China is Australia’s most valuable market, with Chinese visitors spending more than $7.7 billion annually. Spend has increased by more than 400 percent in the past 10 years, from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $7.7 billion in 2015. Year-on-year spending grew 43 per cent in 2015 – double the previous 12 month’s growth rate.
Over the past three years Okinawa’s Naha Airport has more than trebled its international flight capacity, and it hopes that hosting next year’s Routes Asia will help attract additional foreign air links into the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
The confirmation of the funding ends a couple of weeks' speculation over the future of the operator after social media reports started appearing late last month highlighting that a fleet of chartered aircraft were being positioned across to Europe apparently by the CAA to safeguard passengers in the event of Monarch’s collapse.
Under the new Air Service Agreement passenger flights can now increase from the current maximum of 40 per week for each nation to up to 100. There will be no limit on the number of all-cargo services, creating new opportunities for trade and businesses. A restriction on the number of destinations that airlines can serve has also been lifted, meaning services can be operated between any point in the UK and any point in China. Up until now, airlines could only serve six destinations in each country.
The recently-announced HK Express flights to Guam and Saipan will further stimulate the US territory island after a number of other recent breakthrough routes, according to Nigel Mayes of ASM.
Peter Bellew, the chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines, speaks exclusively to Routes at the Strategy Summit of World Routes 2016. FlightGlobal's Mark Pilling asks the questions.
Emirates Airline's new daily link between Dubai International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport will commence from December 15, 2016 and will primarily serve the South Florida area, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Beach. It will be the airline’s eleventh direct route into the US.
Fleet renewal projects at major operators across Europe mean that numerous BAe 146 and Avro RJ regional jetliners are now starting to come out of mainland European airline service, but manufacturer BAE Systems says these aircraft are steadily finding new operators, markets and applications.
With a population of around 30,000 and an economy dominated by financial services, online gambling, shipping and tourism, Gibraltar is currently a major talking point with European aviation regulators, perhaps even more so than the subject of Brexit that dominates the headlines across the continent.
The Yekaterinburg-based carrier will offer eleven weekly flights from Zhukovsky, the newest airport for the Moscow region from October 31, 2016 with four weekly flights to Astana, Kazakhstan; three weekly services to Dushanbe, Tajikistan; and twice weekly flights to Khudzhand, Tajikistan and Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
London’s hub airport is almost operating at capacity and a decision is expected in the coming weeks about a possible expansion. On the agenda is the extension of an existing runway, the creation of a third runway, or an expansion at fellow London airport Gatwick.
The Chinavia project was initiated in 2012 and works toward making Scandinavia more appealing and welcoming to Chinese travellers to ensure that Scandinavia keeps its position in the global competition to attract Chinese visitors
Germany’s second biggest airline, Air Berlin, will downsize their current fleet by 40 aircraft. Eurowings will receive 35 aircraft, whereas Austrian Airlines will receive five.
The Romanian low-cost carrier has announced this morning that their next base will be Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The carrier’s expansion into the UK will create around 35 jobs immediately ahead of operations in March 2017.
A growing tourism industry and increased business investment make Northern Ireland’s capital city of Belfast an exciting destination for Routes Europe 2017.
Las Vegas is the host destination for Routes Americas 2017 – the meeting forum for airports, airlines and tourism authorities that want to develop new air services across the Americas.
The annual World Routes air service development forum was officially transferred to the city of Barcelona at a ceremony today (27 September) in Chengdu, China.
