The HUB
The Essential Route Development Update from Routesonline.
The HUB is the prime newsletter for the route development community, providing route development news and in-depth analysis, as well as Routes event updates. The HUB is sent out every Friday and is available to every registered user of Routesonline. It is the essential source of information within the route development community, not only providing scheduled analysis, but using traffic data and insightful commentary detailing the reasons behind route development decisions.
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Hellenic Imperial to Launch Athens - New York
Posted 25/05/2011The long-held ambitions of Hellenic Imperial Airways to enter the transatlantic market will come to fruition next month when it inaugurates...
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NEW AIRLINE: A Tasty Brand for Japanese Start-up
Posted 25/05/2011The new low-cost carrier being developed by Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) will operate under the brand name Peach Aviation. ...
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Fleet Developments
Posted 25/05/2011LUFTHANSA TO INTRODUCE A380 ON FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE German national carrier Lufthansa is to introduce the Airbus A380 on its schedules to...
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News From Around The EuroZone
Posted 25/05/2011WIZZ AIR ADDS VILNIUS – DORTMUND LINK Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to inaugurate a three times weekly...
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News From The Americas
Posted 25/05/2011AEROMEXICO EXPANDS ITS NETWORK FROM MEXICO CITY AeroMexico is to introduce two new routes from its Mexico City base during the coming months;...
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News From Asia 亚洲新闻
Posted 25/05/2011VIETNAM AIRLINES CONFIRMS GATWICK AS LONDON TERMINUS Vietnam Airlines has confirmed that it will initially serve London’s Gatwick...
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News From Africa
Posted 25/05/2011COMAIR DELAYS LANSERIA LAUNCH South African carrier Comair is to defer the launch of its new international flights from Lanseria...
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Airline Route Update
Posted 25/05/2011Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For...
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And finally…A Trip Back in Time!
Posted 25/05/2011This week The HUB is getting all nostalgic after reading a story about the latest fleet expansion from a regional airline in Africa. ...
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Czech Airlines Enters International Markets From Bratislava
Posted 19/05/2011Czech Airlines is to resume international flights from Bratislava’s Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport in Slovakia, more than 15...
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Flybe Brings Hub Connection to Inverness
Posted 19/05/2011UK low-fare airline Flybe is to establish an important link to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from Inverness from September, a key service to develop...
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Volaris to Fly to San Diego
Posted 19/05/2011Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris is continuing its US expansion with new links from Mexico City and Guadalajara to San Diego. The non-stop...
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bmibaby Expands from Midland Bases
Posted 19/05/2011UK low-cost carrier bmibaby will introduce flights to seven new destinations next summer after revealing its planned network expansion from its...
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Hainan Airlines to Open New Link to Istanbul
Posted 19/05/2011Hainan Airlines is to introduce the first direct service between Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Province, and Istanbul. The...
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Scotland Determined to Axe its Tax
Posted 19/05/2011Scotland remains determined to have Air Passenger Duty (APD) devolved, the country’s Head of Aviation, Kenneth Crawford told The...
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NEW AIRLINE: HiAir to ‘Trial’ Amsterdam Flights
Posted 19/05/2011A new start-up carrier, HiAir, plans to offer a weekday service between Doncaster Sheffield and Amsterdam for a two month period this autumn, with...
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Fleet Developments
Posted 19/05/2011QANTAS TO INCREASE A380 FREQUENCY TO LOS ANGELES Australian carrier Qantas is to increase the number of flights per week between Melbourne...
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News From Around The EuroZone
Posted 19/05/2011CARPATAIR TO LAUNCH CONSTANTA – ISTANBUL LINK Carpatair has become the latest airline to announce its expansion at Constanta in...
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News From The Americas
Posted 19/05/2011QANTAS LAUNCHES FLIGHTS TO DALLAS FORT WORTH Australian national carrier Qantas Airways has launched flights from Sydney to Dallas Fort Worth...
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News From Asia 亚洲新闻
Posted 19/05/2011HAINAN AIRLINES ADDS REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is to offer new flights into Japan, Singapore and South...
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News From CIS and The Middle East
Posted 19/05/2011EMIRATES BOOSTS LINKS TO CAIRO United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based carrier Emirates Airline has boosted links to Cairo this month to meet...
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Airline Route Update
Posted 19/05/2011Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For...
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And finally…What is the Definition of an Airport?
Posted 19/05/2011Historically, an airport was simply the place that we took the opportunity to fly away to a domestic or international destination for business or...
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Comair to Go Long-Haul to London
Posted 12/05/2011South African carrier Comair has confirmed that it has begun the initial planning stages to introduce flights between Durban’s King Shaka...
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DAA Revises Charge Structure
Posted 12/05/2011Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has introduced a new incentive scheme aimed at encouraging traffic growth at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports over...
