An upgrade in in-flight services, including better food and handling of passengers, smartly-groomed cabin crew, and punctuality are on top of the agenda of privatized national carrier Air India’s new journey under the Tata Group as it plans to focus on attracting millennials who comprise a major chunk of fliers today.

Airbus (AIR.PA) plans to charter out its whale-shaped Beluga transport planes -whose main job until now has been to ferry aircraft parts between its plants in Europe - to help other industries haul urgently-needed outsized machinery by air.

US-Bangla Airlines is going to operate flights to Sharjah, UAE -- one of the most popular destinations in the Middle East -- from January 30.

Turkish authorities temporarily halted all flights at Istanbul Airport on Monday due to heavy snowfall in the city, which was blanketed in white, while winter weather snarled transportation across the country.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will be introducing direct flights on Dhaka-Sharjah-Dhaka route from January 25 for the convenience of passengers.

Thailand will resume its quarantine-free travel scheme from February 1, officials said Thursday, after the programme was suspended due to the fast-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant.

India today extended suspension of regular international commercial flights till February 28, amidst surging cases of Covid-19 in the third wave of the pandemic.

Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the US over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone technology near American airports.

It is often said that an airport is key to forming the first impression of a city and country. And Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) -- built around four decades ago and regularly making news for mismanagement -- definitely do not do justice to the capital and Bangladesh in this day and age.

Thailand is considering bringing back a quarantine waiver for vaccinated visitors, its health minister said on Monday, as part of a proposed easing of some Covid-19 measures later this week.

The Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has recreated the ad which garnered media attention last year.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to launch flights on the Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka route soon, considering the growing demand for passengers.

Britain's vaccinated travellers will be able to go on half-term holidays next month without taking Covid-19 tests on their return, The Times reported.

Uber today announced it has begun serving riders and drivers in Rangpur, marking the company’s expansion to all the eight divisions of the country.

Thailand will introduce a $9 entry fee for foreign visitors from April, officials said Wednesday, even as the kingdom seeks to lure travellers back and repair its Covid-battered tourism sector.

A parliamentary body today recommended installing rapid test facilities at the country’s three international airports to carry out Covid-19 test of outgoing expatriate workers.

Thailand added three popular beach destinations to a visa programme that allows foreign visitors to bypass a mandatory isolation, throwing a lifeline to its Covid-19-hit tourism industry seen as key to a nascent economic recovery, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand website. 

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami has recommended Bangladeshis to hold off travel to India, if it’s not essential, as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is causing a surge in cases.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate two additional Dhaka-Dubai flights on January 11 and 12 -- due to increased passenger demands.

The government today instructed the authorities concerned to ensure quality food and water in the nearby hotels and restaurants of the Dhaka airport, as migrant workers are reporting sickness after arriving in different Middle East destinations, especially in Qatar and the UAE.