Airports & Routes News Archive

May 21, 2012

Virgin Atlantic (VS) will cease service to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi from Sept. 23.

May 21, 2012

Spirit Airlines launched daily Latrobe-Orlando service May 17.

Tiger Airways will increase 3X-weekly Singapore (SIN)-Haikou service to 5X-weekly Aug 1-31, and will operate 2X-daily SIN service to Kuching and Penang Aug 17-26.

Alaska Airlines will launch 4X-weekly Portland, Ore.-Kauai service Nov. 5.

Wizz Air will launch Ljubljana service to Brussels Charleroi (Oct. 29) and London Luton (Oct. 30).

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May 18, 2012

The opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) has been delayed again, this time to March 17, 2013, to allow more time to complete fire safety systems, the supervisory board announced.

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May 17, 2012

Air New Zealand (ANZ) will increase capacity on the Auckland (AKL)-Perth (PER) route by more than 20%, the company said in a statement.

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May 16, 2012

JetBlue Airways (B6) and Turkish Airlines (TK) have announced an interline agreement connecting their networks at New York JFK and Washington Dulles (IAD).

May 16, 2012

Air Berlin (AB) said it wants to extend the delayed opening of Berlin Brandenburg International (BER) until the start of the winter schedule by the end of October.

May 15, 2012

Oneworld affiliate member FlyNiki (HG) is working further to strengthen Vienna (VIE) as a hub connecting Western with Eastern/Southeastern Europe.

May 15, 2012

Budapest Airport (BUD) is taking urgent action to address the resulting shortfall in revenue following the collapse of Hungarian state-owned Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) earlier this year.

May 14, 2012

British Airways (BA) will launch 3X-daily Aberdeen-London City service, operated by subsidiary BA CityFlyer Sept. 24 using Embraer E-170 and E-190 aircraft.

Delta Air Lines will launch daily Syracuse, NY-Minneapolis, MN Bombardier CRJ900 service Sept. 6.

Finnair launched 4X-weekly Helsinki-Chongqing Airbus A330/A340 service.

May 11, 2012

Air Berlin (AB), the biggest airline customer at Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), has asked officials to reduce its night curfew as it scrambles with other German airlines to deal with the logistical dilemma caused by the delayed opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).

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