The canceled flights are:

- 2P-014: Manila to Tuguegarao

- 2P-015: Tuguegarao to Manila

Earlier, state weather forecasters said the northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon.PAGASA forecast cloudy skies with light rain for the Cagayan Valley area in Northern Luzon.Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rain showers or thunderstorms, it added.

Phil Parker, president and CEO of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, echoed those sentiments.These new flights to LaGuardia are very important to our region’s business community,” he said.Terrence Slaybaugh, director of aviation for the city of Dayton, said more than 100 passengers per day have been impacted by the lack of a daily non-stop flight from Dayton to New York.There are two daily departures for the flights, at 7 a.m. and 6:50 p.m.Weekend service includes a Saturday morning origination at 7 a.m. and a Sunday evening origination at 6:50 p.m.

“This is a historic and momentous occasion, marking another world first from Emirates”, said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman of Emirates and of Dubai Airports.The government-owned carrier is the largest operator of A380, with a fleet of 31 and another 59 units on order.The new concourse spreads across 11 floors with a total area of 528,000 square meters. It cost $3 billion to build.Dubai Airports has undertaken a $7.8 billion to further expand the capacity of the international travel hub, as it expects to handle 75 million passengers by 2015 and 98 million passengers by 2020.It expected the number of passengers who used Dubai International airport in 2012 to be around 57 million.Emirates had moved its operations to Terminal 3 in 2008, when the new complex opened dedicated to the national carrier of Dubai, leaving the older Terminal One to foreign airlines.The new facility will be available to A380 flights to Europe operated by Australia’s Qantas, as per the global partnership announced recently and awaiting the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Emirates said.Emirates has a fleet of 195 wide-body Airbus and Boeing, and has some 204 units on orders worth more than $74 billion, it said. It flies to 128 destinations in 74 countries.

The first flight of East Horizon Airlines to Badakhshan province consisted to 44 passengers and was welcomed by Afghan officials and people who are saying that they can easily travel between Kabul and Badakhshan province.However provincial governor Shahwaliullah Adeeb while praising the flights between Kabul and Badakhshan urged East Horizon Airlines to reconsider in its charges.East Horizon Airlines, the latest addition to the list of cargo airlines in Afghanistan is currently serving the passengers using two aircrafts and the airlines is looking to purchase two more aircrafts in the near future in a bid to expand its operations across the country.The carrier is also expected to move cargo from Kabul to smaller Afghan cities, which have previously had to rely on the unpredictable trucking. The airline is later expected to expand its service network to the UAE, Western China and India.

Qatar Airways said it will reschedule flight QR 169 which will depart Muscat at 10.20pm instead of 11.30pm and QR 173, which will depart Muscat at 12.20am instead of 6.45am.Qatar Airways is expanding its operations in Oman next summer with the launch of four flights each week to Salalah, the country’s second largest city, beginning May 22, taking weekly capacity to Oman up to 35 flights.Abu Dhabi will also have enhanced flight timings from the start of the New Year, the airline said.It has rescheduled flight QR 123, departing Abu Dhabi at 6.50am daily, instead of 10.40pm.Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said “These new timings will significantly enhance our product offering, ensuring our passengers have more convenient flights and connections, part of our overall strategy to improve our service levels.Muscat and Abu Dhabi are among our most popular markets here in the Gulf and it was only fitting that we work with the respective airport authorities to improve our presence in these key cities,” he added.

AirBaltic will fly from Riga to Larnaca once a week on Saturdays, while the return flight from Larnaca to Riga will be operated on early Sunday mornings to secure convenient connections. Passengers will board a Boeing 737 aircraft for a flight that will last for three hours and 50 minutes. One-way ticket prices will start at LVL 59 (€85), including airport fees and transaction costs. A full schedule of airBaltic flights can be found on the company serves 60 destinations from its home base in Riga, Latvia, and offers convenient connections via Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.The airBaltic fleet consists of 29 aircraft – six Boeing 737-500, eight Boeing 737-300, seven Fokker 50 airplanes and eight Bombardier Q400Next Gen.

