Routes Update
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Atlantic Star reaches agreement with TUI to bring direct flights to St Helena
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St Helena is currently widely regarded as the world's most inaccessible inhabited island, but all this will change in February 2016 with the...
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Ryanair boosts summer schedule from Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle
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Irish budget carrier, Ryanair is to significantly grow its activities from Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle airports in the UK next year,...
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Odessa Governor calls for ‘real’ open skies for Ukraine
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A recent attack from the newly appointed Odessa governor and former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili on the State Aviation Service...
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Polish growth helps drive Wizz Air to 100 million passenger milestone
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The Polish market has contributed significantly to Wizz Air's success with around 40 per cent of its phenomenal growth linked to Polish customers...
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European Investment Bank boosts expansion of Bergen Airport
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Located around 20 kilometres south of Bergen city centre, the airport handles more than six million passengers each year, but existing facilities...
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WestJet adds new hub link to London network
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WestJet will introduce a twice daily domestic service between London Metropolitan Area Airport and Lester B Pearson International Airport in...
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Qatar Airways adds Birmingham to UK network
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The eight times weekly link will be flown using a 254-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and will increase the Gulf carrier’s offering between Doha and...
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Etihad Airways to fly A380 to Melbourne from June 2016
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The A380 will operate flights EY460/461, one of the airline’s twice daily Abu Dhabi - Melbourne services from June 1, 2016, substituting one of the...
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China’s President confirms £250 million Hainan Airlines link to Manchester
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The Manchester-Beijing route is reported to be worth at least £250 million in economic benefits to the UK over the next decade, with two-thirds...
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Wizz Air hits 100 routes from Romania with Cluj-Napoca base growth
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The additional aircraft will arrive ahead of a July 22, 2016 launch of the four new routes and will also facilitate frequency growth in some of its...
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Lufthansa brings back Denver’s link to Munich in 2016
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The hosting of this year’s Routes Americas forum helped support Denver International Airport in securing the return of the German carrier’s Munich...
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Norwegian to more than quadruple Dreamliner fleet to support long-haul growth
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Norwegian is known to be studying a number of new markets for growth as it starts planning for the arrival of its new 787-9s. Although further...
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Scheduling dates for 2016 events released
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Key dates for your diary to ensure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet with your top targets.
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IAG adds to British Airways and Aer Lingus Transatlantic offering
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Irish flag carrier, Aer Lingus, a recent addition to the IAG portfolio, is to launch flights between Dublin and Los Angeles, Newark, and Hartford...
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Lufthansa and Austrian open doors to Iran’s potential
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Lufthansa is to launch a new three times weekly link between its Munich hub and Tehran from April 14, 2016 using an Airbus A330-300, while also...
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UBM agrees partnership with China Business Network to help promote World Routes 2016
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The global network development forum makes its return to mainland China in September next year after a successful first outing in Beijing in 2009....
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Air China becomes first Asian carrier to serve Cuba as it extends its network to Havana
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Cuba is a strategically important destination for the Chinese government as it was the first Latin American country to recognise the People’s...
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Voting for Routes Americas Marketing Awards opens in less than three weeks time
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Voting for the Routes Americas 2016 Marketing Awards will open on 9 November 2015.
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VivaColombia to launch low-cost flights to US
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The US adventure will start from December 2, 2015 with the start of the Medellin – Miami route and followed from December 16, 2015 by the Bogota –...
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INSIGHT: Pegasus flies high; celebrates ten years with 100 destination and 100 million passenger milestones
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Although first formed as a charter business in 1990, Pegasus has taken-off in the scheduled market since it was acquired by ESAS Holding in 2005...