Dozens of cancelled and delayed flights marked the first 24 hours of the snow blockade at Sofia Airport. Wednesday night the passengers of Wiz Air coming from London and Barcelona landed in Skopje instead of Sofia. AUA flight from Vienna had to return to Schwechat Airport. The passengers of Bulgaria Air coming from Frankfurt, London, Moscow and Brussels were luckier they arrived at Burgas airport and reached Sofia by bus. Most flights departed with serious delays as Olympic Airways waited the record three hours and a half.Sofia Airport works under winter conditions and the runways... 

RAK Airways – the national carrier of United Arab Emirates is beginning scheduled flights to Kathmandu starting mid-Feb.According to information posted on RAK Airways´ website, the airline will fly to Kathmandu three times a week.Officials of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal the aviation sector regulator – Wednesday confirmed that the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation  has permitted the carrier to operate scheduled flights between Ras Al Khaimah – one of the seven Emirates of UAE – and Kathmandu. All the necessary formalities have been completed.... 

Air New Zealand says it won’t pull out of the London market, but it will have to reduce the number of weekly flights.Radio New Zealand’s business editor says the airline is in the final stages of reviewing its loss-making international business, to tackle falling patronage and higher fuel costs.Last year, Air New Zealand admitted it lost more than $1 million per week on flights outside the Pacific. In a message to staff, chief executive Rob Fyfe says it’s no secret the airline is struggling to make long-haul London routes profitable.But Mr Fyfe said Air NZ... 

British Airways will restart flights from London to the Libyan capital Tripoli just over a year after it suspended the service due to violent clashes in the country.The airline said Monday that flights will fly three times a week from London Heathrow airport to Tripoli from May 1, 2012.British Airways had suspended flights to and from Tripoli in February 2011 as troops controlled by former leader Moammar Gadhafi clashed with protesters. The company said it had decided to resume flights after discussing security matters with the British government and Libyan authorities.  Read More →

Qantas’ low-cost subsidiary, Jetstar is expected to put a spark in airline rivalry with reports that the carrier plans to unleash 48,000 extra seats per month out of Melbourne.Going up against budget airline, Tiger, the Australian carrier’s is said be planning to base one of two new aircraft at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport and commence up to four extra Melbourne flights to Cairns, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Launceston, the Herald Sun reported. As well, the carrier is expected to also add two new daily to Sydney, bringing its service on the route up to... 

Alaska Airlines has announced that non-stop service from Missoula to Portland, Oregon, will resume on June 3, 2012.The scheduled dates for the summer nonstop travel to Portland are June 3, 2012 until August 25, 2012. The daily service will depart from Missoula at 1:17 p.m. MT and arrive in Portland at 1:56 p.m. PST.The return service will depart Portland at 2:30 p.m. PST and arrive in Missoula at 5:02 p.m. MT.Missoula airport director Cris Jensen said,This is great news for the Missoula community. Last year’s non-stop service was extremely popular with travelers.Travelers... 

In January 2011 I booked flights to Lamu, where our son lives, for travel on November 30. We were due to flights with Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow to Nairobi and onwards with Air Kenya. After the kidnapping of a French woman from a beach house on Manda, near where my son lives, we felt we should cancel the trip in line with Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice against all but essential travel to the Lamu archipelago. I made a claim on my Insure for All travel policy for the cost of the non-refundable flights and associated expenses a total of £4,052.This claim has... 

Charter Flights from Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Cuba will begin on March 21.The weekly service begins the week before Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit the communist island nation.BWI announced Tuesday that the flights are scheduled to depart at 3 p.m. Airport officials say tickets for the service are available through Island Travel & Tours. BWI announced last year that it was among several new markets that had received approval to provide service to Cuba by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. President Obama announced last January... 

Emirates has announced two additional flights a week to Northern Pakistan. From February 7th Emirates will serve its passengers in Lahore and Islamabad eight times a week. The airline will now be operating 47 flights into and out of Pakistan with an additional weekly flight operating to both Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore and Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad. Commenting on the occasion, Badr Abbas, Emirates’ Vice President, Pakistan and Afghanistan, said: “The increased frequencies are testament to our long-term plan in Pakistan. In just a few months... 

Virgin America says it will start flying to and from Philadelphia in April.The airline will offer three daily non-stop flights between Philadelphia and Los Angeles on April 4 and two daily non-stop flights between Philadelphia and San Francisco on April 10. Virgin America is partly owned by Richard Branson, the founder of the British airline Virgin Atlantic. The airline will offer introductory fares between Philadelphia and California starting at $129 each way.Virgin America, based near San Francisco, is known for wooing customers with high-end services. It offers perks like...