According to Air Pacific, flights that have been cancelled would be rescheduled to depart tomorrow.The flight schedules would now operate on the following schedules:Cancelled flights  Nadi-Auckland (FJ411), Auckland-Nadi (FJ410), Nadi-Tarawa (FJ231), Tarawa-Nadi (FJ230), Nadi-Sydney (FJ915), Auckland-Suva (FJ431), Suva-Auckland (FJ430)Suva-Tongatapu(Tonga) (FJ271), Tongatapu(Tonga)-Suva (FJ270).Flights rescheduled flights to depart tomorrow  Nadi-Sydney (FJ911), Sydney-Nadi (FJ 910), Nadi-Los Angeles (FJ810), Los Angeles-Nadi (FJ811).Flights to be advised Auckland-Nadi (FJ412), Nadi-Brisbane (FJ923), Brisbane-Nadi (FJ922).

Northern Portuguese city Porto was chosen as a destination because Auvergne has a large Portuguese community while Charleroi, in southern Belgium, is a hub for Ryanair.The budget airline announced on Wednesday it was returning to the Strasbourg-Entzheim airport in eastern France after a 10-year absence triggered by the withdrawal of subsidies it was receiving from the city’s chamber of commerce.The airline will resume operations from Strasbourg in northeastern France in April 2013 with flights to London Stansted three days a week and to Porto on two days.

The ceremony was attended by more than 50 local dignitaries, VIPs and media, including Qatar’s Ambassador to Romania His Excellency Saad Mohamed Al-Kobaisi; Serbian State Secretary for Tourism, Mr. Goran Petković; and Chief Executive Officer of Airport Nikola Tesla Mr. Velimir Radosavljević.Al Baker said that the latest route marked yet another significant milestone for the award-winning airline that has now spread its international wings to 31 gateways across Europe and 11 new destinations so far this year.Serbia’s capital Belgrade is renowned across Europe for its buzzing nightlife and unique cultural attractions. With world-class entertainment and hospitality on offer, we are very proud to provide both our business and leisure travellers worldwide with new seamless connections to one of Europe’s most exciting and vibrant cities,” said Al Baker. “As a modern, democratic European country, and well on the path to membership of the European Union, visitors can enjoy numerous cultural, entertainment, traditional and sporting events held in Serbia all year round, demonstrating the creative power and spiritual vitality of this country. Similarly, with our new service, we also offer business and leisure travellers from Belgrade with greater connections via our Doha hub to diverse cities such as Johannesburg, Maputo, Kilimanjaro, Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Melbourne, Perth and Dubai.”

“2012 has been a very exciting year for Qatar Airways and our ongoing commitment to serving Eastern Europe will be further strengthened when we launch new flights to the Polish capital Warsaw on December 5. Our presence in Europe was especially strengthened last year when we launched a record seven destinations to the continent alone, including Bucharest, Budapest, Brussels, Stuttgart, Venice, Sofia and Oslo. I sincerely thank the Serbian Government and the local airport authorities for warmly welcoming Qatar Airways to Serbia and we look forward to welcoming all of our new passengers from Belgrade onboard to experience our world renowned 5-star service,” added Al Baker.Qatar Airways is flying its Airbus A320 on the Belgrade route, featuring 144 seats in a two-class configuration of 12 Business Class seats and 132 in Economy. The aircraft offers seatback TV screens providing passengers with the next generation interactive onboard entertainment system with a choice of more than 800 audio and video on demand options, together with an SMS text messaging service from each seat.One of the world’s fastest growing airlines, Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 15 years of operations, currently flying a modern fleet of 112 aircraft to 121 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.

Since the beginning of 2012, Qatar Airways has launched flights to 11 new destinations – Baku (Azerbaijan); Tbilisi (Georgia); Kigali (Rwanda); Zagreb (Croatia), Erbil (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq), Perth (Australia), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania); Yangon (Myanmar), Maputo (Mozambique) and now Belgrade (Serbia).Over the next few weeks, Qatar Airways will launch services to a diverse portfolio of new routes, including Warsaw, Poland (December 5), Gassim, Saudi Arabia (7 January 2013); Najaf, Iraq (January 23); Phnom Penh, Cambodia (February 20); Chicago, USA (April 10); and Salalah, Oman (May 22).

Dharmadi, CEO of AirAsia Indonesia said, “As the capital of North Sumatra Province and the third largest city in Indonesia, Medan has a lot to offer for business and leisure travelers alike. The demand for both Medan-Penang and Medan-Bangkok  routes have grown steadily every year since we first launched them, and we are delighted to introduce additional frequencies to meet the robust demand in both sectors.Aside from the beauty of Brastagi and Toba Lake, there are lots of attractions in Medan that haven’t been fully explored by travellers.In addition, from Medan itself, passengers can continue their journey by utilizing AirAsia’s direct flight to Bandung and Surabaya, another two big and interesting cities in Indonesia.