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US major Continental Airlines is to continue to operate its daily link between Belfast International and Newark Liberty International following its
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UK regional carrier Eastern Airways is to expand its activities in the French market with the launch of a new seasonal connection between Southampton
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American Airlines inaugurated flights between Chicago and Helsinki on May 2. The new seasonal link is being operated under a codeshare relationship
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Sutton Harbour Holdings, the owner of Plymouth City Airport in the UK, has announced that it will close the loss-making facility at the end of this
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TACV Cape Verde Airlines is to provide links from Boa Vista and Ilha do Sal to Munich this winter. The new connection will operate on a Tuesday from
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The Scottish Government is understood to have approved funding for the acquisition of two Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400s for use on flights linking
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This year Spanish carrier Vueling Airlines has opened its first bases outside of the country, expanding into new European markets. Javier Suárez, the
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In the first half of this year the historical university cities of Oxford and Cambridge saw the appointment of new directors to oversee development of
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Cagliari Airport in sunny Sardinia has managed to buck the trend of traffic downturns in Europe by growing its number of airline clients and its route
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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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The digital edition of Routes News now features video interviews, as well as the usual mix of world air service development news, views and features
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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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By Richard Maslen
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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By Richard Maslen
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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By Richard Maslen
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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By Richard Maslen
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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By Richard Maslen
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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By Richard Maslen
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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By Richard Maslen
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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Independent Indian carrier Jet Airways is to boost capacity on its flights from Mumbai to Hong Kong and Newark via Brussels through the introduction
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