London : A British judge rejected Qatar Airways' request to force Airbus to keep building A321neo aircraft for the Gulf carrier. This comes as a setback to the airline amid a wider airplane dispute that has triggered a major falling out in United Kingdom courts.
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Singapore : Star Alliance members Singapore Airlines and United Airlines on April 26 announced expanding their codeshare agreement, tapping into their industry-leading networks to provide customers with more options for travelling between the US and destinations on the other...

Colombo : Chairman of the Parliament watch dog Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof Charitha Herath on April 25 ordered SriLankan Airlines to put on hold the process of leasing 21 aircraft for the period 2022-2025.
The order had been given in view of the prevai...

Dhaka : The largest private carrier of the country US-Bangla Airlines has announced to make students pilots at its own cost.
Meritorious Bangladeshi youths with Grade B in at least two subjects (mathematics and physics) in A Levels, or GPA 5 in HSC/SCC or A grades in ...

Jeddah : Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) carried 5.1 million passengers during the first quarter of 2022, recording a 75 per cent increase compared to the same quarter of 2021.
During Q1 2022, the Kingdom's national flag carrier operated over 40,000 flights - an i...

Dubai : With Eid al-Fitr approaching and more travellers planning to take to the skies, Emirates is responding by offering more flights across seven cities in the GCC and Middle East. The airline is stepping up its schedule by adding 23 flights and layering on additional sea...

Dhaka : Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided that a stopover in Manchester is the best way to make its Dhaka-Toronto flights feasible. 
According to the four-member committee formed earlier, led by Biman Director (Flight Operations) Capt ABM Ismail, to conduct t...

Dhaka : Indian private carrier IndiGo started flight operations on Dhaka-Hydera-bad route from April 18.
The airline's maiden flight with 142 passengers left Hazrat Shah-jalal Interna-tional Airport in the capital at around 4:45 pm, said Md Abdur Rahim, CEO of Ren...

Dhaka : The runway at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital will open at night for 24 hours-flight operations from May instead of June.
Meanwhile, several hundred outbound passengers have been going through immeasurable sufferings due to the chaotic si...

New Delhi : IndiGo was the world's sixth-largest carrier by passenger volume in March, according to the UK-based Official Airline Guide (OAG), a leading global travel data provider. 
As per OAG Frequency and Capacity Statistics data, over 2.02 million passeng...