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IAG and TAM Target TAP
Posted 12/05/2011International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent of British Airways (BA) and Iberia, is set to bid for TAP Portugal as it seeks to expand its...
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Lufthansa Launches Link to Jeddah from Munich
Posted 12/05/2011German national carrier Lufthansa is to inaugurate flights between Munich and Jeddah, its second destination in Saudi Arabia from its Bavarian...
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Jetstar Tries to Secure Rugby Traffic to Dunedin
Posted 12/05/2011Australian budget carrier Jetstar Airways has outlined plans to launch a daily link between Dunedin and the New Zealand capital Auckland. ...
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Emirates Introduces A380 on Johannesburg Route
Posted 12/05/2011Emirates Airline is to introduce an Airbus A380 on its Dubai – Johannesburg route from October 1, becoming the third carrier to utilise the...
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New Terminal Unveiled at Birmingham Airport
Posted 12/05/2011The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, officially opens Birmingham Airport’s new terminal today (May 13)...
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AirBridgeCargo Launches Scheduled Link to North America
Posted 12/05/2011Russian freight carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the scheduled division of the Volga-Dnepr Group, is to offer flights to Chicago, its first...
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Safi Airways Launches Kabul-Delhi Service
Posted 12/05/2011Afghanistan carrier Safi Airways is to inaugurate flights from Kabul to Delhi. The airline will operate four flights per week on the route...
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And Finally...Routes Europe Delegates Suffer Penalties!
Posted 12/05/2011A large group of spectators were forced to endure a nervous penalty shoot-out as route development and commercial executives from airlines and...
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Murcia's New International Airport
Posted 04/05/2011In summer 2012 a new international airport will open in southeastern Spain with ambitions to become one of the main gateways to the region. ...
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Qatar Airways Confirms Latest Stage of Expansion
Posted 04/05/2011Qatar Airways has used this year’s Arabian Travel Market to announce the latest stage of its network growth. Having already opened...
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Virgin Blue Rebrands as Virgin Australia
Posted 04/05/2011Virgin Blue Holdings, which has operations under the Virgin Blue, V Australia and Pacific Blue names, has been rebranded as Virgin Australia...
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Air Canada Express Takes Flight
Posted 04/05/2011Air Canada resumed service at the City Airport in downtown Toronto on May 1, providing customers with additional options for flying Canada's...
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Air China Increases Competition on Beijing – Hong Kong
Posted 04/05/2011Air China is to introduce a seventh daily flight between Beijing and Hong Kong from July 1 as it seeks to increase its share of this busy and...
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NEW AIRLINE: REDjet Prepares for Caribbean Launch
Posted 04/05/2011New Caribbean low-fare carrier REDJet is set to launch operations this month with flights linking Bridgetown, Barbados; Georgetown, Guyana;...
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Fleet Developments
Posted 04/05/2011This section of your weekly update will keep you up to date on all the key aircraft orders and deliveries and what they could mean for the route...
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News From Around The EuroZone
Posted 04/05/2011CONDOR TO OFFER WINTER LINKS TO ANTALYA German carrier Condor is to add winter flights to the Turkish city of Antalya from Dusseldorf and...
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News From Asia 亚洲新闻
Posted 04/05/2011KOREAN AIR BOOSTS CONNECTIONS FROM HONOLULU South Korea’s national carrier, Korean Air, is to modify the schedule of one of its two...
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News From CIS and The Middle East
Posted 04/05/2011YEMENIA REDUCES CAPACITY TO GUANGZHOU Yemenia reduced capacity on its Sana’a – Dubai – Guangzhou route to twice weekly on...
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News From The Americas
Posted 04/05/2011JETBLUE BOOSTS FORT LAUDERDALE TO NASSAU CAPACITY JetBlue Airways has confirmed it will introduce a third daily rotation on its flight from...
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News From Around The World
Posted 04/05/2011SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CLOSES AIRTRAN ACQUISITION US low-fare carrier pioneer Southwest Airlines has closed its purchase of all of the...
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Airline Route Update
Posted 04/05/2011Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week. For...
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And Finally...Virgin's Excess Baggage
Posted 04/05/2011Following on from a previous survey highlighting some of the strangest, most unusual requests its staff have received over the past few years,...
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AirAsia X To Use Route Exchange for A330 Deployment
Posted 28/04/2011Routes is pleased to reveal that long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X will be using Routesonline's Route Exchange platform for the placement...
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Vietnam Airlines to Launch London Link
Posted 28/04/2011As exclusively revealed by The HUB last month, Vietnam Airlines is to inaugurate flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to London this winter,...
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Aeromexico Boosts Flights to US
Posted 28/04/2011Aeromexico is to boost its presence in the competitive Mexico - US market with two new routes to California and increased frequencies on three...
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