Texas residents will have even easier access to the sun, sand and fun this summer with the addition of new non-stop flights to Barbados courtesy of American Airlines. This new nonstop, three times per week service from the airline’s Dallas- Fort Worth  hub begins Dec. 16. Currently the airline... 

QANTAS is considering tapping into the booming Brazilian economy by flying either to Sao Paulo or the popular tourist destination of Rio de Janiero.Any decision by the airline to launch flights to Brazil is likely to result in it dropping services to Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, because of... 

Bmibaby is to provide five extra flights a week to East Midlands.Ryanair will stop operating from George Best Belfast City Airport on 31 October because of delays in approving a controversial runway extension.There will now be three bmibaby flights a day on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and... 

JetBlue Airways Corp. is starting service between Boston and Phoenix on Thursday, marking its 38th nonstop destination from Logan International Airport.The Boston-Phoenix service is in addition to JetBlue’s rapid summer expansion in Boston. The airline, which is based in the New York City borough... 

Flag carrier Turkish Airlines has been licensed to offer flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Turkey’s capital Istanbul at the end of this year.The license, granted by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, will allow the Turkish carrier to start the service in December.Huong Giang Travel, the... 

China Southern Airlines began offering direct flights on Thursday from Beijing to Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, to meet rising air travel demand and further strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.Flights to Tashkent, the largest city in Central Asia, depart Beijing at 4:20 p.m. and arrive... 

Lufthansa has launched  Airbus A380 flights between Frankfurt and Beijing. Initially, the A380 will serve Beijing once a week. In coordination with Chinese authorities, Lufthansa aims to gradually increase the frequency of this service.The A380, which bears the name Peking, will depart from Frankfurt... 

Etihad Airways is celebrating its recent route expansion by offering cheap flights to Australia.The airline is joining forces with Virgin Blue to offer new flights to key destinations such as Adelaide and Cairns. There will also be a number of additional services to New Zealand as part of the expansion. To... 

Over 200 flights and many overland shipping routes were canceled on Tuesday as Typhoon Kompasu passed through Okinawa, Japan. Over 6,860 passengers were stranded at airports, reported Bloomberg.Japan Airlines, the country’s biggest carrier, said the typhoon would not affect flight operations on Wednesday.... 

Air New Zealand has announced to increase the number of flights between Tauranga and Christchurch. Air New Zealand, which had 5 flights a week flying between Tauranga and Christchurch, is planning to increase the number of flights in a week to 11.This news would come as a pleasant surprise to travelers,...