Vietnam Airlines and the Ho Guom Tourism company late last week held a ceremony to resume the direct air route between Ha Noi and Kuala Lumpur.The resumption of the air route on June 16 is part of the national flag carrier’s plan to expand its flight network from Ha Noi to destinations in the Southeast... 

Bahrain Air will operate four direct flights a week from Bahrain to Istanbul and Istanbul to Bahrain from June 22.The flights will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.The departure times are designed to cater to the Bahrain population with departures from Bahrain at 9.30am on Tuesdays and... 

Qatar Airways has launched scheduled flights to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, marking the first of three route start-ups this month. The airline yesterday began twice-weekly services from its Doha hub to Shahid Dastghaib International Airport in Shiraz. The carrier already serves Iran’s... 

The airline resumed daily flights in April 2011, with convenient connections via Johannesburg to Southern Africa, Europe, The Americas, Far East and Australia.On the regional services SAA now flies to 20 destinations in Africa which  include: Abidjan, Accra, Blantyre, Dakar, Dar Es Salaam, Entebbe,... 

The industrial action comes after talks between the airline and pilots to resolve a dispute over rotas collapsed on Saturday.Up to 30,000 customers could be affected by the strike, which is due to begin on Tuesday, and Michael Landers from the main pilot union IMPACT said that may include Belfast passengers.The... 

Etihad CEO James Hogan has reaffirmed the airline’s desire to increase its flights to Canada in a speech to businessmen in Toronto.Hogan made his comments in an address to the Toronto Board of Trade when he told them that services to Canada would increase if if regulatory access was eased.There... 

Kenya Airways Ltd., the third biggest Saharan Africa Air Company , plans to establish air links with Libya and Tunisia in three years.It was always our intention to link Tripoli and Tunis, the headquarters of the African Development Bank while North Africa is beginning to look to the south, “said... 

Qatar Airways will launch flights to Baku from Doha on Nov. 30, Civil Aviation Administration Director Arif Mammadov said at an event dedicated to the Day of Civil Aviation on Thursday.The fifth ‘freedom of the air’ is the right or privilege, in respect of scheduled international air services, granted... 

Qatar Airways said on Wednesday it is to significantly increase services to Saudi Arabia with the introduction of a fourth destination and additional services to existing markets, representing a 71 percent rise in flights.The western Saudi city of Madinah becomes the Doha-based airline’s newest... 

China Southern, the Guangzhou-based airline that’s the largest in Asia and the fifth largest in the world, is set to fly to Perth later this year, Australian Business Traveller has learned.It’s a key business route, with Western Australia’s Deputy Premier Kim Hames highlighting that...