London City Airport appoints Andrew Hodges as new Chief Commercial Officer
London City Airport has appointed Andrew Hodges as its new Chief Commercial Officer. He will take up the role in February 2023. Hodges has 25 years’ experience in the airline sector, most recently at Norse Atlantic, where his responsibilities included network and airport development, and route performance.
Gold Coast Airport completes $260m terminal expansion
The final phase of Gold Coast Airport’s new $260 million terminal expansion has officially opened, with international passengers welcomed, completing the three-year project. The project is central to the ongoing transformation of the Gold Coast Airport precinct, with about $500 million worth of works delivered, underway or in the pipeline.
Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society honours former Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden
The Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society has honoured one of commercial aviation’s great leaders, former CEO of Alaska Airlines Brad Tilden. He was presented with the prestigious Tony Jannus award by 2017 honouree Doug Parker, former CEO of American Airlines. The Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society marked the occasion with a spectacular cake.
Ambitious growth plans for Riga Airport with RIX Airport City Development
Riga Airport shares its ambitious growth plans with anna.aero, including the development of the RIX Airport City, which is part of the airport’s medium-term strategy “Runway 2027”. The airport also identifies the key unserved routes that are at the top of its wish list.
Airline Route News
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26 Jan 2023
China Southern Airlines launches daily Guangzhou – Melbourne service
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26 Jan 2023
Batik Air Malaysia launches Kansai-Taipei-Kuala Lumpur route
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26 Jan 2023
Ryanair announces S23 schedule at Münster/Osnabrück
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26 Jan 2023
Emirates doubles services to Brisbane
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26 Jan 2023
Wizz Air announces new route from Katowice to Yerevan
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19 Jan 2023
Air China launches new route from Shanghai to Athens
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19 Jan 2023
Luxair launches only direct London to Antwerp service
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19 Jan 2023
Budapest Airport builds on Turkish links with Wizz Air
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19 Jan 2023
Emerald Airlines celebrates one million passengers less than 12 months after inaugural flight
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19 Jan 2023
Korean Air to relaunch Prague-Seoul connection
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19 Jan 2023
easyJet launches London Southend to Amsterdam
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11 Jan 2023
Air Canada resumes Miami-Vancouver route after 18 years
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11 Jan 2023
Budapest Airport celebrates Wizz Air services to Jeddah and Riyadh
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11 Jan 2023
Peach Aviation launches new service from Kansai to Bangkok
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11 Jan 2023
Melbourne Airport to welcome Vietjet service to Ho Chi Minh City
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11 Jan 2023
Ryanair celebrates 20 years at Newcastle International Airport
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11 Jan 2023
Turkish Airlines to launch Katowice-Istanbul route
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11 Jan 2023
Leeds Bradford Airport announces record 80 destinations in 2023/2024 schedule
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14 Dec 2022
Wizz Air launches new route from Naples to Abu Dhabi
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14 Dec 2022
Bamboo Airways launches second nonstop route to London Gatwick from Ho Chi Minh City
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14 Dec 2022
Ryanair announces twice-weekly route from Shannon to Liverpool
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14 Dec 2022
Milan Bergamo Airport poised for success in 2023
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14 Dec 2022
Cyprus Airways announces five new destinations for S23: Milan, Zurich, Prague, Basel and Cairo
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14 Dec 2022
Belfast City Airport announces arrival of Lufthansa with Frankfurt route
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8 Dec 2022
Milan Bergamo welcomes first direct connection to UAE
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8 Dec 2022
Qantas launches first-ever direct route between Melbourne and Dallas/Fort Worth
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8 Dec 2022
ITA Airways launches route between New Delhi and Rome
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8 Dec 2022
Copenhagen comes back to Cornwall Airport Newquay
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8 Dec 2022
Budapest Airport welcomes new Air Serbia connection to Belgrade
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8 Dec 2022
BA CityFlyer launches ski routes from London City Airport to Chambéry and Salzburg
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1 Dec 2022
HiSky launches route from Bucharest to Brussels
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1 Dec 2022
Thai AirAsia X launches direct route from Bangkok to Melbourne
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1 Dec 2022
Norse Atlantic Airways to launch daily Paris to New York service
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1 Dec 2022
Air India to resume service between Vienna and Delhi from February 2023
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1 Dec 2022
Emirates expands London Gatwick operations with third daily A380 service
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1 Dec 2022
LOT Polish Airlines launches six long-haul charter routes from Katowice Airport
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24 Nov 2022
Melbourne Airport welcomes resumption of Garuda Indonesia service to Jakarta
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24 Nov 2022
Spirit Airlines launches routes to San Antonio from Orlando and Las Vegas
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24 Nov 2022
United Airlines launches Washington to Cape Town route
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24 Nov 2022
Budapest Airport welcomes Air China route to Chongqing
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24 Nov 2022
Tampa celebrates inaugural Breeze service to Syracuse
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24 Nov 2022
