It seems passenger traffic to Hong Kong continues slide, as Emirates is cutting some of Hong Kong capacity for a period. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Currently, the airline operates two Airbus A380 and one Boeing 777-300ER return trips a day between Dubai and Hong Kong - however, Airlineroute reports that this … [Read more...]

Whilst IAG is plotting to buy Air Europa, Iberia is getting on with the business of running an airline - and is adding new routes and capacity for its Summer 2020 programme. Let's round up the changes... North America First up is a new Madrid to Washington DC service. Iberia A330 at Madrid Airport - Image Economy Class and Beyond The airline will launch a five … [Read more...]

Wizz Air continues to expand its Polish network, with plans to expand out of three airports in the region. Wizz Air Airbus A321 at Birmingham Airport, Image, Economy Class and Beyond For summer 2020, the airline will base four of its fleet in Poland. The net result is the launch of 15 new routes out of Gdansk, Krakow and Warsaw, as well as increase weekly frequencies - a … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic continues its expansion at Manchester Airport, with plans to offer 43,000 more seats out of the airport for Summer 2020. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 arriving into Manchester with a Ryanair Boeing 737 in the foreground - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  This time, it's the turn of summer leisure destinations to get service uplift. Barbados will move … [Read more...]

Japan Airlines is boosting its network from its Tokyo Narita Hub, with the announcement of four new international routes for 2020. Japan Airlines Boeing 787 at Helsinki Vantaa Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new routes include: Tokyo Narita - Vladivostok (Three flights a week - Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in 28th February 2020, Daily from 29th March), … [Read more...]

Air Asia is deploying its Airbus A330 aircraft between Singapore Changi and Kuala Lumpur International. AirAisa X Flatbed seat - yours for the taking on a 1-hour leg between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur - Image, Air Asia. The deployment begins on the 10th November, with a twice-daily rotation between the two cities. Planned operations is as follows: D7672 DEPART KUL 08:00 … [Read more...]

The Ryanair route network continues to grow, this time adding two new destinations in Armenia to its network Ryanair Boeing 737-800 coming into land at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will add four new routes - two for summer and two for winter.  They are: Yerevan - Milan Bergamo Twice per week starting in January 2020 Yerevan - Rome … [Read more...]

Air Arabia and Etihad Aviation Group are working together on a new low-cost carrier to be based out of Etihad's Abu Dhabi hub. The new airline will be called "Air Arabia Abu Dhabi". Air Arabia Airbus A320 departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Bot Etihad and Air Arabia will establish an independent joint venture company that will operate as a … [Read more...]

With Norwegian continuing the long road from market share to profitability, the airline announced a slew of network capacity increases for the Summer 2020 season. Norwegian UK Boeing 787-9 arriving at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline is increasing frequencies on 12 routes - these being: Oslo (OSL) to Oakland / San Francisco (OAK) … [Read more...]

airBaltic of Latvia is pushing its expansion forward, with the announcement of new routes out of Riga and Tallinn. airBaltic Airbus A220-300 (CS300) - Image, airBaltic. Manchester and Yevevan will gain connectivity from the Lativan captial of Riga. In addition, the Norweigan destinations of Bergan and Trondheim will join them on their network  In addition, a … [Read more...]