Routes Weekly top five: Ryanair expands, JetBlue's network, Guangzhou, BA and Boom

Our top five stories on Routes Weekly this week:

1. Ryanair finalises latest Boeing order as it launches Bosnia routes and opens Düsseldorf base
Ryanair has finalised an order for 25 additional high-capacity Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft during the same week as the airline revealed plans to launch its first flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina and open a base at Düsseldorf Airport. Read more.

2. China's third busiest airport opens $2.7bn terminal
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the third busiest in China, has opened its second terminal building as it targets 100 million passengers by 2025. Read more.

3. JetBlue returns to Ontario as part of US regional reshuffle
JetBlue is to return to California’s Ontario International Airport after a ten-year absence as part of a regional flight shuffle that also sees it up flight frequencies out of Burbank and Palm Springs and scale back operations from Long Beach. Read more.

4. Routes Podcast: British Airways' Alex Cruz
Listen to the latest Routes Aviation Podcast with Alex Cruz, the chairman and chief executive of British Airways, recorded live at Routes Europe 2018 in Bilbao. Read more and listen now.

5. Boom investment ‘to bring supersonic flight to China’
The US supersonic aircraft developer aiming to reduce New York to London flight times to little over three hours has secured an investment from Chinese tour operator Ctrip. Read more.

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Air Belgium cancels maiden flight amid Russian delay

David Casey

David Casey is Editor in Chief of Routes, the global route development community's trusted source for news and information.