Shannon Airport welcomes two new Mediterranean services from Ryanair
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24 Nov 2022
Qatar Airways launches daily Doha-Düsseldorf service
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17 Nov 2022
Tampa Airport celebrates new routes to St. Louis and Lexington
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17 Nov 2022
Budapest Airport’s Asia market bouncing back with return of Shanghai route
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17 Nov 2022
East Midlands becomes Cornwall Airport Newquay’s latest new destination with Eastern Airways
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17 Nov 2022
EVA Air launches Taiwan to Munich route
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17 Nov 2022
Leipzig/Halle welcomes new Ryanair routes from London Stansted and Dublin
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3 Nov 2022
Prague Airport welcomes new routes to London Luton and Chisinau
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2 Nov 2022
Aer Lingus Regional launches Dublin-Aberdeen service
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2 Nov 2022
airBaltic launches routes from Riga to Gran Canaria and Marrakesh
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2 Nov 2022
China Airlines resumes route between Taipei and Vienna
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2 Nov 2022
AirAsia X resumes operations to Melbourne
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2 Nov 2022
Cornwall Airport Newquay’s S23 is looking hot with Ryanair
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2 Nov 2022
Air Mauritius resumes twice-weekly Perth service
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2 Nov 2022
Gatwick celebrates arrival of Bamboo Airways with direct routes to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
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2 Nov 2022
Budapest Airport welcomes Wizz Air’s inaugural flight from Madeira
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26 Oct 2022
SalamAir connects Prague with Oman
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26 Oct 2022
Aer Lingus Regional to launch new link between Cornwall Airport Newquay and Belfast City from S23
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26 Oct 2022
Volotea launches new route to Venice from Lille base
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26 Oct 2022
BA CityFlyer to launch London City to Aberdeen route
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26 Oct 2022
Ireland West Airport launches 2022-2023 winter schedule with 84 weekly flights
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26 Oct 2022
Aer Lingus resumes Dublin-Miami route
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21 Oct 2022
London Gatwick flying to almost 90% of pre-pandemic destinations this October
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21 Oct 2022
Cathay Pacific resumes route from Milan Malpensa to Hong Kong
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12 Oct 2022
United Airlines announces daily seasonal Chicago to Shannon service
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12 Oct 2022
Gatwick announces 51 flights a week to US for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
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10 Oct 2022
Shannon Airport secures two new Ryanair routes and additional based aircraft
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10 Oct 2022
Wizz Air launches new connection from Turku to Rome
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10 Oct 2022
Spirit Airlines launches daily route to Monterrey from Austin
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10 Oct 2022
PLAY launches services from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
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10 Oct 2022
Neos launches route between Prague and Madagascar
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21 Sep 2022
KLM to launch services from Amsterdam to Katowice
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21 Sep 2022
easyJet launches route to Bristol from Belfast City
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21 Sep 2022
AirAsia X returns to Australia with Kuala Lumpur to Sydney service
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21 Sep 2022
Vueling launches route from Shannon to Paris Orly
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21 Sep 2022
Qantas launches route from Sydney to Bengaluru
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5 Sep 2022
Flybe increases Belfast City services for winter 2022/23
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5 Sep 2022
Norse Atlantic Airways launches Berlin to New York JFK services
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5 Sep 2022
Loganair restores key air services to Oslo from Aberdeen
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5 Sep 2022
Hainan Airlines resumes route from Beijing to Manchester
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17 Aug 2022
Spirit Airlines launches twice-daily route between Reno-Tahoe and Las Vegas
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17 Aug 2022
AirAsia Philippines relaunches Cebu hub
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17 Aug 2022
Norse Atlantic Airways launches London Gatwick to New York JFK service
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17 Aug 2022
aha! launches nonstop service between Idaho Falls and Reno-Tahoe
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17 Aug 2022
Gulf Air to launch Ras Al Khaimah services
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17 Aug 2022
easyJet to launch new route between Belfast City and Glasgow
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5 Aug 2022
JetBlue expands transatlantic service with launch of Boston to London Gatwick route
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3 Aug 2022
SAUDIA launches route from Riyadh to Zürich
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3 Aug 2022
London Stansted welcomes return of Emirates service to Dubai
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3 Aug 2022
flynas launches first direct route between Riyadh and Podgorica
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28 Jul 2022
Iberojet launches services from Porto to Punta Cana
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28 Jul 2022
aha! inaugurates nonstop flights from Reno-Tahoe to Santa Rosa
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28 Jul 2022
Southampton Airport welcomes Flybe services to Avignon and Toulon
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28 Jul 2022
flynas launches route from Riyadh to Bodrum
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13 Jul 2022
BA CityFlyer launches route from London City Airport to San Sebastian
