News about flights
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia to launch direct flight
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia plan to launch a direct flight.
14 May 2015 09:18
Dozens of flights delayed in Astana, Almaty
Poor weather conditions and delays of arrivals force Astana and Almaty airports to reschedule flights.
30 December 2014 17:39
Nearly 50 flights delayed in Almaty
Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan has delayed 49 flights because of the weather.
24 December 2014 17:57
Air Astana launches Astana-Bangkok flight
Kazakhstan’s national flag carrier Air Astana has launched a direct flight between Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana and Thailand’s capital Bangkok.
19 December 2014 16:10
Battles leave Lugansk airport, busy tourist hub, in ruins
After almost two months of deadly combat between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian guerrillas, the Soviet-era airport has been literally wiped off the map.
13 September 2014 14:14
MH17 crash: tragedy of Malaysian family
A family of 6 Malaysians coming from Kazakhstan died in the MH17 flight crush.
19 July 2014 00:44
Kazakh airlines to cease using Ukraine airspace
Kazakhstani airlines were advised against flying over Ukraine.
19 July 2014 00:37
Air Astana changes routes to avoid crossing Ukrainian air space
Kazakhstani airlines company Air Astana will change the routes of some of its flights away from Ukrainian airspace.
19 July 2014 00:15
Kazakhstan to launch direct flights to Bali
Kazakhstan airlines are thinking of launching flights to Denpasar as early as this coming autumn.
30 June 2014 12:01
France set for travel chaos as flights cut due to air strike
France braced for travel chaos after the country's civil aviation body urged airlines on Monday to cut flights by up to 20 percent in Paris and some other cities due to an air controllers' strike.
24 June 2014 01:43
Clashes as prominent Pakistan cleric returns to lead 'revolution'
Police fired tear gas at supporters of a Canada-based cleric at Islamabad airport on Monday as he returned to Pakistan to lead what he has called a "revolution" against the elected government.
23 June 2014 14:47
American Airlines, owed $750 mn, trims flights to Venezuela
American Airlines, owed some $750 million by Venezuela, said Tuesday it was sharply reducing flights to the South American nation from July after the two sides failed to read a deal, a spokesman said.
18 June 2014 10:39
Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister visits France
Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov has arrived in France.
12 June 2014 16:34
Spain police find live snakes, lizards inside checked luggage
Spanish police said Tuesday they found five snakes, two lizards and thousands of insects alive and hidden inside two suitcases that arrived on the holiday island of Gran Canaria on a flight from Madrid.
12 June 2014 09:57
Volcanic ash halts flights to north Australian city
Flights into and out of the northern Australian city of Darwin were cancelled Saturday and some to Bali affected due to huge ash clouds thrown up by an Indonesian volcano.
31 May 2014 14:38
Australia rules out swathe of ocean as MH370 crash zone
Australia on Thursday ruled out a large swathe of Indian Ocean as Flight MH370's final resting place after a lengthy underwater hunt, as a US Navy official queried whether the missing plane ever went there.
29 May 2014 14:46
Japan court orders military night flights at base suspended
A court Wednesday ordered Japan's military to suspend night flights from one base in the first such ruling over noise caused by fighter planes.
21 May 2014 15:09
Japan budget carrier cancels flights due to pilot shortage
Japanese low cost carrier Vanilla Air said Friday it will cancel scores of flights in June because it does not have enough pilots to fly them.
16 May 2014 15:42
Air Astana to launch more flights to Europe
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana national airline will be performing charter flights from Almaty and Astana to several South European tourist cities.
12 May 2014 16:58
Teen survives five-hour flight in airplane wheel well
A 16-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a flight from California to Hawaii in the wheel well of an airplane, US media reported.
22 April 2014 21:17