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The latest aviation news and new air services from the world’s leading airlines, airports and tourism authorities in Europe.
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Swinging Sixties – Aviation History Month
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It’s the penultimate week for our Aviation History Months articles, and this week we’re looking at airlines that began operation from 1960 – 1980.
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Virgin Atlantic Resumes Year-Round Leisure Link to Tobago
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The UK carrier served the small Caribbean island from London Gatwick in association with a triangle flight also serving Grenada, but the route was...
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British Airways Adds London Network Link to Krakow
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This will be the only link between London Heathrow and Krakow, which will be the host city of Routes Europe in 2016. Alongside the point-to-point...
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Royal Air Maroc to Launch Tangier to Gibraltar Service
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Operating initially twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays, it will allow Gibraltarians to reconnect by air with the historic city of Tangier, as...
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FUN FRIDAY: Swan Lands on Heathrow Airport Runway
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Every Friday Routesonline will have a look back at an alternative story of the past week. Humourous, interesting, enlightening or simply just a...
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SWISS Airlines to Add 8 New Destinations to Geneva Network
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SWISS Airlines has announced it is to introduce eight new destinations to its Geneva-based network for its summer 2015 schedule.
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Throwback Thursday: KLM's Brief Manston Operation
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At Routesonline we've decided to take a look back at a breaking article from the same time last year and revisit it two years later to see what’s...
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easyJet Introduces 26 new Routes for Summer 2015
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The British carrier has announced 26 new routes for its summer schedule, including two entirely new destinations.
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Sumburgh Airport Welcomes new Norwegian Link
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The Scottish airport is to welcome the new link to Bergen in Norway on November 24, 2014.
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Flybe to Open Aberdeen and Bournemouth Bases
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UK low-fare regional carrier Flybe is to reopen its base at Aberdeen, begin base operations from Bournemouth and launch a new limited programme of...
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airberlin ‘Wall of Light’ Celebratory Flight
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To mark the 25th anniversary since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, airberlin offered passengers three sightseeing flights with special views of...
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Wizz Air to Establish Base in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The budget airline will station a single Airbus A320 in Tuzla in June 2015 to open four new routes to Munich Memmingen and Oslo Torp, from June 26,...
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Flybe to Sell Shares in Flybe Nordic Operation
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Under the terms of this agreement Flybe and Finnair accordingly have signed an agreement under which it is intended that Flybe will exit Flybe...
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TRIVIA: British Airways Domestic Transfer Traffic
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Here is the first of our regular series of industry trivia questions where we ask readers to vote on a particular subject during the month before...
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Glasgow Airport Welcomes new Munich Route
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Glasgow Airport has announced a new route to Munich courtesy of German carrier Lufthansa, to commence in summer 2015. This is one of a number of...
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British Airways to Launch A380 Flights to Miami
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The introduction of the A380 on the London – Miami route, which is operated under the auspices of the carrier’s Atlantic Joint Business with...
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The Mystery of Airport Codes
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We've all sat and contemplated airports and their IATA codes for long enough, and some of their origins have remained a mystery. Why is Chicago...
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airberlin Grows Sylt Network to 30 Weekly Flights Next Summer
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airberlin is already the prominent carrier serving Sylt Airport and in 2013 had a 79.7 per cent share of capacity from the facility, also known as...
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Austrian Airlines Adds Mauritius to Long-Haul Network
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The network expansion supports the airline’s strategy to enhance aircraft utilisation during the quieter winter season. In recent years...
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The War and Beyond - Aviation History Month
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Aviation History Month is still underway, and this week we’re looking at airlines from 1940 – 1960. Despite World War II ongoing during the first...