Asia
The latest aviation news and new air services from world’s leading airlines, airports and tourism authorities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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flydubai Expands in Central and Eastern Europe
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flydubai will become the first carrier to operate direct flights from Dubai to both Sarajevo and Zagreb. It will introduce a twice weekly link to...
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Cathay Pacific Adds Cargo Service to Calgary
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Latest data from The International Air Transport Association (IATA) for global air freight markets shows air cargo growth accelerated in May 2014,...
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Shanghai Pudong Gets Runway Capacity Boost
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From the beginning of this month, the city’s primary international gateway has been able to increase the average 65 flights an hour to 74 but in...
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DOMESTIC SKIES: Air Capacity in Bangladesh
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This year marks the return of our popular country by country air capacity statistics series. Every week The HUB provides statistics...
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Etihad Reveals Six New Routes for Launch in 2015
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UAE national carrier, Etihad Airways, has revealed plans to launch its first passenger flights to Algiers, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Hong Kong, Kolkata...
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Air Asia X and Thai AirAsia X to Expand Network in Japan
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Since its debut, AirAsia X has carried over one million passengers to and from its Japan routes and Japan contributes over 12 per cent of the...
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ROUTES SILK ROAD: A Market of New Opportunities for Aviation
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It is symbolic that the established Routes CIS event has transformed this year into Routes Silk Road to include a wider community that is very...
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ROUTES SILK ROAD: Flying East with flynas
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Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier flynas has an ambitious long-haul expansion strategy, underpinned by new flights to the UK, writes Justin Burns for...
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ROUTES SILK ROAD: AirAsia X Introduces Flights to XiÁn, the Origin of the Silk Road
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The new Air Asia X service to XiÁn’s Xianyang International Airport was launched on July 2, 2014 and represents its fifth link into China after...
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ROUTES SILK ROAD: Transaero Launches Services to Taipei
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The weekly service, operated by a two-class Boeing 767-300ER, represents the return of a link first served by Transaero in 2002 and served up until...
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Where Does the A340-300 Fly? July 2014 Network Update
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Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the...
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Where Does the A380 Fly? July 2014 Network Update
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Although the Airbus A380 has now been in passenger service for more than six years there remains a lot of interest in the Super Jumbo and new...
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Where Does the Dreamliner Fly? July 2014 Network Update
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With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month The HUB provides an update on the current...
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Where Does the Boeing 747-8I Fly? July 2014 Network Update
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Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the...
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Where Does the Sukhoi Superjet Fly? July 2014 Network Update
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Every month The HUB will provide an update on the current Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 flight schedule and the routes the aircraft is being...
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Air New Zealand Uses New A320s to Boost Domestic Offering
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Air New Zealand has accelerated the purchase of a 15th domestic Airbus A320 to allow improvements to its Dunedin-Auckland schedule from March 2015...
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Lisbon Airport to Surpass Ten Million Departure Seats in 2014
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In 2004, airlines offered 7.7 million seats from Lisbon Airport but this rose to just under ten million seats last year, a 27.7 per cent rise. This...
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Air China Plans Next North American Growth with new 787-9s
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This month Air China has added its latest US destination to its network after inaugurating flights between Beijing and Washington, its seventh...
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Cebu Pacific Adds Sydney and Kuwait to Widebody Network
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The two destinations join Dubai in the network of Cebu Pacific Air's long-haul division which flies Airbus A330-300s configured in an all-Economy,...
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Brisbane Airport Targets China for Network Growth
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With a focus on strengthening existing relationships with airlines and building new relationships with the broader business market and consumers,...