News from Alternative Airlines

From July 01st, Hainan Airlines, the largest privately owned airline in China, has announced an increase in the number of weekly flights between its base in… Read more...

Avianca of Colombia, has announced the resumption of its scheduled service from the cities Cali and Medellin to New York without the need to transit through… Read more...

A new air route linking the capital of Scotland with the capital of Iceland has been launched by dynamic Icelandic low cost carrier, Iceland Express. From June… Read more...

Dynamic Canadian low cost carrier, WestJet is launching a new, three time weekly, non-stop service from its base at Toronto's Pearson International Airport to… Read more...

China Eastern Airlines, the fast growing Shanghai based carrier has announced an order for 20 brand new Boeing 777-300ER long haul aircraft direct from the… Read more...

Philippine Airlines has announced plans to purchase at least 100 new aircraft plus a network extension programme which resumes flights to Europe and adding… Read more...

TACA Airlines of San Salvador in conjunction with Avianca of Colombia will begin operating new direct services to Brasilia from their hub in Bogota, providing… Read more...

Gol Linhas Aéreas , the second largest airline in Brazil and quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, has announced that is in discussions with giant U.S.… Read more...

Bangkok Airways has increased services from its home base at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport to a number of destinations including a new 12 flights per week… Read more...

Air Botswana, the national airline of Botswana, has announced plans to commence a new daily non-stop service between the South African city of Capetown and… Read more...

The Colombian Transport Ministry has confirmed that the brand new terminal being built at Bogotá–El Dorado International Airport is set to open as planned,… Read more...

Garuda Indonesia has announced plans to re-start services to New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, for the first time since 2006, subject to government… Read more...

Aerolineas Argentinas has announced its 2012 flight plan, including an increase in its international long-haul flying programme. The ultimate goal is to… Read more...

Transaero Airlines, one of Russia's leading independent airlines, has signed an order for four brand new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, worth $744 million. The new… Read more...

Bolivian airline AeroSur has announced a new addition to its fleet of a long haul Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The new aeroplane will operate its currently… Read more...

Aerosur, the largest airline based in the South American country, Bolivia has suddenly ceased flying with all it's fleet of aircraft currently grounded. The… Read more...

Caribbean Airlines, the national carrier of Trinidad and Tobago has announced it is to launch direct flights from London Gatwick to Trinidad starting on June… Read more...

Qatar Airways, the expanding national carrier of the State of Qatar, has launched a new daily service from its base in Doha to the capital of Rwanda’s Kigali… Read more...

SpiceJet, the dynamic Indian low cost carrier, has launched a new route between its base in New Delhi to the historical city of Nanded. The first flight will… Read more...

The National airline of Fiji, Air Pacific, has announced the purchase of three new Rolls Royce powered Airbus A330-200 aircraft. This , the first-ever purchase… Read more...

The leading independent Tanzanian airline Precision Air, is making plans to launch new flights to Harare, Zimbabwe from Dar es Salaam in the near future,… Read more...

Avianca, the national carrier of Colombia and the world's second oldest airline, has launched a twice weekly service from its hub in the Colombian capital,… Read more...

Korongo Airlines, the new carrier based in Democratic Republic of Congo, has taken a massive step forwards with the receipt of the necessary permits to set up… Read more...

Air Tanzania has announced plans to increase the number of regional destinations it serves. The airline currently has daily flights from its base in Dar es… Read more...

Starting in May 2012, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, Atlantic Airways, will start flying twice weekly between London Gatwick Airport and Vágar… Read more...

Alternative Airlines have started selling tickets on the new three times weekly non-stop China Southern flights between London Heathrow and Guangzhou in… Read more...

Avianca the National Carrier of Colombia and the largest domestic airline is to get new competition from a start-up low cast carrier called VivaColombia and… Read more...

African Airline of the Year Awards 2011/2012 Precision Air, the regional airline of Tanzania, has been awarded the accolade of the Bronze Award in the… Read more...

Caribbean Airlines has announced plans to operate new flights from Trinidad to London Gatwick starting in June 2012. The flights will depart from Piarco… Read more...

The dynamic low cost carrier based in Sharjah, Air Arabia, has announced plans to fly to 100 destinations worldwide within three years. Currently Air Arabia… Read more...

The market leading airline group, AviancaTaca has signed a contract to buy 51 brand new Airbus A320 aircraft including 33 eco-efficient A320neo aircraft. Fabio… Read more...

Garuda Indonesia, the rapidly developing national carrier of Indonesia and winner of the 2010 CAPA award for airline turnaround of the year, has added a third… Read more...

The National carrier of Colombia, Avianca has commenced flying daily between its hub in Bogota and the regional city of Southwest Colombia, Florencia. The new… Read more...

