Russia’s Yemelyanovo International Airport in Krasnoyarsk has hired Lufthansa Consulting to help it develop its route network and attract new airlines.

Gulf Air will shed routes to Damascus, Athens, Milan and Kuala Lumpur from next month as it seeks to deal with a “challenging business environment” and concentrate on its high yield markets.

Privately-owned Indonesian carrier Lion Air has finalised a record order for 230 aircraft from Boeing, including 201 B737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation B737-900ERs, as it seeks to expand within the Asia-Pacific.

Malaysia Airlines has appointed AirAsia’s Rozman bin Omar as its new chief financial officer (CFO), who will take up his new role with effect from tomorrow (February 14).

A leading proponent of a global aviation emissions trading scheme to replace the EU’s emissions charges scheme, has said a workable proposal could be tabled by ICAO by the end of the year.

Spirit Airlines has doubled the number of destinations it flies to from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with the addition of routes to Atlanta, New York LaGuardia and Orlando.

Maria Eagle MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, confirms Labour still opposes a third runway at Heathrow and tells Routes News that cross-party action to improve effiency at South East airports is the only solution to the UK's growing capacity crisis.

Singaporean low-cost carrier (LCC) Tiger Airways has announced it will launch four weekly flights from Singapore to Kochi - Kerala’s financial district - from April 27.

New Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC), Jetstar Japan, is planning to launch operations earlier than planned and has confirmed its first destinations from its Tokyo base will be Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Okinawa.

Scoot Airlines is set to become the first airline to fly direct between Singapore and Australia’s Gold Coast, with the launch of five direct flights a week.