After almost 40 years linking Auckland with London via Los Angeles, Air New Zealand is ending the route in favour of launching a non-stop service between its home hub and New York. Routesonline looks at the airline’s long-haul changes.
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.
Competition on services between Boston and London is set to further intensify from next March when American Airlines reinstates its route to Heathrow after a seven-year absence from its network.
This week: Virgin Atlantic’s first flights to Brazil; El Al Israel Airlines to add two new European routes; and Delta Air Lines opens reservation for its planned Seoul Incheon – Manila route.
This week: Air Mauritius takes delivery of A330neo; AirAsia still keen on Vietnamese LCC; Norwegian delays aircraft deliveries; Ryanair starts Charleroi connecting service and more.
As 1,200 delegates gather in Hannover for the 14th annual Routes Europe, Routesonline reveals the continent’s top ten busiest international passenger routes and looks at the services which have grown at the fastest rate over the last 12 months.
This week: World Routes 2019 host Adelaide set for new Kuala Lumpur service; British Airways to resume Dammam; and Xiamen Airlines plans to introduce Chengdu - Cebu route.
This week: Dublin to get second link to mainland China; Virgin Atlantic to enter London – Tel Aviv market; and Aeroméxico to add its third destination in Colombia.
Beijing Capital International Airport has become the first Chinese airport - and the second in the world - to reach the 100 million passenger milestone. However, the airport still remains the second busiest on earth after Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International continued to grow. Routesonline today reveals the top ten airports based on passenger numbers in 2018.
London’s Heathrow Airport is operating at 98 percent capacity, but wants to accommodate an extra 25,000 flights a year even before its proposed third runway opens.
This week: British Airways resumes flights to Pakistan's capital, Air Italy adds more North America destinations, and China Southern connects the hosts of two Routes events.
As 2018 draws to a close, Routesonline looks at some of the biggest stories making the headlines this year. Part one of our review features the attempted takeover of Norwegian; an interview with British Airways boss Alex Cruz; the first non-stop link between the UK and Australia; and the fastest-growing airports in the world. Plus we were in Quito, Brisbane and Bilbao for the regional Americas, Asia and Europe route development forums.
The expansion of Heathrow Airport will create billions of pounds in growth and generate thousands of jobs across the UK in the early years of Brexit, according to the man charged with driving the airport’s future strategy.
This week: Doncaster Sheffield to get a new link to Poland; Germania to operate Dusseldorf to Tirana; and Flybe switches Newquay Cornwall Airport route from Gatwick to Heathrow.
This week: WOW to open third route to Canada as it cuts US destinations; Delta Air Lines plans new Scotland route; and British Airways to provide Charleston's first transatlantic link.
The busiest passenger air routes on earth have been revealed in a new study published by Routesonline, with the Asia-Pacific region dominating the top 100. The research has been released ahead of World Routes 2018, taking place from 15-18 September in Guangzhou, China.
This week: LEVEL hires first CEO; JetBlue to cut Q4 capacity; BA to resume Pittsburgh; Alitalia excluded from transatlantic JV; and air traffic strikes hit Wizz’s profits.
Europe’s aviation industry is poised for a record period over the coming months as demand for air transport continues to outstrip economic growth and defy geopolitical challenges. Routesonline analyses the continent’s growing market - at the same time as a new report has warned that the sector is heading for a capacity crunch unless urgent action is taken.
Our top five stories on Routes Weekly: Vienna calling for LEVEL; A380 update; Vietnam's growth market; Bulletin board industry briefs; Wizz Air in focus and more.
Heathrow’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye has vowed to create the “best connected hub airport in the world” after MPs in the UK backed controversial plans to build a third runway.
