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Porter Airlines, a regional passenger carrier based at Toronto’s City Centre Airport in Canada, has launched a new service between Toronto City Centre Airport and Chicago’s Midway International Airport in the United States.

Delta Air Lines, which finalised its merger with Northwest Airlines about two weeks ago, has announced 15 new international routes, which would make it the No. 1 airline based in the United States to fly between the US East Coast and Asia.

Southwest Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, will launch a new service from Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport on March 8, 2009, with 8 daily round trips and $69 one-way fares.

Hawaiian Airlines, based in Hawaii, the United States, and having its main hub at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, has ranked No. 1 in on-time arrivals among the United States-based airlines.

Emirates Airline, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is adding 31 flights a week to India in two phases – from November 2008 and again from February 1, 2009.

Malaysia Airlines, the flag carrier of Malaysia, has begun serving Indian menu from November 1, 2008, in all classes of its international medium and long-haul flights irrespective of fare paid.

Emirates Airlines has begun its Los Angeles service, marking the first non-stop operation connecting Dubai to Los Angeles. The airline is flying its Boeing 777-200LR on the route, offering 266 seats in a three class configuration and providing up to 10 tonnes of cargo capacity.

AirAsia, the low-cost airline based in Malaysia and also Asia’s biggest budget carrier, will start services to India from December 1, 2008.

Even as airline companies are reeling under a funds crunch worldwide, Dubai-based Emirates Airline's cargo division, Emirates SkyCargo, has launched a non-stop flight between Dubai and Los Angeles soon. The cargo service to Los Angeles International Airport, which is the 12th busiest cargo airport in the world handling 1.88 million tones ...

US Airways, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the United States, will launch two international flights from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States.

JetBlue Airways is expanding its operations at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, the United States, by adding more flights, ground personnel and destinations in 2009.

Air Arabia, the low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will fly all passengers free of charge on October 28, 2008, as a part of celebrating the carrier’s fifth anniversary.

In a further ramping up of its services in Europe, Dubai based Emirates Airline will kick off daily flights to Cyprus from December 1. Emirates has been flying to Cyprus since 1994 and currently offers a five-times a week service from Dubai.

The low-cost airline Jetstar Airways, a subsidiary of Australia’s flag carrier Qantas Airways, will start direct daily flights from Auckland in New Zealand to Sydney and Gold Coast in Australia from April 28, 2009.

Porter Airlines, the regional passenger carrier based at Toronto City Centre Airport, Canada, will start flying to Midway International Airport, Chicago, the United States, from November 12, 2008.

Airline major Jet Airways has pocketed the unique distinction of becoming first private airline in the country to operate flights from all three international airports in Kerala by launching services from Thiruvanathapuram to Muscat.

American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, has requested the United States Department of Transportation to allow the carrier to delay the launching of its non-stop service between O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, the United States, and Beijing, China, by one year.

An unprecedented malfunction in the computer software of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has caused delay of hundreds of flights at airports across the United States from Texas to New York. 

V Australia (officially called V Australia Airlines), Australia’s latest long-haul international airline, is to start flying from December 15, 2008.

Establishing a popular gateway to onward South American destinations from Dubai and popular transit markets including the regional Middle East and Japan, Emirates has introduced a seventh addition to its Brazil flights, making its non-stop Dubai-Sao Paulo operation a daily one.

Spiraling fuel prices or economic downturn don’t seem to stop Kingfisher flying high. India’s most popular private airline Kingfisher Airlines is set to launch its international service with daily flights to Europe and Southeast Asia by September 3.

Emirates Airlines’ first flight to Kozhikode touched down to a warm welcome at Calicut International Airport this week.

Northwest Airlines, headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, the United State, is pulling the plug on its daily, non-stop service to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from Bradley International Airport, Connecticut, the United States, with effect from October 1, 2008.

Southwest Airlines Company, the low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has announced that is planning to drop 31 flights but add 40 others, including a big push into Denver.

According to an official of Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, Taiwan and China have signed a “historic agreement” to allow each side to operate 18 round-trip passenger charter flights from Friday through Monday.

In an important breakthrough in the aviation sector, Japan will allot 20 additional slots for Indian carriers at Narita international Airport in Tokyo by 2010. This will result in the Indian airlines operating up to 28 services to Tokyo every week from 4 at present.

Emirates Airline, the largest customer for the A380 superjumbo, will receive the first of its 58 A380 aircraft on order from Airbus’ Hamburg facility on 28th July 2008.

Bahrain Air's first flight for the Kochi-Bahrain service have started from the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery, Kerala from May 26, 2008. 

Emirates, one of the world’s fastest-growing carriers has announced plans to advance its Indian operation with 18 additional flights per week, effective July 1 2008.

Dubai based airline giant Emirates has said that flying to Guangzhou with it would bring an introductory offer of free hotel stay for its passengers. The offer lasts from July 1 to  September 30, 2008 and would be open to passengers in all classes of travel.