The Minister for Western New South Wales says regional towns and cities will feel the impact from the grounding of Qantas planes.Kevin Humphries says while the airline’s regional counterpart QantasLink is still operating, many business people from regional areas have been stranded interstate or... 

Air France expects to cancel about 200 flights on Sunday as a result of a five-day cabin crew strike over employment terms that began on Saturday in the middle of a busy holiday period.The carrier, which canceled 10 long-haul flights to destinations such as New York, Tokyo, Montreal, Abu Dhabi as well... 

Air India will launch its newest daily link from Delhi to Vijayawada via Hyderabad from October 30.AI’s Airbus A-319 with 122 seats will connect Vijayawada with the nation’s capital.The flight will enable passengers from Vijayawada and Hyderabad have connectivity to non-stop flights to Chicago, New... 

Coming on the heels of the growing Chinese outbound tourists are more package tours and services being offered by the global travel industry leaders. While in Beijing, China last week, Gov. Benigno R. Fitial joined Century Tours in launching additional flights from Shanghai and Beijing to Saipan. Beginning... 

ZAMBIA and Egypt are engaged in talks on the possibility of Egypt Air resuming a direct flight between Lusaka and Cairo following the suspension of flights on the route.Egypt Air operated seven flights into Lusaka from January 17 – 28, 2011 after the inaugural flight launch. Egyptian ambassador... 

Virgin Australia is adding the central Queensland town of Emerald to the growing regional network served by the airline’s nimble new ATR turboprops.Weekday flights will run twice daily from 16 January, 2012.The morning service will depart from Brisbane at 5.45am and arrive in Emerald at 7.40am.... 

Qatar Airways on Monday announced it will soon start regular flights to the Libyan port city of Benghazi which served as the country’s rebel capital until they took over Tripoli earlier this year.Qatar’s flag carrier already serves the capital of Tripoli but was forced to suspend flights... 

U.S. airlines are wading deeper into the charter business to Cuba as travel restrictions have loosened, hoping one day to haul American tourists to the island’s unspoiled beaches.By year-end, four of the largest U.S. airlines will operate about 25 weekly flights to Cuba for charter companies. AMR... 

Direct flights between Sri Lanka and Ukraine begin from tomorrow. Accordingly, the first Ukrainian flight will arrive in the Katunayake international airport at dawn tomorrow. Minister of Civil Aviation Priyankara Jayarathne says this was a result of the MOU signed between the two countries in last August... 

Qantas has cancelled 80 more domestic flights and more are expected as industrial action by unions continues.The cancellations affect flights between the eastern states and Perth and come because of the grounding of two more aircrafts.Qantas has grounded seven aircraft in total and cancelled around 500...