China Eastern Airlines to increase flights from Kolkata

October 12th, 2009 China's Hainan Airlines to begin service to HawaiiHONOLULU — China's Hainan Airlines has received approval to begin service from Beijing to Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved the flights, which initially will be once-a-week.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India flights took off for various destinations as per schedule here on Thursday, a day after its executive pilots called off their strike. According to an airlines official, flight operations have returned to normal and 18 morning flights have taken off as per schedule.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Air India on Tuesday cancelled over 20 flights, including 15 from the national capital, as a stand-off between executive pilots and the management entered a fourth day. The airline also suspended bookings for the next fifteen days.

September 8th, 2009 DOT releases airline delay list for AugustThe percentage of airline flights in August that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Transportation Department: 1.

August 31st, 2009 TAIPEI/BEIJING - Taiwan and China launched regular direct flights Monday, ending Taipei's six-decade ban on air links with the mainland imposed at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Taiwan and Chinese airlines will operate a total of 270 round-trip flights per week, up from the current 108 charter flights.

August 7th, 2009 Airlines flying Airbus A330 and A340 planesAirlines are replacing airspeed sensors on their Airbus A330 and A340 airliners, which have been a focus of the investigation into the June 1 crash of Air France Flight 447. The only U.S.

July 13th, 2009 China Eastern Airlines to acquire local rivalBEIJING — China Eastern Airlines Corp., one of China's three major state-owned carriers, will acquire a local rival, the companies announced Monday, as money-losing China Eastern tries to boost its competitiveness. China Eastern, based in Shanghai, will acquire Shanghai Airlines Co.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Japan Airlines Tuesday announced reduction in the number of flights it operates on several international routes, including to Delhi, as part of its strategy to improve profitability by adjusting capacity. "Till June-end, we will have four flights a week to New Delhi.

May 5th, 2009 American Airlines reduces flights to MexicoDALLAS — American Airlines said Tuesday it will reduce the number of flights to Mexico by about one-fourth, joining most other major U.S. carriers in reacting to falling demand amid public worry over the swine flu.

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 28th, 2009 China Eastern Airlines: 1Q net profit down 81 pctSHANGHAI — China Eastern Airlines said Tuesday that its net profit fell 81 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year earlier as passenger traffic fell amid the economic slowdown. The 40.1 million yuan ($5.9 million) net profit in January-March compared with 210.8 million yuan earnings in the first quarter of 2008.

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.

February 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - A mid-air collision was averted Tuesday when an Indian Airlines flight from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kolkata and an Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft came close to each other, officials said. The Indian Airlines flight IC 206 with 45 passengers on board was flying over the town of Jorhat in eastern Assam when the IAF's giant IL-76 Gajraj aircraft came on the same route.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines will start daily flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul from Monday, a top official said here. At present, the airline operates four weekly flights from Mumbai and three from New Delhi to Istanbul.

January 18th, 2009 DUBAI - India's national carrier Air India will increase the frequency of flights from Bahrain to Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram from once a week to thrice a week effective Jan 23. The airline, which currently makes one flight between that Gulf country and Thiruvananthapuram every Tuesday, will operate two more flights every Friday and Saturday, the Gulf Daily News reported.