Routes Update

By Routes Marketing Team
Sponsorship at Routes Silk Road is the perfect place and the ideal way to raise awareness of your organisation in front of key decision makers within the aviation industry.
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By Routes Marketing Team
Scheduling for the 21st World Route Development forum will open on Monday 1 June; make sure you request your meetings early to ensure you meet with your top targets.
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By Routes Marketing Team
Routes Middle East & Africa will open in Manama, kingdom of Bahrain in just 2 days time.
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By Richard Maslen
The arrival of the third aircraft has enabled new links to Santorini and Thessaloniki in Greece, plus Pula and Dubrovnik in Croatia, to be introduced from Bristol, while the additional capacity will also enable capacity growth in the existing markets of Zante, Crete and Ibiza.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airlines serving Central and Western Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airports serving Central and Western Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Richard Maslen
Now, Kamaruddin Meranun, group chief executive officer of AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia X has confirmed that following the success of its initial two routes plans are under discussion to add links between Denpasar and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Sydney, Australia, although no launch dates or schedules have yet been confirmed.
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By Richard Maslen
The regional airline closed its doors at 12:00 Noon on May 22, 2015 after operating flights that morning between Vilnius and Amsterdam, Paris and Tallinn. It is the latest in a long line of airline failures in Lithuania, which is proving to be among Europe’s most difficult country markets to serve.
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By Richard Maslen
The Government said that having carefully considered all elements of the offer, it considered that a sale of the State’s minority shareholding to IAG, on the basis of the terms offered, would be “the best means of securing and enhancing Ireland’s connectivity with the rest of the world and maintaining a vibrant and competitive air transport industry in Ireland”. And it would also “best serve the interests of the travelling public, Aer Lingus and its employees, the Irish tourism industry and the Irish economy as a whole”.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airlines serving Southern Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airports serving Southern Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Poppy Marello
Qatar Airways’ CEO, Akbar Al Baker said that the airline would like to operate up to two passenger flights daily if there were no bilateral constraints, but the airline is thwarted by the Dutch government which refuses to give extra landing rights to the three major Gulf carriers.
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By Richard Maslen
In its formal application, Delta plans to introduce a four times weekly service on the route, with its strategic alliance with GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes extending the reach of this service to 20 interior Brazil destinations via Guarulhos International Airport. The flight is due to commence from December 19, 2015 and will be operated by a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, with 35 seats in Delta One, 32 seats in Delta Comfort+ and 143 seats in the Main Cabin.
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By Poppy Marello
Regional Express (Rex) has announced the introduction increased flights between Cairns and Townsville from July.
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By Richard Maslen
The state-run airline’s sole shareholder, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, has this week appointed an Administrator to facilitate the transfer of selected assets and liabilities from the existing Malaysian Airline System Berhad to new company Malaysia Airlines Berhad. The current business will continue to operate through to August 31, 2015, with the new operator, effectively a start-up, taking to the air from September 1, 2015.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airlines serving Eastern Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airports serving Eastern Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airlines serving North Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Richard Maslen
Ahead of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa forum, Routesonline is providing a snapshot on the leading airlines and airports and most used aircraft types across the region. Here we look closely at the airports serving North Africa and highlight the region's top performers.
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By Poppy Marello
Virgin Atlantic has set a date for the final operation of its Boeing 747-400 aircraft out of London Heathrow next April.
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By Poppy Marello
Irish budget carrier, Ryanair is to increase frequencies on 12 routes from Dublin for the Winter 2015/16 season from October.
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By Poppy Marello
The airline will base a new Airbus A320 at the airport which is already served by Wizz Air flights, making Debrecen the airline’s second Hungarian airport with base operations.
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By Poppy Marello
The largest airline in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has finalised preparations to start flights to Cape Town – its second destination in South Africa, and Gaborone in Botswana.
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By Poppy Marello
From October 23, 2015, the Irish carrier will commence 16 weekly flights between Liverpool and Dublin on a 174 seat Airbus A320, offering ideal connections onto Aer Lingus flights to North America via Dublin.
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By Poppy Marello
Flag carrier, Philippine Airlines has announced it will launch services to Auckland from Manila later this year, marking the first time the airline has ever operated in New Zealand.
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