Routes Update
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Orlando: Serving a Diverse Local Economy
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Best known as a gateway for Disney tourists, Orlando International (MCO) is less well-known for its central role in feeding traffic to a diverse...
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Norwegian’s “Natural” Expansion in Nordics
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Norwegian Air Shuttle recently announced its first service into the Finnish market with scheduled services from Oslo and Stockholm (two of its...
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Flydubai: Proactive in New Markets
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Flydubai’s fleet of six Boeing 737-800s along with its low fares are helping the Dubai-based carrier to serve the shorter sectors and thinner...
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The Impact of the Global Recession on UK Airports
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Only three airports out of all the UK’s airports with more than 150,000 yearly passengers actually experienced traffic growth in 2009, according to...
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Low-cost Carriers Move in as Air Jamaica Cuts Caribbean-US Links
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By April, debt-ridden Air Jamaica will turn away from six key markets between the Caribbean and US, and lose three A320s –the latest restructuring...
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A Leading Leisure Hub in the Americas
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As a key leisure destination in Mexico, Cancun Airport continues to expand its infrastructure and network, having opened a second runway and a new...
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Monarch’s Long-haul Leisure Market
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Monarch Airlines is also a newcomer to Routes event and is attending Routes Americas in Lima this week. Among its wish list of new long-haul...
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Capacity Stretch: The Strength of Turkish Airlines’ Hub
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Turkish Airlines is increasing its fleet and is targeting the huge Europe to Asia traffic flows. TK is now larger in terms of weekly frequency...
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Gothenburg to Become the Next Swedish Hub
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It’s an unusual move, but the niche Swedish carrier, City Airline - which operates a small domestic and European network mainly for the business...
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Serbia: An Emerging Market for Low-cost Carriers
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Limited competition in Serbia for low-cost traffic has prompted Wizz Air to test its market potential. It will serve scheduled flights to...
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Singapore: Jetstar Expands Asian Base
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It’s a time of exciting change for Jetstar, which this week announced it would expand its Asian hub at Singapore Changi. This comes just a few...
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Ryanair’s Place in the European Market
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Fresh from announcing its fiscal Q3 losses this week, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary announced that the airline is vying to grow its market share where...
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Oneworld v SkyTeam: The Battle Continues for JAL
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Japan’s national carrier may be flying on empty reserves, but its newly appointed chairman-in-office, Kazuo Inamori, has announced that JAL will...
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Baghdad: Back in Business
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Post-war Iraq has seen a resurgence of interest from foreign carriers, who are tapping in to a high net worth business market and the Iraqi expat...
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Larnaca Airport: Going Low-Cost?
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Blue Air’s decision to set up a permanent base at Larnaca is a natural step given the lack of LCC traffic in Cyprus. With this new opportunity, is...
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AirAsia X falls Flat in the Middle East: What Went Wrong?
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AirAsia X pulled its Middle East connection this week by announcing that it has “temporarily” dropped its Kuala Lumpur to Abu Dhabi service – a...
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SWIFT Growth
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Carriers to Copenhagen’s new low-cost facility, CPH SWIFT, must meet 30-minute turnaround times. The airport also seeks to process six million...
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The Evolution of TACA
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TACA’s proposed “merger of equals” with Avianca – expected this year - will create one of the largest airline groupings in Latin America. Combined...
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A380 Debut at Zurich
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Touching down at Zurich airport in dense fog, the A380 was still impossible to miss among the thousands of onlookers, who caught a glimpse of the...
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AirAsia - Jetstar: A Perfect Partnership?
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The new decade kicked off in January with the news of AirAsia and Jetstar’s cost-based alliance but the question remains: does this mark the start...