AirAsia to operate daily flights on Kolkata-Kuala Lumpur route

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Air India has announced the launch of a daily Washington-New York-Delhi-Kolkata flight from Dec 1 putting the US capital on its map. The daily flight would have stops in New York and New Delhi before flying on to Kolkata, saving several hours for passengers travelling from Washington.

October 8th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Dubai-based Emirates Airline is planning to expand its Kerala operations by adding nine more services per week by Dec 1, a senior official said here. The airline's weekly operations out of the state will go up to 37 from 28 now, Asha Subramanian, sales manager of Emirates in South Kerala, told reporters here.

September 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - National carrier Air India could operate only seven flights out of here Tuesday while cancelling 14 due to its executive pilots' agitation. An airline official told IANS here that the flights that got cancelled were bound for Kuala Lumpur, Sharjah, Colombo, Kuwait, Singapore, Dubai and several domestic destinations.

September 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways resumed operations on a modest scale with 37 flights Sunday after a crippling five-day strike by pilots ended overnight. Two of the flights - Mumbai-Dubai and return - were operated on an international route.

September 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - As many as 150 Jet Airways flights, including 15 international, remained cancelled Friday, the fourth day of the ongoing strike by the airline pilots. A spokesperson said early Friday that the airline has announced plans to cancel around 30 flights on certain sectors which will either be combined or re-booked.

August 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways will launch a New Delhi-Hong Kong daily service from Sep 30, a top airline official announced here Monday. "The return Hong Kong-New Delhi flight would be launched Oct 1 to mark China's national day," said Jet chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jet Airways Konnect, the low-cost arm of leading private carrier Jet Airways, will increase the number of daily flights it operates from 135 to 180 by Oct 1, it was announced Thursday. "Effective September 3, Konnect will launch services on several key domestic routes previously operated by Jet Airways and will have 180 daily flights by Oct 1," the airline said in a statement.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Over 20 international flights were delayed late Friday evening due to repair work being undertaken at the new runway of Delhi airport, officials said. "The new runway is undergoing repair work and due to this all the flights are taking off and landing on the main runway 28.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Malaysia Airlines Monday announced a huge 53 percent reduction in the fuel surcharge, bringing down return fares from India to Malaysia to an all-inclusive Rs.16,528 from Tuesday. Targeting customers especially for the holiday season, the airlines said it has slashed fuel surcharge by as much as Rs.2,650 for flights to Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, apart from flights to India.

May 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - South African Airways (SAA) will operate six additional flights between India and South Africa on account of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, the company said Monday. 'These additional flights will be deployed on this route between May 18 and 26 to meet the rush for the semi finals and final IPL matches,' the company said.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Low-cost carrier IndiGo Wednesday introduced six more new flights from Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad and Kolkata, increasing its daily flights to 131. The new flights will operate on the Mumbai-Goa, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Kolkata, Hyderabad-Mumbai and Kolkata-Goa via Mumbai sectors.

April 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - China Eastern Airlines Co, one of China's leading state-owned carriers, Wednesday said it will increase its flight services from Kolkata to Kunming from June. 'We will have seven flights from Kolkata to Kunming a week from June.

March 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - British Airways suspended its direct service to London from here Sunday, with the last flight taking off at around 5 a.m., even as national carrier Air India resumed operations on the route the same day. British Airways, which operated three direct fights a week from the city to Heathrow Airport in London, decided to suspend operations as it found the route unprofitable.

March 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's leading private air carrier Jet Airways Thursday announced that it will launch direct daily flights from Mumbai to Kuwait from March 29. This will be the airline's second daily service to Kuwait from India.

February 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - After entering the southern and western markets of the country, private carrier Paramount Airways is now planning to launch services to the eastern sector by June. 'We are looking at June to begin operations to and from Kolkata,' the Chennai-based company's managing director M.