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By Richard Maslen
AIR FRANCE CONFIRMS BATA LAUNCH DATE Air France is to further expand its African network with the addition of a second destination in Equatorial
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HAWAIIAN AIRLINES UPS FREQUENCIES TO SYDNEY Responding to increasing demand for its services to Hawaii from Australia, Hawaiian Airlines will increase
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FIREFLY TO OPEN BASE AT MELAKA Malaysian community carrier Firefly has entered into a commercial collaboration with regional operator Melaka Air to
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ROYAL JORDANIAN PLANS LAGOS LINK Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to launch a new flight between Amman and Lagos before the end of this year and the
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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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By Richard Maslen
While French President Nicolas Sarkozy was writing to the country’s MPs last month demanding that they make cost savings in their annual budgets
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Air France is to further expand its African network with the addition of a second destination in Equatorial Guinea this autumn. The airline will offer
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This winter Lufthansa is to introduce a twice weekly flight between Frankfurt and Klagenfurt. The service will operate at the weekends with Saturday
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will introduce its new Airbus A330-300s on its flights from Amsterdam to the African cities of Lagos and Accra, as well as
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Baltic carrier Estonian Air is to increase its flights from Tallinn to St Petersburg from September 5 with an additional three weekly rotations. The
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Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines has revealed plans to expand its network in Asia and the Indian sub-continent with new flights to Thailand, India and
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US regional carrier American Eagle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines, is to introduce new non-stop links to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport
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Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines has taken delivery of its 50th directly ordered aircraft from US manufacturer Boeing. The 737-700 was delivered late
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Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates Airline, is set to add a third weekly freighter flight to meet the growing demands of the thriving
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Belgian leisure carrier Jetairfly, part of the TUI Travel Group, is to offer services on three new routes during the Northern Winter schedules. The
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Atlas Air Worldwide, the parent company of Atlas Air and Titan Aviation Leasing and the majority shareholder of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has revealed
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Malaysian community carrier Firefly has entered into a commercial collaboration with regional operator Melaka Air to establish a base in the city and
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Global logistics specialist UPS is to further expand its cargo connections between Asia, Europe and the US with a new service to the Chinese city of
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South African regional carrier Airlink, which operates as a franchise partner of South African Airways (SAA), is to resume domestic flights between
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Long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X is to add more flights from Kuala Lumpur to its destinations in Australia (Melbourne, Gold Coast, Perth) and
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Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to launch a new flight between Amman and Lagos before the end of this year and the arrival of its third Airbus A330 on
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Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus is to introduce a link to Chicago Midway from its base at Monterrey’s General Mariano Escobedo International
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Virgin Australia will use its new ATR 72-500s on its existing routes from Sydney to Canberra and Port Macquarie as well as to introduce new flights
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Fast-expanding Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is planning to launch its first flights into Spain with a twice weekly link to Madrid. According to a
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Alliance Airlines is to base a single Fokker 100 at Adelaide Airport from the final quarter of this year to support its growing charter business. The
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