Interviewed: United's Brian Znotins
Destination focus: The Bahamas
Talking point: Carbon taxes
Airport features: Santiago and Edmonton
Plus: Social media and Start-up airlines
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).
With a vision to become a connecting point to Asia and the expansion of national airline TAME under way, Ecuador is hoping for a boom in tourism, writes Oliver Clark.
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Airlines are resuming flights to Libya following the fall of the Gaddafi regime, but are they returning too quickly? Oliver Clark investigates.
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Partnerships have played a major role in Singapore’s tourism success story, writes Chris Beanland.
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How are Melbourne and Victoria state coping with the changing face of Australian tourism? Peta Tomlinson reports.
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How has the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia affected the North African country’s tourism growth prospects and air services? Chris Beanland investigates.
The opening of a new airport, and a determination to offer tourists something unique to the rest of Spain, gives Murcia big potential, writes Oliver Clark.
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Greece’s deputy minister of tourism and culture, George Nikitiades, spoke to Routes News about the country’s aim to attract more LCCs to its sunny shores.
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Lars Draagen takes a closer look at the Norwegian market, where there are currently two home carriers – Norwegian and SAS – of roughly the same size, competing on nearly every route.
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Two new airports are due to open in Poland in the next two years. Tony Griffiths takes a closer look at the country’s air services market and where the opportunities lie.
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Alex Coxon discovers that Sardinia’s focus on its burgeoning adventure and food and wine tourism sectors is proving a hit with airlines and visitors alike.
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