Flydubai, the Dubai-based low-cost airline, has announced flights to Lucknow starting June 2 to tap the huge  expatriate traffic.Flights to Lucknow will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, departing Dubai at 2030 hrs local time and arriving in Lucknow at 0150 hrs local time the following day.... 

Volcanic ash from Iceland wound its way south to North Africa and curled eastward on Tuesday, forcing authorities for the first time to shut down airports in Morocco, as well as in Spain and, briefly, in Turkey.Ten airports in Morocco, among them Casablanca, Rabat Sale, Tangiers, Fez, Agadir and... 

An Air Services Australia spokesman said other flights were in holding patterns over Brisbane, waiting for the fog to clear.If they can get in they will and if they can’t they’ll divert. It’s being monitored minute by minute, hour by hour, he said.Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster... 

Hawaiian Airlines topped a list for not canceling a single flight in March, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.Continental Airlines Inc. NYSE: CAL had the second-lowest rate of domestic flight cancellations among 18 major carriers with a 0.2 percent rate of... 

A new direct airline route between east China’s Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and Amsterdam saw its first flight arrive at Hangzhou Sunday. Operated by Air France-KLM Group, a Boeing 777 passenger plane took off from Amsterdam at 3:05 p.m. Saturday local time and arrived at Hangzhou Xiaoshan... 

Air Malta has said that the volcanic ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland is continuing to cause flight disruptions in European airspace.Due to these restrictions, this morning, Air Malta had to cancel its Milan flight, KM 626/7.All other Air Malta flights for today are expected to... 

Flights to and from the US have been hit by delays as the volcanic ash cloud continues to spread south from Iceland.Transatlantic travel time has been extended by one to two hours as jets have to divert around the 1,200mile-long cloud.Delays are expected to continue for at least 24 hours.Air traffic... 

FLIGHTS TO and from airports in the west of Ireland are to be cancelled today after Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano created a massive ash cloud 1,000 miles long and 700 miles wide.The Irish Aviation Authority IAA last night announced that Shannon, Sligo, Ireland West (Knock), Galway and Kerry airports... 

The US Department of Transportation has given Delta approval for flights between Delta’s Detroit hub and South America.The airline will be permitted to flight a twice weekly service to Sao Paulo, Brazil from October 21st. Airline officials have said they believe the new Brazil service will strengthen... 

Air Canada Montreal announced that it will introduce the only Phoenix-Montréal nonstop flights Saturdays and Sundays between November 6, 2010 and April 30, 2011. In addition to its existing year-round daily Phoenix-Toronto flights, Air Canada is also adding a daily winter Phoenix-Toronto flight between...