Emirates has launched its new direct flights to Dakar in Senegal, West Africa. Dakar is the airline’s 105th destination and the only non-stop, scheduled passenger link between Dubai and Senegal. The new route will cut current journey times to Dakar by  the equivalent of an eight hour working day,...

Following the United States Category One certification to Nigeria, Arik Air yesterday said it will commence direct flights to USA. Describing the United States Federal Aviation Administration (US FAA) International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) certification, known as Category One, as a welcome development,...

Air France may reopen its flights to Tripoli from Paris more than two decades, the carrier said on Monday. "The Paris Charles de Gaulle to Tripoli route is among the destinations of potential interest to Air France," a spokeswoman for the French airline told AFP, without indicating when a decision...

Delta Airlines will this Saturday, September 4, 2010 start a direct international flights to Liberia’s Roberts International Airport. This will be the first direct international commercial flight between the United States and Liberia in twenty years. This is the second go around with the Delta flight...

Tiger Airways will be suspending its underperforming flights to Adelaide from Queensland routes. The airline has announced it would suspend its Brisbane-Adelaide and Gold Coast-Adelaide flights from November 10. Tiger says it will offer refunds or make alternative arrangements for passengers who made...

Virgin Blue will axe its loss-making long-haul V Australia flights to South Africa and Thailand, the airline announced today, barely after the fanfare of their launches has died down. It will cease flights to Johannesburg and Phuket in February. V Australia’s Fiji services will be operated by Pacific...

Vietnam Airlines is upgrading the level of comfort on four of the airline’s Boeing 777-200ERs. Relocated business class seats; installation of new deluxe economy and economy class passenger seats; and revisions to the inflight entertainment system, in-seat power and cabin cooling systems are all...

Qantas is preparing to launch a Premium Economy flights to Tokyo and Frankfurt services. The airline is retrofitting six two class Boeing 747s to include 40 Premium Economy seats with the new offering to be available on the Tokyo route from October 2010 and the Frankfurt route from February next year. “Qantas...

The British Airways has promised some innovative packages to its clients in the upcoming quarter of 2010. The B.A. Ghana branch manager – Paul Dhami said that the airliner is pleased to be at the forefront of newest technology. He said: “British Airline’s official website is the evidence of strong...

August 26th, 2010 it is good day for air travelers round the world, as British Airways – the crown airline of the UK, has offered some of the cheapest flight fares ever. For sure, this is going to raise the tough competition between the competitive airlines and the big business for the BA. Let’s...

Due to its financial conditions Mexicana Airlines cancelled flights to Argentina, Spain, England, Brazil and Costa Rica from Mexico.  Flights will be reduced to "a minimum" over the coming days, the company said, while its regional units MexicanaClick and MexicanaLinks are now also beginning...

Emirates, the world’s largest operator of the Airbus A380, last week announced Hong Kong as the newest destination for its super-jumbo. Emirates has a total of 12 A380s in service with 78 on order and Hong Kong will become the Dubai-based global airline’s 11th A380 destination. Starting on 1st October,...

Low cost airline Allegiant Air on Oct. 14 will begin offering twice weekly flights to Las Vegas from Quad City International Airport. The Las Vegas-based carrier has offered nonstop flights between Cedar Rapids and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas since June 24, 2004. Allegiant also offers...