Finnair’s Asian strategy has worked extremely well. The Singapore route will strongly support our core strategy as well as serving our main target group of customers travelling between Asia and Europe on business,’ Finnair’s chief executive officer Mika Vehvilainen said, according to a company... 

Gulf Air, will resume its flights to Alexandria, Egypt, on June 9. It will operate four flights weekly to accommodate growing demand on Egypt’s second largest city and popular tourism destination on the Mediterranean sea via the newly-built Burj Al-Arab Airport. At present, Bahrain’s national carrier... 

Director Ignacio Cueto gave an interview to Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, in which he said that the Colombian subsidiary of his company will go into operation later this year, Caracol Radio reported Monday.Colombian airline Aires is to begin operations under the new name of LAN Colombia at the end... 

The airline currently flies from Melbourne to Alice Springs three times a week.Tiger spokeswoman Vanessa Regan says the route is profitable and no changes are planned.There are absolutely no plans to suspend or indeed cancel any services to and from Alice Springs,she said.We are the only major domestic... 

A delay on the ground was caused by scheduled construction on the runway from 12:30 p.m., ending at 9 p.m.Dozens of flights are delayed at Pearson airport Sunday night, but not because of the impending storm in southwestern Ontario.The average flight delay is 22 minutes, according to flightstats.com,... 

The national carrier is also considering introducing flights on the existing routes during non-peak hours connecting tier-II and tier-III cities with the metros.With many non-metro cities demanding air connectivity, Air India is gearing itself to cash in on the opportunity by adding more aircraft to... 

Gulfstream Aerospace has resumed testing of its new 650 flagship after the April 2 crash of a 650 test aircraft that took the lives of the pilots and engineers aboard. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board is continuing. Tests will be conducted with a limited flight envelope while... 

A NEW through flight has been launched from the Isle of Man into the heart of Europe.The Flybe service to Brussels, which operates every day, except Saturdays, brings the European capital to within two hours 45 minutes from the island.It provides an ideal departure time from Ronaldsway with the aircraft... 

The government has allowed Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to double its weekly Dhaka-Karachi flights amid staunch opposition from domestic carriers.The local airlines including state carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines are incensed about the ‘unfair’ deal which they say will hurt their... 

American Airlines had to cancel hundreds more flights Thursday as the airline continued to repair aircraft damaged by storms that swept through North Texas on Tuesday evening.Coupled with severe weather in Chicago, the Fort Worth-based carrier said it canceled 312 flights systemwide Thursday, including...