.

The host of Routes Asia 2020 will be Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT), with the event taking place in the cultural city of Chiang Mai.

Storytelling and partnership working are increasingly important for destinations, delegates at World Routes 2018 have heard.

Brussels Airport took the top prize at the ceremony in Guangzhou, China.

With World Routes heading there next year, Adelaide Airport reveals its ambitions for the year ahead.

Léon Verhallen, head of aviation development at Brussels Airport, explains the airport's key hopes at World Routes.

Lim Ching Kiat, managing director of air hub development at Changi Airport Group, tells Routesonline about the airport's network hopes.

China Southern plans to increase its fleet from 800 to 2,000 aircraft by 2035, while new routes to South America and Africa are on the agenda.

Vienna Airport lost its second-largest customer a year ago when Air Berlin collapsed, but has since experienced a surge in traffic. Joint CEO and COO Julian Jäger tells Routesonline about the airport's new-found status as a battleground for low-cost carriers.

After revealing the ten most in-demand scheduled passenger air routes in the world, Routesonline today publishes the top 100 list in full.

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Chen Zhiying, executive vice mayor of Guangzhou, has stressed that World Routes 2018 will help to "enhance Guangzhou's image on the global stage".

Nigel Mayes, senior vice president, consulting and product development at ASM, offers his thoughts on how the aviation industry is faring so far in 2018.

Petri Vuori, VP for route development at Finavia, outlines the group's main message at World Routes.

As part of its involvement at World Routes, Routesonline spoke to Malaysia Airports to find out more about its ambitions.