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.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is launching non-stop flights between Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, and Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state in India, four times a week from November 2009.

National airline of UAE, Etihad Airways, will soon launch operations between its home base Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad, India from November 2009.

The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) has announced that it will start biweekly Air India Express flights from Chennai to Abu Dhabi, via Tiruchirapalli, from April 30, 2009.

Air India Express, the low-cost airline subsidiary of Air India, is launching a two-days-a-week service between Chennai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from April 30, 2009.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has decided to increase the number of flights to the Arab-Persian Gulf region by more than doubling its weekly flights.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, is starting a four-times-a-week service to Kuwait from March 15, 2009.

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.

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.

  Perhaps for the first in the history of airline industry, the United States-based JetBlue Airways Corporation is auctioning off over 300 roundtrip flights and 6 vacation packages on eBay, the online auction and shopping website.

  The bankrupt Alitalia SpA, the flag-carrier airline of Italy, will be re-launched as a new company on November 1, 2008.

By the end of the current year, high fuel costs would spell doom for as many as 7000 employees at American Airlines.

Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, has launched daily direct flight to Abu Dhabi from Mumbai and Delhi.