The revitalised national flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia has just announced that, from from 01st March 2012, there will be a the reduction of its daily flight… Read more...

Copa Airlines is set to announce the launch of three new international destinations to be served from its Panama City Hub of the Americas. Subject to final… Read more...

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Dynamic East African regional carrier, Precision Air launched new direct services from their main hub in Dar es Salaam to the coastal city of Mombasa and the… Read more...

The dynamic national carrier of Rwanda, RwandAir, has appointed a new board of directors under a new very experienced chairman, Mr Girma Wake, formerly of… Read more...

Expanding Indian low fare carrier, SpiceJet Airlines, is launching a new destination from its hub in Mumbai with a new daily flight to Mangalore. SpiceJet… Read more...

Brussels Airlines has launched a new business class service which includes a new fully-flat business class seat. Initially the new seats will be available for… Read more...

Growing national carrier, Vietnam Airlines now has new competition on its major domestic trunk route between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City following the launch of… Read more...

National carrier, Myanmar Airways International, is benefitting from the rise in International arrivals through its home base at Yangon International Airport.… Read more...

The Colombian National carrier, Avianca has announced plans to launch a new daily service from the country's capital, Bogota to the regional city of Florencia.… Read more...

Garuda Indonesia, the growing national carrier of Indonesia, has announced plans to make its low cost domestic subsidairy, CitiLink, independent through a… Read more...

Lao Central Airlines, the first independent airline in Laos, is the new name for the carrier previously branded as Phongsavanh Airlines. Lao Central took… Read more...

The small, independent and innovative airline, Blue Islands has ended 2011 with gift of £2000 of aircraft spare parts to the local aviation charity, Air… Read more...

National carrier, Air Seychelles has announced that it will stop flying to Europe from 10th January 2012. The airline has previously operated regular scheduled… Read more...

One of the world's fastest growing domestic air travel markets in 2011 was Brazil and amidst the continuing growth in passenger numbers the nation's top six… Read more...

Growing Tanzanian carrier, Precision Air has signed up for $98 million worth of brand new aircraft from Italian-French manufacturer ATR. In total Precision Air… Read more...

Asiana Airlines has just launched twice weekly flights on a new route between its base in Seoul Incheon Airport to the central Vietnamese provincial city of Da… Read more...

Transaero Airlines, Russia's most dynamic scheduled service carrier and now the second largest airline in Russia measured by number of passengers carried, is… Read more...

Gulfstream International Airlines, the dynamic Florida based regional carrier headed by experienced industry heavyweight, Darrell Richardson, has begun a… Read more...

The long established national carrier, Air Botswana is due to get a new Gaborone based competitor in 2012. Blue Sky Airways has announced plans to acquire four… Read more...

One of the world's largest airlines, China Southern Airlines has announced plans to start flying a three times weekly service between its base in Guangzhou to… Read more...

Expanding Tanzanian carrier, Precision AIr is set to be one the main benefactors of the planned renovation of Kilimanjaro International Airport which will… Read more...

The expanding National Carrier of Papua New Guinea, Air Niugini, is planning to repaint one of its Boeing 767 aircraft in celebration of the 70th anniversary… Read more...

Last weekend expanding Latin American carrier, COPA Airlines, operated the first scheduled service flight between its main base at Panama’s Tocumen… Read more...

Flights to East Africa got another boost this week when Bahrain’s national airline, Gulf Air, restarted flights to the Ugandan capital from its home base in… Read more...

The Historic first commercial flight from Vietnam to United Kingdom touched down just after 6 am this morning, a few minutes ahead of schedule, after a 6,000… Read more...

Vietnam Airlines has announced its intention to take over low cost carrier, Jetstar Pacific, subject to Government approval, The National Carrier, Vietnam… Read more...

LAN Airlines has relaunched its new affiliate in Colombia, Aires as LAN Colombia with the result that it now serves 23 new destinations including Cartagena,… Read more...

Asiana Airlines of Korea has been chosen as the “2011 Airline of the Year” by the American U.S. magazine ‘Global Traveler’, which specialises in stories for… Read more...

Air Uganda, the expanding national carrier of one of East Africa's fastest developing economies, has announced that it is launching new twice weekly services… Read more...

Air Tanzania, the national carrier of the United Republic of Tanzania, which has recently restarted domestic scheduled services from its base in Dar es Salaam… Read more...

Mega national carrier, Air China has just announced a new four times weekly non-stop service from London Gatwick to Beijing starting from May 1st 2012 using an… Read more...

A new domestic airline within Mongolia has been launched with the name “Mongolian Airlines”. The airline is reported to be operating Fokker 50 aircraft from a… Read more...

Small, but expanding national carrier, Lao Airlines has launched a new three times weekly direct service from its base in Vietiane to Singapore on Tuesday,… Read more...

