Finnair opens routes to Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Kazan in Russia

This summer Finnair will open new routes to Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Kazan, three prominent and historic regional centres on the Volga River in the Russian Federation. Services to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (airport code GOJ) begin from July 25, while Samara’s Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) is served from August 7 and Kazan International Airport … Read more

Hong Kong Airlines announces codeshare with Air India

Hong Kong Airlines today signed a code share agreement with Air India, one of the most extensive flight service providers in India. Commercial Director of Hong Kong Airlines , Mr. Li Dianchun, attended the contract signing ceremony in Delhi and jointly announced the code share with Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, Commercial Director of Air India. Under … Read more

Asiana takes delivery of its first Airbus A380

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380, becoming the eleventh operator of the type in the world. The A380 was handed over to Park Sam Koo, Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group, by Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO, during a special ceremony today in Toulouse, France. Asiana Airlines has ordered … Read more

Double 777-300ER delivery to EVA Air

Boeing and EVA Air celebrated the airline’s first double delivery as the airline received its 16th and 17th 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. Taiwan-based EVA Air will be the first airline in the world to operate 777-300ERs with Panasonic’s complete state-of-the-art eX3 in-flight entertainment system. “Our new Boeing 777-300ERs will allow us to initiate significant changes … Read more

Emirates’ A380 sets course for Kuwait

Emirates is to introduce a scheduled A380 service to Kuwait from 16 July, marking the airline’s 25th anniversary of flights to the country. EK 857 and EK 858 will be upgraded to a double decker, bringing Emirates’ highly popular flagship aircraft to Kuwait International Airport. It was 16 July 1989 when Emirates began flights between … Read more

Fiji Airways and Etihad sign interline agreement

Fiji Airways and Etihad Airways announced a new and far reaching interline agreement between the two carriers. This agreement will allow reciprocal sales from and to 12 cities in Europe, 17 cities in the Middle East, 5 cities in Africa, 5 cities in North America, 29 cities in Asia and 3 cities in Australia to … Read more

Kenya Airways and Kulula to codeshare

Comair and Kenya Airways announced a bilateral code share agreement to seamlessly connect the carrier’s networks via OR Tambo International Airport. The agreement has received both South African Department of Transport and Kenyan Department of Transport regulatory approval. kulula.com will place their code (MN) on the multiple daily Kenya Airways services between Johannesburg and Nairobi, with … Read more

Ethiopian Airlines will fly to Kano

Ethiopian Airlines announced the commencement of four weekly flights to Kano, Nigeria, starting 24 May 2014. The flights to Kano will be Ethiopian 4th destination in Nigeria, in addition to Lagos, Abuja and Enugu. With the start of operations to Kano, Ethiopian will be offering 20 weekly flights to and from four cities in Nigeria, … Read more

Seaborne starts San Juan-Santo Domingo route

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Seaborne Airlines announced that its non-stop daily service from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan (SJU) to Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ) started on April 15th, 2014. Now business or pleasure travel to Dominican Republic is a breeze with the launch of … Read more

Finnair announces Phuket and Krabi flights

In the upcoming winter season 2014–2015, Finnair will introduce scheduled services to Krabi and Phuket in Thailand. Both of these destinations were previously served only on a charter basis. Flights to Phuket (HKT) will be operated three times a week from 14 November, and to Krabi (KBV) twice a week from 10 December. Both routes … Read more