Merry old England is now more accessible to Filipino business and leisure travellers and Overseas Filipino Workers with Emirates Airline’s new extra service to Manchester.The multi-awarded airline has boosted its route to North West England with the introduction of a third daily non-stop flight to... 

Samer Majali, the chief executive of Gulf Air has unveiled plans to increase the number of flights to the Omani capital from 28 to 35 a week and launch a direct service from Bahrain to Salalah, Muscat Daily has reported. The Bahraini carrier is also considering setting up a lounge at the Muscat International... 

Three Haj flights were cancelled on Tuesday while 14 were delayed as the national flag carrier is still handicapped by six grounded aircraft. Hajj flights PK 1031 from Karachi, PK1431 from Islamabad and PK 1331 from Lahore were cancelled while PK 1435 Islamabad-Jeddah was delayed by an hour. PK 232 Dubai-Quetta... 

The first batch of 145 Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims set off on Monday for the annual pilgrimage to the holiest place for Muslims in Mecca.A total of 8,300 pilgrims from the Kashmir region are expected to perform this year’s ritual, authorities said. The Haj is supposed to be the religious duty of all... 

A source in Juba has confirmed that Fly540 will launch a second daily flight between Nairobi and Juba between Monday and Thursday while Friday to Sunday will continue to see the regular daily departure. Nairobi has become the destination of choice for many South Sudanese to connect to international flights... 

Qantas says it has cancelled 400 domestic flights over the next month following the grounding of five aircraft.While the airline blames the disruptions on strikes by engineers resulting in a backlog of maintenance work, the engineers’ union says it’s a shortage of spare parts that has held... 

British Airways said it is still assessing the security risks of flying to Libya’s capital Tripoli and will not resume operations before the NATO no-fly zone is lifted.The British flag-carrier said it plans to begin a review of the security risks of flying to the capital, Tripoli, but has no date... 

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has taken delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft fitted with a new Sky Hub that offers full broadband connectivity and live TV.The new Global Communications Suite built by Panasonic offers passengers the opportunity to access internet, mobile... 

Zambia’s national airline, Zambezi Airlines, says it is increasing flights into Harare International Airport before the end of this year due to improved business between Zimbabwe and Zambia.In an interview Business Development Manager for Zambezi Airlines, Anthony Matoka, said: We are very happy with... 

Indian low-fares carrier IndiGo operated its maiden flight to Muscat yesterday. At a ceremony held at Muscat International Airport to mark the occasion, Shaikh Said bin Ali al Mashali, Under-Secretary for Civil Aviation Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Communications, welcomed IndiGo President Aditya...