Europe
The latest aviation news and new air services from the world’s leading airlines, airports and tourism authorities in Europe.
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Qatar Airways to Launch A350 on Frankfurt Route from January 15
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It appears that Qatar Airways will inaugurate scheduled passenger flights with its new Airbus A350XWB from January 15, 2015 on the Doha – Frankfurt...
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What Are the World’s Top 20 Airlines? December 2014 Network Update
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We took a look at the top 20 airlines in the world by operating carrier, analysing the network capacity in December 2013 against the same month...
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What are the World's Top 20 Airports? December 2014 Network Update
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We’ve taken a look at the top 20 airports in the world in terms of departure capacity for December 2014.
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Adria Airways Adds Amsterdam Hub Link from Łódź
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The Star Alliance member first introduced flights to Łódź in March 2014 with a six times weekly connection to the German city of Munich, providing...
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Throwback Thursday: Qatar Airways Athens – New York Link
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At Routesonline we've decided to take a look back at the news breaking the same week in previous years and revisit it one or two years later to see...
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Scottish Air Passenger Duty set to be Devolved
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The Smith Commission examined the report put forward by bosses at Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports arguing abolition of the charge, and has...
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Stobart Air Secures Irish Domestic PSO Contract
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The new combined contract will operate from February 1, 2015 until January 31, 2017 and may be extended for a further period of a maximum of one...
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Air Asia X Aims to Resume London Route
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The news came after the low-cost carrier’s chief executive, Tony Fernandes, revealed the intent to resume the popular route via the social...
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Flybe Tries Again with Liverpool - Belfast City Route
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The route is expected to be popular with Belfast’s business passengers and is expected to generate 50,000 departing passengers per year. Belfast...
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American and Delta Grow Capacity Between Philadelphia and London
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The new services to Heathrow Airport will bring the number of daily rotations on this route to up to five and will end the monopoly currently held...
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Czech Airlines Returns Cork Link in Summer 2015 Growth
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For Czech Airlines this will be its only route into Ireland after the carrier closed its long-standing route to the capital Dublin. This year-round...
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The Birth of the 'Peanut Airline' - Aviation History Month
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It’s the final week for our Aviation History Month articles, and this week we are looking at airlines between 1980 and 2000.
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Aviation in the UK – 24 Hours of Flights
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The true nature of the UK aviation industry cannot be visualised more clearly than in this video produced this week by air traffic service provider...
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Qatar Airways Boosts Flights to Istanbul with Second Sabiha Gökçen Rotation
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The new flight will launch from March 29, 2015 and will introduce a morning rotation to further support local and transfer traffic on the route. It...
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More Airlines Plan London Dreamliner Operations in 2015
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It is just over two years since the first 787 flights were launched to the UK capital and at periods this year more than 740 flights a month,...
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Throwback Thursday – Virgin Atlantic's Fight for UK Domestic Market
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At Routesonline we've decided to take a look back at the news breaking the same week in previous years and revisit it one or two years later to see...
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easyJet to Base Larger A320 in Belfast in 2015
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easyJet launched flights from Belfast in September 1998 and currently operates a network of seasonal and year-round routes from Belfast to 24...
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Finnair Adds Seasonal Long-Haul Links to Chicago and Ho Chi Minh
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The new route, flown using an Airbus A330-300, will be operate within the carrier’s joint business on transatlantic traffic with fellow oneworld...
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Lufthansa Jumps at Appeal of Tampa’s Leisure Market
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The Star Alliance member will offer a five times weekly link between Frankfurt and Tampa from September 25, 2015, reducing to four times weekly...
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Ryanair to Open Bratislava Base
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Ryanair has been serving MR Štefánik Airport for almost ten years and is now firmly established as the largest scheduled operator with a 79.1 per...