Boeing recently launched the 747-8 Jumbo Jet at its manufacturing plant in Everett, Washington. Qantas has remained tight lipped on the new aircraft launch and believes that they won’t be ordering any to its fleet.

The US and other European countries have always envied the Middle East for its resources and planning which are delivered. Critics have always raised concerns about the Gulf countries.

Etihad Airways is considering tying up with other major players in the industry in a bid to boost up its growth both functionally and economically.

Saudi Arabian Airlines will increase the frequency of services from Jeddah and Dammam. The upgrade will be effective from March 1st, with a total of eight flights one way up from four. The gap between flights has been decreased to two-and-a- half hours.

Northern California and Hawaii will get connecting flights from Alaska Airlines. The Seattle based carrier told that it schedules to fly to Kahului, Maui from Oakland and San Jose, seven days a week starting from June 5. The airlines plans to use the Boeing 737-800 airplanes for the service.

Jet Airways is seeking permission to fly non-stop to the US from India by October. Currently the carrier operates to the US from the sub continent via Brussels.

Condor Airlines Germany’s budget airlines has introduced services between Seattle and Europe. The services commencing from June will be aided by increasing the seat capacity on European flights by 23 per cent, using bigger aircrafts and adding additional flights.

Travelers from Amritsar have found some relief after Air India’s withdrawn Amritsar-London-Toronto service resumed via Delhi.

Virgin Australia has launched its inaugural flight to Abu Dhabi from Sydney, Australia.

Delta Airlines will be bringing more flights to Heathrow airport, London. Preferably the transatlantic routes will be chosen for service after British Airways and AMR groups’ American Airlines withdrew from their slots.

British budget airlines EasyJet has apologized to its Jewish passengers after mistakenly stocking pork meals, ham and bacon baguettes on to the flight, instead of the standard kosher food promised on the menu.

After already operating two weekly flights on the London route, Air Zimbabwe is expanding services in this route by adding a third flight from Harare. The move comes in the wake of increasing demand in the market.

Starting this Wednesday, AirTran Airways has launched daily non-stop flights between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic.

As part of its expansion plans in 2011, Delta Airlines is increasing its services to Haneda Airport in Tokyo and Heathrow Airport in London, both vital international destinations.

China Airlines will cease its services from Anchorage to Taipei from April 29.

California-based Virgin America will be launching non-stop flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Chicago from May 25. Virgin America would be flying five daily flights from Chicago, ORD to Los Angeles and San Francisco, hoping to increase the annual revenue by 5-6%.

Starting this April, JetStar could be renting out iPad to passengers on board for an amount of $10. However, the company has to first come in to an agreement for licensing from Apple Inc and the content owners before kicking off the service.

Canadians are increasingly choosing to drive to US airports and fly to their favorite destinations, in a bid to stay clear of high domestic taxes.

Qatar Airways, the Doha-based airline, has announced the launch of its daily non-stop flights to Venice in Italy. This comes as part of the carrier’s plans to expand its European network. The new service will start operating from June 15, just before the wake of busy European summer holiday season. Qatar ...

After expanding its services in last December, Atlanta-based budget airlines Vision has launched its new service to McGhee Tyson. Apart from this, the carrier had extended its services to 20 other airports. Vision has also expressed interest in extending its functioning to Las Vegas from Knoxville.