Air France

After being denied in its quest to form a joint venture with LATAM Airlines Group and American Airlines – and then seeing rival Delta Air Lines take a stake in LATAM – International Airlines Group is strengthening its position on transatlantic services to South America with the acquisition of Air Europa. Routesonline looks at the current state of play on Europe – Latin America routes.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern's joint venture is to be enlarged to include Virgin Atlantic. As well as the new partnership, it has also been confirmed that regional airline Flybe, which was acquired earlier this year by a consortium that includes Virgin Atlantic, will re-brand as Virgin Connect.

Air France-KLM has ordered 60 Airbus A220 aircraft to replace the A318s and A319s on Air France’s short- and medium-haul network. The group has also confirmed that its remaining A380s will leave the Air France fleet by 2022.

This week: Emirates to begin its shortest A380 route; GOL expands domestic offer; Air New Zealand confirms Dreamliner order and more.

Air France is to reduce capacity on short-haul routes and trim its domestic network amid increasing competition from high-speed trains and low-cost carriers.

Over 75% of attendees have already submitted their priority meeting requests.

This week: South Korea approves three LCCs; EU and Qatar agree aviation deal; Codeshare agreed between Virgin Atlantic, Air France and KLM and more.

Europe’s top five airlines by ASKs have all confirmed their attendance at the most results-driven route development forum in Europe.

The region’s leading airlines will be attending the event in March, including AirAsia, Air China and Cebu Pacific Air.

Europe’s biggest carriers, including Lufthansa, Ryanair, British Airways and easyJet, will be attending the event to negotiate their future route networks.

This week: El Al to open once weekly Las Vegas service; Air France to launch new route to Georgia; and Cathay Pacific extends Japanese network.

This week: Airbus hits 100 milestone from US factory, Rigail named new Air France CEO, SunExpress increases capacity and more.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern have signed an agreement to extend their joint venture partnership to two additional routes.

This week: China Eastern’s first A350-900; Lufthansa to reduce capacity growth; Chile court approves LATAM agreements; Air France-KLM CEO; United inaugurates new services and more.

Routesonline's latest analysis of the European aviation industry, examining the top routes, airlines and airports.

Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.

Since hosting Routes Americas 2018, Quito’s Mariscal Sucre Airport has increased its international links and continued a $90m expansion and improvement plan. Andrew O’Brian, president and chief executive of Corporación Quiport, explains why Ecuador has become a “hot destination”.

This week: Ryanair to close two bases; United orders more Dreamliners; Airbus secures A321LR safety approval; American increases Dallas Fort Worth network and more.

This week: Norwegian trims transatlantic services from the UK; KLM adds Vegas but cuts African routes; Ryanair's new French bases; Air France unveils new A330 economy cabins and more.

Air France will deploy Airbus A380s on flights to a fifth destination in the US.

Chinese social media platform WeChat has one billion monthly active users. Find out what KLM, Scoot, Finnair and Air France are doing to maximise their presence to China’s outbound travellers.

Our top five stories this week: Air France-KLM and Air Europa set for joint venture; Guangzhou outlines its international ambitions; United Airlines focuses on domestic expansion; Route rundown; Tewolde GebreMariam podcast and more.

More than 200 airlines have now confirmed their attendance at World Routes 2018 - the only global event for the route development community.

SkyTeam partners Air France-KLM and Air Europa are hoping that a planned joint venture agreement on flights between Europe and Central and South America will help to unlock new routes and direct flights between the two continents.

Qantas has reinstated a codeshare agreement with Air France for flights between Australia and France via Asia, a deal which was scrapped in 2012 when the carrier forged a partnership with Emirates.