Routes

A selection of photos from the 13th annual Routes Europe in Bilbao.
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By David Casey
The start-up is to delay its first flight to Hong Kong, scheduled to take off on 30 April, because it has not yet received permission to fly through Russian airspace.
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By David Casey
JetBlue is to return to California’s Ontario International Airport after a ten-year absence as part of a regional flight shuffle that also sees it up flight frequencies out of Burbank and Palm Springs and scale back operations from Long Beach.
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By David Casey
The US supersonic aircraft developer aiming to reduce New York to London flight times to little over three hours has secured an investment from Chinese tour operator Ctrip.
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By David Casey
Ryanair has finalised an order for 25 additional high-capacity Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft during the same week as the airline revealed plans to launch its first flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina and open a base at Düsseldorf Airport.
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By Wesley Charnock
Tunisia’s airports are hoping to develop new air services in anticipation of a return in the market next year.
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By David Casey
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the third busiest in China, has opened its second terminal building as it targets 100 million passengers by 2025.
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By Edward Robertson
Airlines have taken their eyes off the ball when it comes to cutting costs and may well suffer in the next economic downturn.
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By Edward Robertson
Former easyJet CEO Ray Webster talks about airline founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou's influence on pricing in the early days.
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By Ellie Wells
The Routes Europe route development forum has been officially handed over to Hannover, Germany – the host destination for 2019.
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By David Casey
Embraer’s E-Jet E2 jet has completed its first commercial flight after departing from Bergen to Tromsø in Norway.
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By Wesley Charnock
Hahn Air COO Daniel Rudas outlines its ambitions with new Citation Sovereign scheduled route.
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Revisit our live blog from Routes Europe 2018, bringing highlights from the 13th annual route development forum.
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By Ellie Wells
Brussels Airport has been crowned the overall winner of the Routes Europe 2018 Marketing Awards. Leon Verhallen, the airport's head of aviation development, said: “We had not been nominated for two years in a row, so we are absolutely delighted to win this award and be recognised by our European clients."
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By David Casey
British Airway’s newly refurbished Boeing 777s will allow British Airways to compete "effectively" with the likes of Norwegian on long-haul routes, the airline's chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz has told delegates at Routes Europe 2018 in his native Bilbao.
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By David Casey
China, India, South Korea and Thailand are route development targets for Budapest Airport.
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Zaporizhzhia International Airport in south east Ukraine is aiming to boost traffic with the opening of a new terminal building next year.
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By Edward Robertson
Drones are increasingly likely to be used in a future terrorist attack on Europe's commercial aviation, industry professionals have warned.
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By Edward Robertson
More needs to be done to protect airlines from paying compensation when issues occur that aren't their fault, delegates have been told.
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By David Casey
Airports could be open to the possibility of being tied to one airline alliance so long as there was a sound business case, according to Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport.
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By Edward Robertson
Companies must share basic synergies and cultures in order to ensure successful acquisitions of one another.
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By Edward Robertson
The former boss of easyJet has little confidence in long-haul, low-cost carriers being anything other than a niche market.
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By David Casey
The Basque Government's Janire Bijueska explains why Routes Europe will help to further open the region to the world.
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By David Casey
Increasing services to the US and Far East is key aim for Athens International Airport at Routes Europe.
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Cork Airport is looking to expand its US offering through a New York connection.
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