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13 Jul 2022
Ryanair to reopen Belfast International base from summer 2023
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13 Jul 2022
Air New Zealand resumes service to Sunshine Coast from Auckland
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13 Jul 2022
Budapest Airport resurrects links to Beijing
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6 Jul 2022
Cairns Airport welcomes return of Air New Zealand services to Auckland
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6 Jul 2022
Hawaiian Airlines resumes Auckland service
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6 Jul 2022
Avelo Airlines launches routes from Wilmington to New Haven, Orlando, and Baltimore-Washington DC
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6 Jul 2022
Korean Air resumes route from Seoul to Vienna
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6 Jul 2022
easyJet launches route from Belfast City to Liverpool
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6 Jul 2022
Virgin Atlantic continues US expansion with new daily service to Tampa
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30 Jun 2022
Aer Lingus Regional announces Cardiff and Southampton services from Belfast City base
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29 Jun 2022
Prague Airport welcomes new routes to Kuwait, Baku and Tivat
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29 Jun 2022
Münster/Osnabrück welcomes launch of Aegean Airlines services to Crete
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29 Jun 2022
Qantas launches direct route to Rome
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29 Jun 2022
Cleveland Hopkins welcomes Alaska Airlines’ daily service to Seattle
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29 Jun 2022
Tampa celebrates two Frontier inaugurals
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29 Jun 2022
Milwaukee Mitchell celebrates new Delta route to New York-JFK
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29 Jun 2022
Düsseldorf welcomes new FLYONE service to Chișinău
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17 Jun 2022
YVR welcomes JetBlue’s inaugural flight from JFK
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16 Jun 2022
Ryanair announces two new routes from Cork to Rome and Newcastle
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16 Jun 2022
Eurowings Discover launches Salt Lake City to Frankfurt service
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16 Jun 2022
São Paulo – Guarulhos welcomes ITA Airways route from Rome
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16 Jun 2022
Prague Airport celebrates return of Delta’s New York service
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16 Jun 2022
Tampa celebrates inaugural Frontier Airlines service to Cancun
Routes World 2022 – read about the action in Las Vegas in anna.aero’s Show Dailies
The global route development community reconnected in-person in Las Vegas this week for the 27th World Route Development Forum. anna.aero’s Show Daily magazines from the event are now available online and are jam-packed with live content from the exhibition and the networking events. Seen your photos in the official anna.aero Routes World Dailies? You can get them!
“Enormous grace, class and quality in all that she did” – a farewell to Budapest Airport’s Andi Trencsén
Many of you in the global route development community will have been devastated to learn of the sudden and far-too-premature loss of Andrea ‘Andi’ Trencsén, Head of Marketing, Budapest Airport, who passed away last week after a short illness.
200+ airlines registered to build global air connectivity at Routes World 2022 – anna.aero’s Show Dailies will be there
Routes World 2022 takes place in just a few days’ time (Las Vegas, 16-18 October), bringing together the global route development community. Over 700 organisations are currently registered to attend, including 200+ airlines. anna.aero will be there and, once again, you’ll be able to read all about Routes World in our renowned Show Dailies.
The Airport Agency launches CONNECT New World: new regional event for the Americas and Caribbean
The Airport Agency, founder of the CONNECT Forum, has announced the launch of CONNECT New World, a new regional event dedicated to the Americas and the Caribbean. The event will take place in Santo Domingo from 30 May to 1 June 2023.
Linking the cargo world: Budapest Airport stages successful BUD Air Cargo Day 2022
The BUD Air Cargo Day 2022, with the theme of ‘Linking the cargo world’, took place in Budapest Airport’s Terminal 1 last week. anna.aero was in attendance and brings you this full report on a packed conference agenda and the BUD Cargo Awards 2021.
Saluting the Queen’s immense contribution to aviation – everywhere
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s single and immense contribution to tourism and the aviation industry cannot be accurately measured – but it has clearly been hugely influential, not just in the UK, but from wherever anybody originally stepped onto a plane; whether realm, or republic.
Czech Airlines wins ‘Fastest Airline in the World’ at 10th Budapest Airport Runway Run
1,024 entrants lined up for the 10th Budapest Airport Runway Run on Saturday 3 September on the airport’s Runway 13L/31R. For the first time, the “Sunset Run” moved from its traditional hot midday sun slot to a cooler early evening mass start.
Geneva targets Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo routes as it seeks to strengthen intercontinental network
Yves-Daniel Viredaz, Head of Marketing & Business Development, Geneva Airport (GVA), tells anna.aero how GVA’s efforts are focused on strengthening its intercontinental network, as the short/medium-haul network is very extensive. Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo are in the top three destinations to be developed in Asia.
Final call to enter Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run
FRIDAY 19 AUGUST: registration closes for the 10th anniversary of the air transport industry charity race on Budapest Airport’s Runway 13R-31L on Saturday 3 September. Time is running out to enter the 10th Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run – among several acclaimed companies, Airbus is returning to sponsor the jubilee run while Lufthansa Technik is partnering up with BUD for the third time in a row.
He’s back! CCO Kam Jandu on Budapest’s “bouncebackability” and smart growth strategy
Kam Jandu returned as Budapest Airport’s Chief Commercial Officer on 1 July 2022. After five weeks back in the role, he tells anna.aero about Budapest’s “bouncebackability”, a new corporate strategy focused on sustainability, terminal development and smart growth, and plans for next month’s 10th Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run.