Qatar Airways has been awardedrights to operate a daily flight toAustralia's second largest city of Melbourne,Transport Minister Mark Vailesaid. Under the new air services arrangementwith Qatar, Qatar Airways will alsohave the right to operate a second dailyflight to another Australian city from2008 as Australia increases access rightsfor Middle East airlines. Australian airlines will also be giventhe same increased access to Qatar, animportant Middle East aviation hub,"Vaile said. "The … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: Qatar Airways gets Australian air rights

Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia willclose some of its loss-making routessuch as to Europe and will focus onregional services. Garuda CEO, Emirsyah Satar saidthe management will add flights onprofitable routes such as Jakarta-Australia,Jakarta-China, and Jakarta-India."We target a 15 percent growth in international services this year," Satar said. Last year, only nine of Garuda's 24international routes were profitableand of its 27 domestic routes, only 21routes were … [Read more...] about INDONESIA: Garuda to close some international routes

Helsinki-based Airline Services GSAOY, the Finnish member of the EGSACGSSA network - has been formallyappointed as Finnish GSSA for newlyformedAeroflot Cargo, after 6 yearsas a sub-sales agent for parent airlineAeroflot Russian Airlines. In addition to Aeroflot's scheduleddaily A319 belly-hold capacity fromHelsinki, which it previously marketed,Airline Services now has access to AeroflotCargo's twice-weekly DC10 freighters,which fly via Moscow Sheremetyevoto Beijing and provide easy access … [Read more...] about Aeroflot Cargo appoints Finnish GSSA