Two more flights would be available for air passengers from next month as Indigo Airlines is planning to commence its operations from the port city. Indigo will launch Chennai-Vizag-Bhubaneswar-Kolkata flight on March 7. The flight would land at Vizag at 8.35 am and the return service from Bhubaneswar would land at 2.40 pm before flying off to Chennai. Another flight on Delhi-Hyderabad-Vizag-Hyderabad-Delhi sector is set to operate from March 7. With this, the flight services from Visakhapatnam airport will reach 40 a day.  Read More →

Southwest Airlines planes and employees touched down at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Saturday to prepare for the launch of Atlanta service.The Dallas-based airline flew in four planes to position them for the launch of the first scheduled flights from Hartsfield-Jackson early Sunday morning.Southwest is launching 15 daily flights from Atlanta, with routes to Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago, Denver and Houston Hobby.Southwest acquired AirTran Airways last year in part to gain entry into Atlanta. AirTran will continue to operate for a couple of years, as Southwest... 

Frontier Airlines is adding more nonstop flights to Colorado Springs.The airline said Thursday the flights will now be offered to Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Los Angeles.Frontier executives made the announcement at the Colorado Springs Airport Thursday morning.KKTV-TV says Frontier Airlines executives joined Colorado Springs airport officials to announce changes to Frontier’s service.  Read More →

A De Pere-based business will offer nonstop air service between Green Bay and Orlando, Fla., and Minneapolis this spring after years of refining the business plan and securing the capital to make the service a reality.The first flights offered by MetJet Inc. on chartered Sun County Airlines 737 aircraft are expected to begin May 25. Orlando service includes late-afternoon departures from Green Bay on Friday and Saturday. Return flights are morning departures Saturday and Sunday. MetJet describes itself as a public tour operator, which was funded by local business leaders and... 

Budget airline Jetstar Japan, part-owned by Australia’s Qantas, said Wednesday it will launch domestic flights serving five major destinations as Japan’s aviation industry enters a period of change.The new service, slated to begin July 3, is the latest chapter in a bid to open up a market that has traditionally suffered from high prices because of dominance by two major carriers, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.The launch network of Tokyo (Narita), Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa will be serviced by an initial fleet of three new A320 aircraft,said Jetstar,... 

International flights from Vizag will become a reality with the first flight to Dubai taking off on March 26. The inaugural fare of Vizag-Hyderabad-Dubai flight has been fixed at Rs 9,377 by Air India.Marking the operation of first international flight from the port city, flight IC 952 will take off from Visakhapatnam on March 26. The Vizag chapter of the Air Travelers Association of India has requested the travelling public to avail the facility to fly to Dubai from Vizag.Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines has, in principle, agreed to operate a direct flight from Visakhapatnam.The... 

SeaPort airlines will fly out of the Salina Airport for at least another four years, after the federal government renews its contract.The U.S. Department of Transportation renewed its contract with SeaPort Monday to provide three daily flights, six days a week from Salina. The carrier receives $1.49 million in subsidies a year as part of the federal Essential Air Service program. That program helps pay for air service at small or regional airports. The Salina Airport Authority says the typical E.A.S. contract is awarded for two years, but SeaPort proposed an option for a four-year... 

Air France says it expects to maintain more than 85 percent of its long-haul flights and 80 percent of European flights when pilots, cabin crew and other personnel begin a four-day walkout Monday to protest a government labor reform.The French airline did not say how many domestic flights it would have to cancel, and added that it may have to cancel some flights at the last minute. It is offering free rescheduling for passengers with tickets for travel Feb. 6-9. Labor unions have called the strike to protest a bill in Parliament that would require air transport workers to give... 

A number OF airlines including Aer Lingus have announced the cancellation of flights to and from London today and tomorrow as heavy snow is expected to fall in the area.Aer Lingus says that some of its services today between Dublin, Cork, London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports are affected.Sixteen of tomorrow’s flights have been cancelled by the airline and those include flights between London and Belfast and Shannon. The airline says that passengers affected by the cancellations can reschedule their flight or cancel their booking online. The list of affected flights... 

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of the Seychelles, today announced details of its new direct flights from Mah? to Abu Dhabi.This follows last week’s announcement that Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, would form a strategic partnership by taking a 40 per cent stake in the airline, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE said in a press release. Complementing Etihad Airways’ existing four weekly services from Abu Dhabi to Mah?, March 12 will see Air Seychelles inaugurate two weekly return services on the...