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”.
US low-cost carrier Spirit is to further expand its service to Colombia later this year, with plans to open a fifth destination in the South American country.
Routes to China and India are top targets for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Yil Surehan tells Routesonline, as well as the ongoing domestic expansion of United.
Canada’s Flair Airlines is adding the first US destinations to its network this winter as competition between budget carriers on transborder routes begins to heat up.
Boston has secured a non-stop route to its largest unserved city in Asia, representing one of the first additions to the newly launched transpacific joint venture between Korean Air and Delta Air Lines.
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.
United Airlines has launched 33 new point-to-point destinations in 18 US states over the past four months as part of its strategy to strengthen its domestic hubs.
Two clients of ASM North America, the leading air route development consultancy, have landed a combined $1.5m from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help develop their own solutions to local air service needs.
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Brazilian airline GOL is adding a tenth country to its network with the launch of a direct route to Ecuador. The São Paulo - Quito service is the result of a “decisive breakthrough” made at Routes Americas 2018, which took place in the Ecuadorian city in February.
The US Department of Transportation has approved the planned codeshare between Frontier Airlines and Volaris on services between the US and Mexico, said to be a world-first between two ultra-low-cost carriers.
Fresh from completing its inaugural flight earlier this month, Air Belgium is already looking to spread its wings by adding the US to its route network.
Colombian flag carrier Avianca is resurrecting plans to launch a regional airline, five years after scrapping a similar proposal amid trade union issues.
US carrier Delta Air Lines claims that its planned return to India is because of agreements over three of its Middle Eastern rivals' practices. However, analysis of the market suggest there are bigger factors at play.
Singapore Airlines has revealed plans to serve New York from Singapore, taking the crown from Qatar Airways as the operator of the world's longest commercial flight.
