Pegasus Airlines is launching daily flights to Dubai from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport on 18 October.
It will compete with Turkish Airlines, Emirates and FlyDubai on the Istanbul-Dubai route.
Separately, Pegasus confirms that its new service to Batumi, Georgia will be launched on 8 October.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
Airport operator Fraport says costs at its flagship airport in Frankfurt are hindering growth and preventing the facility from returning to its pre-Covid-19 passenger figures.
While a slower recovery and strong competition has hit Lufthansa Group’s passenger operations on Asia-Pacific routes since the pandemic, the carrier is shifting more of its freighter capacity to tap strong cargo demand from the region.
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airlines has operated the longest ARJ21 commercial flight, deploying the Comac regional jet on flights between Manado and Guangzhou.
