Routes Update
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African expansion for Fly540
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Fly540, which has bases in East Africa in Kenya and Tanzania, is now embarking on a new expansion towards West Africa, with a view to establishing...
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Where is Shenzhen Airlines Headed?
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Air China is sizing up a possible take-over of regional carrier Shenzhen Airlines. What does the national carrier stand to gain from this possible...
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Five For Friday: News You Need to Know
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Ciudad Airport lands new Ryanair service
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German Sky: New in the Germany–Turkey market
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German-based tour operator GTI Travel is to launch a new charter airline called German Sky on April 1. This will initially fly between Düsseldorf...
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Airline Profile: Astraeus Airlines
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Focused on operating wet or damp leases, Astraeus Airlines tailor-makes solutions to fit all markets.
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Looking for Carriers to serve New Markets
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Warsaw Chopin Airport is among the largest airports in Central and Eastern Europe. It handled a little over 550,000 passengers in January 2010 – a...
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Popular in Poland
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Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport (RZE) is the gateway to the Podkarpackie region in South Eastern Poland – home to the expanding 'Aviation Valley'. The...
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Iberia’s New Strategy: Will the Regional Subsidiary Work?
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Overwhelmed with high staff costs, an expensive Madrid hub, intense pressure on its short-haul network from budget carriers, and announcing record...
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Growing from all Bases
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Latvian national carrier airBaltic is the largest airline at its main base at Riga International Airport and at its secondary hub in Vilnius, while...
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Ryanair: Gaining In Greece?
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Ryanair is making its first foray into Greece with six new seasonal summer routes. The Greek Government is, meanwhile, struggling to contain its...
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All Go in Ghana: New West African Flights
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Ghana’s capital Accra gained two new international services this week from Virgin Atlantic and United Airlines. Virgin’s thrice-weekly service will...
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Q&A: Horst Findeisen, vice president of business development, Star Alliance
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Airline alliance activity is at an all-time high, with barely a week passing with out an announcement of a carrier joining, exiting or switching...
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Sydney Airport’s Consistent Traffic Growth
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Sydney Airport’s international traffic growth has continued into 2010 – the gateway shares its recent success with the Routesonline community.
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Making History: Air Arabia Egypt
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Originally based in Sharjah in the UAE, Air Arabia established itself in Morocco last year through its Air Arabia Maroc start-up and it is trying...
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oneworld Catches Kingfisher
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Kingfisher Airlines announced new routes from Delhi to London Heathrow and Hong Kong in the past week, along with plans to join oneworld in the...
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Jet Airways Grows in a Downturn
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Jet Airways is currently India's second-largest international airline and the largest operator in the domestic market. It operates over 400 daily...
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Australia’s ‘Resort-Style’ Low-Cost Hub
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Last month’s opening of Gold Coast Airport’s second passenger terminal coincided with double-digit month-on-month growth of international passenger...
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Flybe’s Rise to the Top – but for how Long?
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Operating from 36 UK airports, Flybe is the largest UK domestic operator (measured by weekly seat capacity and number of destinations). Announcing...
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AirAsia moves into Vietnam
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Vietnam is the latest Asian country to get an AirAsia subsidiary. Routes News examines what the establishment of Vietjet AirAsia means for the...
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Strategy Forum Report: Routes Americas 2010
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Michael Bell, partner and consultant at Spencer Stuart moderated this year's Routes Americas Strategy Forum. Here he offers a round up of the top...