Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has started flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Air China will plans to start a new flight between Bangalore, the IT capital of India, and Shanghai, the business hub of China. The Shanghai-Tokyo-Bangalore flight will begin its operations before December 25, 2009.

Arkefly, the airline based in Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands, has announced that it will operate non-stop flights from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, from October 7, 2009.

Canadian North Airlines, based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, has announced that it is cancelling flights on some routes and reducing the number of flights on some others owing to what it calls “a saturated market in Yellowknife.”

American Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, is considering making an equity investment in Japan Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Japan.

Deutsche Lufthansa, the national airline of Germany, is raising the number of its fights between Frankfurt in Germany and Manama, the capital of Bahrain, from 4 times a week to a daily service from September 22, 2009.

Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, has announced that it will operate direct, seasonal flights between Montreal and Athens; between Montreal and Barcelona; between Toronto and Athens; and between Toronto and Barcelona from June 3, 2010, to October 18, 2010.

The European Commission (EC) has given its final approval to Lufthansa, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, to take over Austrian Airlines, the national airline of Austria.

China and Taiwan are planning to start regular air service on August 31, 2009. This ends the 60-year-old ban on flight links imposed by the government of Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.

The United Kingdom is going to witness a major change in the passenger-aviation sector with the country planning to replace short-haul flights with high-speed trains.

JetAmerica, the low-cost carrier that had attracted widespread attention with its promotional fares amounting to only $9, has wrapped up before it could ever take off. In a press release, JetAmerica, the company based in Clearwater, Florida, the United State, said it is “suspending sales to all markets” and also will ...

Jin Air, the low-cost airline based in Seoul in South Korea, will start operating its first international flights on October 29, 2009 – from Incheon in South Korea to Macao in China and Bangkok in Thailand.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has launched an all-business class flight between Munich in Germany and Mumbai in India. The Munich-Mumbai flight is being operated by a Boeing B737 aircraft having 44 seats in a business class-only configuration.

Airline customer satisfaction in the North America region dropped in 2009 for the third consecutive year.

For the first time in 5 years, direct flights between Los Angeles in the United States and Havana in Cuba have resumed.

Indonesia AirAsia is starting new flights as well as increasing the number of flights on the existing routes.

United Airways, the leading private airline of Bangladesh, has announced that it will start flying between Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from July 10, 2009.

The low-cost airline AirTran Airways has announced the launch of a number of new flights within the United States.

flydubai, the low-cost airline based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is launching its operations from India from July 13, 2009, by flying to the cities of Lucknow, Coimbatore and Chandigarh.

Alaska Airlines is starting daily, non-stop flights between in San Jose, California, and Austin in Texas – the two major technology hubs of the United States – on September 2, 2009.

US Airways will launch daily, direct, year-round flights between Charlotte in North Carolina, the United States, and Honolulu in Hawaii, the United States, from December 17, 2009.

Delta Air Lines announced that it will cut its system capacity by as much as 10% in 2009 as compared to 2008 because of dwindling revenues.

Delta Air Lines has started two flights a week between New York in the United States and Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.

A company based in the United States that promised to operate the only scheduled air service between Connecticut in north-eastern United States to the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts, the United States, has cancelled the flight even before it could take off.

Pacific Blue Airlines, based in Christchurch, New Zealand, will operate direct trans-Tasman flights between Hamilton in New Zealand and Australia from September 1, 2009.

Delta Air Lines has started non-stop flights between Salt Lake City in Utah, the United States, and Tokyo in Japan. Delta will operate flights between Salt Lake City International Airport and Narita International Airport in Tokyo on all days except Sundays and Tuesdays. In a statement, Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, ...

A meeting of the Health Ministers of the European Union (EU) has rejected a proposal by France to stop flights to and from Mexico, the country which has been hit by swine flu.

The United States-based US Airways has resumed non-stop flights between Charlotte in North Carolina, the United States, and Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris, France.

Middle East-based Air Arabia, has launched non-stop service to the Indian beach state of Goa from its main hub in Sharjah. The launch of this new destination reflects Air Arabia’s growing expansion into the Indian market, said a report.

Delta Air Lines will start direct commercial flights between the United States and Kenya via Dakar in Senegal from June 2, 2009.