Egypt suspended all flights to Libya in compliance with a UN Security Council resolution that imposed a no-fly zone over the restive country, an aviation official said on Friday.After the Security Council issued the resolution, flights between Libya and Egypt were cancelled,said Sameh al-Hifni, head... 

State carrier Air India has started flights with bigger capacities to Tokyo and has increased their frequency to help bring back Indians from Japan as concerns about the spreading nuclear crisis worsened.It is using a jumbo B 747-400 aircraft , which has a capacity of 423 passengers , instead of the... 

Philippine Airlines  said yesterday its flights to Japan remain normal despite the devastating earthquake and tsunami in that hit the country and destroyed a nuclear plant last Friday.The nuclear plant incident north of Tokyo poses no immediate danger  at this time  to PAL’s commercial flights.... 

Italian all-cargo carrier Cargoitalia is adding extra MD-11 flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong in its summer northern 2011 schedule.From late March, the airline will operate four times weekly to Hong Kong  on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Tuesday and  Friday services will operate via Sharjah,... 

Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways has scrubbed dozens of March flights to and from Japan in the wake of Friday’s quake-tsunami calamity, including its daily Sendai service.Lufthansa meanwhile said it will suspend Narita flights for the time being.In a website posting updated Tuesday evening, Eva said... 

Israir Airlines will operate two weekly flights from Tel Aviv to the French city of Nice and back, on Mondays and Wednesdays, from April 1 to October 26.According to the company estimates, some 20,000 Israelis are expected to vacation in Nice this year – a 10% rise compared to last year. The company... 

Nasair, the first low-cost carrier airline based in Saudi Arabia, has launched new flights to two southern cities in Turkey, Adana and Antakya, as well as to Istanbul.The airline will operate 11 scheduled weekly flights from Riyadh and Jeddah airports, reaching 21 international cities.Speaking during... 

Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM  Tuesday said it aims to maintain its usual flight program between France and Japan and Paris-Toyko flights are operating normally at the moment; it is monitoring the situation closely.A crisis team is examining the situation around the clock. Right now, flights to... 

Air China (0753.HK) (601111.SS), the country’s flag carrier, has cancelled flights from Beijing and Shanghai to Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon and in the evening.It did not give a reason for the cancellations, but the Japanese government has warned that radioactive levels had become significantly higher... 

Strikes in Italy have caused low cost airline easyJet to cancel a number of flights.That includes routes from Venice to Gatwick/Berlin/Rome and around nine other services.easyJet is just one of a number of tour operators to be hit by Air Traffic Controller strikes around Europe.Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary...