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By Richard Maslen
MAHAN AIR ADDS SHIRAZ – KUALA LUMPUR SERVICE Iranian carrier Mahan Air has this week launched flights from Shiraz to Kuala Lumpur. The twice weekly
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By Richard Maslen
ARIK AIR TO SUPPORT SIERRA LEONE START-UP Nigerian carrier Arik Air has entered into a joint venture with the Government of Sierra Leone to establish
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By Richard Maslen
AIRASIA AND EXPEDIA TO ESTABLISH JOINT ONLINE TRAVEL AGANCY Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Expedia have launched a joint venture Online Travel
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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
Today’s issue of The HUB is dated April 1, a day more commonly known in the western world as April Fools’ Day. It is widely recognised and celebrated
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Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling Airlines is to inaugurate flights to London Heathrow from the northwestern city of Vigo this summer, its fourth link
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Budget operator Norwegian has confirmed the launch of three additional routes from its base at Stockholm Arlanda in Sweden. From June 1 it will
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The new national carrier of Cameroon launched operations at the end of March, with two foreign nationals at the helm. The start-up, Cameroon Airways
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Saudia Cargo, the dedicated freighter business of Saudi Arabian Airlines, is to boost frequencies on its link from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International
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Indonesian carrier Batavia Air has this week launched flights from Medan Polonia International to Singapore Changi International, its first
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Spanish flag carrier Iberia is to suspend domestic flights from Madrid to Fuerteventura and Palma de Mallorca from mid-April as it rationalises its
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German carrier airberlin is to introduce weekly flights to Malta from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Hamburg and Nuremberg from May 1, its only
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Middle East Airlines (MEA) has resumed a twice weekly service between Beirut and the Saudi Arabian city of Medina. The link will operate until August
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Cheyenne, Wyoming-headquartered US regional carrier Great Lakes Aviation is to launch a daily Las Vegas – Merced – Visalia – Los Angeles service from
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Austrian carrier NIKI, part of the airberlin Group, is to introduce seasonal flights to Republic of Ireland this summer. The airline will operate
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TACA Peru is to add domestic services from its Lima Jorge Chavez International hub to Chiclayo and Piura, as well as boosting frequencies to Trujillo
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Finnish Star Alliance carrier Blue1 is to inaugurate a domestic connection between Helsinki and Tampere, alongside its previously revealed new link to
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Air Malta is to introduce flights to Hanover from May 1 with the launch of a weekly Sunday flight from Malta. The Mediterranean carrier already serves
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Ukrainian operator Aerosvit Airlines is to inaugurate flights between Kiev and Colombo this coming winter. The Kiev-based venture is in the process of
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Russian national carrier Aeroflot Russian Airlines is planning to add flights to Guangzhou and Sanya in China this winter, according to the first
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Chinese carrier Sichuan Airlines is to establish a small base in Mianyang, initially with two Embraer ERJ 145s but growing to a third aircraft in
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Caribbean Airlines will increase the frequency of its flights between Port of Spain and Grenada, offering a double daily service five days per week
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Kenya Airways has confirmed that it is working on a revised schedule for its Nairobi – Lagos route after the Nigerian Government granted the carrier
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Hainan Airlines plans to launch a further six international routes in addition to the Beijing – Zurich link that it will inaugurate at the end of May
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The winner of the second heat of this year’s Routes Airport Marketing Awards was announced last night at a lavish Gala Dinner in Incheon, South Korea
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