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Volcano Spews Fresh Ash Cloud, Forcing Bali Airport to Close

Flights to and from Bali, including several involving Singapore, were cancelled yesterday due to a new volcanic ash cloud from Mount Rinjani in Lombok, Indonesia's second-highest volcano that is active. The ash forced the Indonesian authorities to issue an order to close the Ngurah Rai Intern...

Abu Dhabi International Airport's passenger boom continues

Abu Dhabi International Airport has released figures that show its strong global appeal as a travel hub, with an impressive 18% growth in passenger traffic over the first three quarters of the year, with a total of 17,473,063 passengers. The top ten busiest routes for the first nine months of 201...

First ANA flight departs from Brussels to Tokyo

The first flight operated by Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) between Brussels Airport and Tokyo’s Narita International Airport took off on Sunday. The new service between Japan and Belgium represents the airline’s sixth European destination and will play an important role in ANA’s strategy of expanding its international presence and brand awarenes...

Alaska Airlines begins flying to Costa Rica

Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) inaugurated new service between Los Angeles International Airport and Costa Rica’s two major international airports. The eight weekly flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to San Jose (SJO) and Liberia/Guanacaste (LIR), Costa Rica, started Saturday and Sunday respectively, and is the first international destination Alaska has launched since 1991, when the Seattl...

Etihad Airways announces A380 service to Mumbai

Etihad Airways has announced that it will start flying its super jumbo Airbus A380 to Mumbai from May 1. The Abu Dhabi carrier currently serves London and Sydney with the A380, and is adding New York later this month and Melbourne in June. The A380 flight, one of three daily to Mumbai, will connect with the A380 service from New York “seamlessly”, Etihad said in a statement. I...

Virgin Australia Cancels All Flights to and from Bali

Virgin Australia has cancelled all of today's flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali because of concerns about volcanic ash. The airline said its team of meteorologists and the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre had deemed it unsafe to fly around Denpasar Airport. Virgin said it would make a decision on tomorrow's flights after receiving further expert advice. "We c...

Queenstown Airport begins runway, lighting upgrades

Construction work designed to allow the start of evening flights into and out of Queenstown Airport has commenced. Part of the NZ$17 million project includes widening the runway to 45 metres – from 30 metres currently – and installing a new “comprehensive lighting package” for the runway, taxiway and apron, as well as new approach lights. The runway is also being resu...

Canberra boosts case for international flights with new airport hotel

Canberra Airport has boosted its credentials for more flights and long-sought after international services with a new hotel located 50 metres from the terminal. The Vibe Hotel Canberra Airport’s 191 rooms opened its doors to travellers on Monday, bringing the nation’s capital in line with nearby airports such as Melbourne Tullamarine, Sydney and Brisbane which have a hotel...

Air China Makes Maiden Flight to Ethiopia's Capital

Air China, one of China's biggest airline, on Monday made its maiden flight to Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, which has become the second destination of the airline in Africa, next to South Africa. With its launching flight, Air China touched down at the Bole International Airport in the capital of the East African country, which is a seat for headquarters of the African Union (AU) and t...

Falcon Aviation Services starts scheduled flights from Al Bateen Executive Airport

Falcon Aviation Services (Falcon), a corporate jet and helicopter service provider, is now offering offshore transportation to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO), from its base at Al Bateen Executive Airport, the region’s only dedicated business aviation airport. Falcon will fly nearly 400 ADMA-OPCO’s staff daily, to and from Das Island and Zirku Island, the main in...

Virgin America Makes Its Hawaiiscape: New Hawai'i Flights Launch Today

Virgin America, the low-fare, upscale airline, today celebrates the launch of new daily nonstop flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Honolulu International Airport (HNL) with a series of festive events in San Francisco and Honolulu – including the opportunity for workaholics to score the ultimate “Hawaiiscape” with Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson. To hel...

Norwegian becomes Birmingham’s fastest growing airline

Norwegian has carried over 70,000 passengers since launching its first flights in March The low-cost carrier has introduced more new routes than any other airline Low-cost flights to Tenerife and Gran Canaria launch this week Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its rapid expansion at Birmingham this week with the launch of two new routes – making it the fastest growing carrier at the a...

IndiGo arrives in Udaipur

IndiGo has made Udaipur (UDR) the 39th airport on its network with the launch on 1 November of double-daily flights from both Delhi (DEL) and Mumbai (BOM) using its A320s. The 541-kilometre route from Delhi is also served by Jet Airways (14 weekly flights), SpiceJet (13 weekly flights) and Air India (daily flights). The 623-kilometre route from Mumbai is...

UTair Resumes Flights to Riga

On November 1, 2015 UTair Aviation will reintroduce regular flights between Moscow and Riga. Flights will be performed daily with Boeing 737-500 airliners in business and economy class configurations from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow with departure at 18:45 and departure from Riga International Airport at 20:30. One-way airfares start at €99.* “Addition of nonstop UTair...

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VINCI Airports celebrates the completion of the extension and renovation of Kansai International Airport, as well as the 10th anniversary of the concession

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