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.

IndiGo Airlines, the privately owned low-fare airline based in India, has announced that that it is launching flights from Patna, in the state of Bihar in India, to Bangalore and Mumbai from July 4, 2009.

GoAir has added three more destinations, Amritsar, Bangalore and Chandigarh, to its services, increasing its total number of destinations to 11.

Air Arabia, the low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced reduced fares for its Bangalore-Sharjah route starting from Rs 1,340 excluding taxes.

India's premier airline Kingfisher Airlines will start flying to Colombo, Sri Lanka from Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Bangalore, Karnataka, India from January 19, 2009.

Bangalore's traffic jams are legendary. Those landing at the Bangalore International Airport oftne have to travel hours through the slow-moving traffic to reach their destinations.

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.