Independent Chilean airline, Sky Airline has agreed an important code share agreement with the giant Colombian/Central American airline grouping, AviancaTaca.… Read more...

SpiceJet, the ambitious Indian low fare carrier, has continued to expand its regional flight network with new flights from its hub in Chennai to Goa, Mangalore… Read more...

The thriving national carrier, Garuda Indonesia, is likely to be faced with a new full service carrier in 2012 backed by the existing Indonesian low cost… Read more...

LAM - Mozambique Airlines has announced the suspension of services from Maputo to Lisbon from 22nd November 2011. The regular flights to Lisbon were the only… Read more...

Xiamen Airlines, the sixth largest airline in China, has been formally invited to join the powerful SkyTeam global airline alliance with a target date of… Read more...

Avianca, the growing Colombian flag carrier has launched a new three times weekly service commencing November 04th 2011, from its hub at Bogota's El Dorado… Read more...

Copa Airlines will commence its new daily nonstop service between its hub in Panama City to Chicago on December 15th 2011 using one of its fleet of Boeing… Read more...

Growing Chinese carrier, Hong Kong Airlines has announced the launch of a new daily all Premium Business class service between London Gatwick and Hong Kong.The… Read more...

Fast growing Brazilian airilne, TAM has launched a new daily international service between its home base in Sao Paulo to Mexico City. The new route will be… Read more...

Fast growing Indian low cost carrier, IndiGo has launched a new daily service between its home base in Delhi (DEL) and the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu (KTM) in… Read more...

Expanding carrier, Precision Air of Tanzania and National flag carrier Qatar Airways have signed an interline agreement to allow Qatar Airways passengers… Read more...

Air Astana, the fast expanding flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has announced the launch of a new twice-weekly nonstop service between its home base in Almaty with… Read more...

From a launch date of November 16th 2011, Avianca will start operating a new fives times a week service from their home base in the Colombian capital city,… Read more...

Competing with the European services of national carrier, Cubana from London, Madrid and Paris, the Dutch flag carrier KLM has launched a new three times… Read more...

Vladivostok Air, the largest Russian airline based in the far east of Russia , has launched new services to Hong Kong and Singapore from its home base at… Read more...

Air Madagascar have now launched their winter season flying schedule to Europe using a leased Boeing 777-200ER aircraft operated by well established Portuguese… Read more...

Vietnam Airlines, The fast growing carrier which has just launched new direct flights between Vietnam and London Gatwick, is negotiating to buy a controlling… Read more...

China Southern Airlines, Asia's largest carrier when measured by the number of passengers carried annually, has received its first giant Airbus A380 aircraft,… Read more...

TAM Airlines, which has grown to become the largest airline in the fast growing economy of Brazil, has finalised a huge order for 32 new Airbus A320 aircraft.… Read more...

As part it's ambitious growth strategy which is designed to turn national carrier, Air Namibia into “a full service carrier with a geographically focused… Read more...

Growing national carrier, Senegal Airlines has this week re-started flights to neighbouring capital of Mauritania, Nouakchott from its base in Dakar using an… Read more...

The rapidly developing , national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has announced plans to purchase 18 100 seater aircraft to facilitate expansion within… Read more...

Copa Airlines, the fast growing Latin American carrier based in Panama, has announced the launch of its new Copa Club brand for its three Latin American VIP… Read more...

Korean Air have just announced the launch of a new three times weekly direct service between London Gatwick and their operating base at Seoul's Incheon… Read more...

Solomon Airlines has been granted permission to launch a new service from its base in Honiara to the capital of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby. The new service… Read more...

China Southern, which has more aircraft in its fleet than any other Chinese airline with 420 currently flying across its total network of 169 destinations, has… Read more...

Spice Jet have added daily flights to Hyderabad and Chennai from Thiruvananthapuram using a Bombadier Q400 aircraft seating 78 passengers. This is part of… Read more...

New regional airline, Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir), has operated its first flight from the capital of Congo Brazzaville to Pointe-Noire and the Government… Read more...

Independent Thai carrier, Bangkok Airways has launched a five times weekly direct flight from its operating base in Bangkok to Bangalore, India. This is the… Read more...

Expanding independent Russian carrier, Transaero Airlines has augmented its route network from its base at Mosocow's Domodedovo Airport by adding new services… Read more...

Atlantic Airways of the Faroe Islands has been able to introduce a new Airbus A319 into their fleet following an extension to the runway at the capital Vagar's… Read more...

The cabin service from growing Latin American carrier, COPA Airlines, just got better! Well-known Latin American fashion designer Michelle Zarak has created… Read more...

Travellers looking for a different way to celebrate New Year should take Vietnam Airlines new non-stop service from London to Hanoi, and enjoy the unique… Read more...