Emirates Airlines, the national flag-carrier airline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is expanding its services in India, focusing on adding flights to and from the southern state of Kerala.

Paramount Airways has launched daily flights from Trivandrum to Pune via Chennai. Pune is Paramount Airways' third center in the Western sector. Earlier, Paramount Airways launched daily flights from Trivandrum to Ahmedabad and Goa via Chennai.

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.

Bahrain Air, the first and only premium low price carrier (PLPC) in Bahrain, has said that it would launch its inaugural flight from Kochi, Kerala to Jeddah via Bahrain on Wednesday.

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

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