At least two flights were canceled on Saturday due to bad weather conditions, the Department of Transportation and Communications said Saturday.In a post on its Twitter account, the DOTC said the canceled flights were those of carrier Air Philippines. The canceled flights are: - 2P-014: Manila to Tuguegarao - 2P-015: Tuguegarao to Manila Earlier, state weather forecasters said the northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon.PAGASA forecast cloudy skies with light rain for the Cagayan Valley area in Northern Luzon.Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy... 

Delta Air Lines has begun its daily non-stop service between Dayton International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.The flights, which began Jan. 3, are expected to carry business benefits.This is great news for the business community in the Dayton region,” said Jeff Hoagland, president and CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition. “A lot of hard work went into making this flight possible again. It’s good when the region comes together to work on a common issue. Phil Parker, president and CEO of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, echoed those sentiments.These new flights... 

Dubai’s Emirates Airlines began operations Wednesday from a $3 billion new concourse dedicated to Airbus’ A380 superjumbos at the Gulf city-state’s rapidly-expanding airport.Flight EK003 took off to London Heathrow from Concourse A, which will become “home of the Emirates A380”, and add a capacity to handle 15 million passengers a year, said a statement by Emirates – one of the world’s fastest-growing carriers.The new extension to Terminal 3, featuring 20 gates specifically designed to accommodate Airbus’ long-haul airliners, will open gradually, with just... 

East Horizon Airlines on Monday formally started flights to remote north-eastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.This is the first time a private airline company is launching direct flights to Badakhshan province after three years. Previously Ariana Airlines, Kam Air and Pamir used to fly in this province however they halted their flights due to unknown reasons.According to reports only UN and military aircraft used to fly in Badakhshan province during this period. The first flight of East Horizon Airlines to Badakhshan province consisted to 44 passengers and was welcomed... 

Qatar Airways on Monday announced plans to reschedule flights from two of the airline’s key destinations in the Middle East – Muscat and Abu Dhabi.The change in flight timings to and from Doha, the airline’s hub, will take effect from January 1 and will offer passengers more convenient and improved connections to destinations across Europe, The Americas and the Far East, the airline said in a statement.Qatar Airways currently operates 31 flights a week to the Omani capital Muscat, a route launched 12 years ago while the UAE capital is served six-times-a-day. Qatar... 

Latvian national airline airBaltic will launch a new route from Riga to Larnaca on April 6, 2013, according to a statement by the Air Baltic Corporation. The new route of airBaltic will offer convenient travel between the two airports, and beyond to destinations in the Baltics, Scandinavia, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union.Michael Grimme, chief commercial officer of airBaltic said as part of the airline’s business plan, “we have been concentrating on high-demand routes and added frequencies to 12 destinations in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent... 

AIR Pacific has cancelled most of its international flights for today.The national airline announced that flights scheduled to depart for Auckland (FJ411), Tarawa (FJ230), Sydney (FJ915) and Tongatapu (FJ271) have been cancelled.Air Pacific wishes to advise its passengers that most of its operations on Sunday (16 December) were scheduled to depart on the day as the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Evan is not anticipated to bear its effects until early Monday morning,” the airline stated in a release.Flight schedules have been revised after an evaluation of the weather situation... 

Ryanair is to resume flights from the Aulnat Clermont-Ferrand airport in central France from April 2013 with twice-weekly services to Porto and Charleroi, the local regional council announced on Friday.The council is providing the airline with a 475 000-euro subsidy to provide the services for three years in an initiative aimed at bolstering tourism in the isolated Auvergne region. Northern Portuguese city Porto was chosen as a destination because Auvergne has a large Portuguese community while Charleroi, in southern Belgium, is a hub for Ryanair.The budget airline announced... 

Qatar Airways has launched scheduled flights to Serbia, its latest entry into Eastern Europe and the airline’s 11th new route of the year. The Doha-based carrier inaugurated the first of three weekly services to the country’s capital city of Belgrade, gateway to Serbia’s historic and cultural attractions.The airline’s newest route also marks an expansion of its global network, now reaching 121 destinations as part of Qatar Airways’ ongoing commitment to serving emerging and popular markets, both in Europe and further afield.Qatar Airways Chief Executive... 

AirAsia Indonesia will increase the frequency of its flights on the Medan-Penang and Medan-Bangkok sectors from 1 December 2012.AirAsia Indonesia is adding 1 additional frequency to its existing Medan-Penang route, which flies on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, offering a total of 24 flights weekly.The airline will also operate 3 additional frequencies between Medan and Bangkok, increasing the frequency to 7 times weekly from its previous 4 flights per week. Dharmadi, CEO of AirAsia Indonesia said, “As the capital of North Sumatra Province and the third largest city in...