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By Richard Maslen
AVIANOVA SET FOR INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION Russian low-cost carrier Avianova is set to launch its first flights outside of Russia, bringing low-cost
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By Richard Maslen
HONG KONG AIRLINES SET FOR EXPANSION Hong Kong Airlines, part of the HNA Group, has announced its intention to acquire up to 38 aircraft from Boeing
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US budget carrier is to fly in direct competition with American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways and low-cost pioneer Southwest
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UK regional carrier Eastern Airways is to add a third domestic French route this summer from its base at Dijon, introducing a daily except Saturday
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Qatar Airways has used this year’s ITB Berlin travel event to announce the latest stage of its network growth. Having already opened services to four
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VIETNAM AIRLINES is to boost frequencies on its routes from Ho Chi Minh to Melbourne and Sydney during the Northern Summer schedules. From 27MAR11 it
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CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES is to inaugurate a new Monday flight on its Nanjing – Osaka route from 28MAR11. The carrier will now offer three-flights per
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IRAN AIR is set to consolidate its activities in the Italian market this summer reducing its services to just a single weekly rotation. From 27MAR11
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African carrier ASKY AIRLINES, the Togo-based subsidiary of Ethiopian Airlines, is to add Malabo in Equatorial Guinea to its network from 27MAR11. The
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INSEL AIR is to launch a third weekly rotation on its Curacao – St. Maarten – San Juan route. The additional Tuesday flight will be added from 05APR11
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Austrian low-cost carrier NIKI is to increase capacity on its Vienna – Copenhagen link with a second weekday rotation. The airline will operate eleven
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AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES will launch twice-daily flights between Moscow Sheremetyevo and Nizhny Novgorod from 01JUN11 using its newly delivered
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European carrier SMARTWINGS has announced plans to inaugurate a seasonal link between Bratislava in Slovakia and the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The
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US carrier SPIRIT AIRLINES is hoping its low-fare strategy will enable it to secure market share from established rivals on its new five-times daily
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EMIRATES AIRLINE has followed Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways in announcing the launch of another daily service to Manchester. Its two Middle East
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AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has delayed the resumption of flights to the Iraqi capital by more than two months but will increase its capacity to Erbil. The
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Serbian flag carrier JAT AIRWAYS is to begin flights between Belgrade and Girona this summer. The airline is understood to have selected the smaller
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It appears that QATAR AIRWAYS will increase capacity on its Doha – Frankfurt more than first announced. The carrier had revealed plans to add two
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Further to our exclusive interview with Jurgen Lippinkhof, Chief Commercial Officer, INSEL AIR, at Routes Americas in Santo Domingo last month, we can
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US carrier DELTA AIR LINES is to inaugurate a seasonal link between Memphis and Appleton from 09JUN11. The daily link will be operated by a Bombardier
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LAN PERU is expected to relaunch seasonal flights between Lima and Easter Island in January 2012. It had previous served the route between January and
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South Korean carrier AIR BUSAN is to inaugurate flights between Busan and Cebu in the Philippines this week using its recently acquired Airbus A321s
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A new link between London City Airport and Jersey will be established by regional carrier Blue Islands Airline this summer. The Channel Islands-based
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ETIHAD AIRWAYS, the UAE’s national airline, will double its flight frequency between Manchester and Abu Dhabi from 01AUG11 from seven to 14 flights
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ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES is to become the African carrier to offer flights to the Chinese city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, a region famous for its
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