Etihad Airways, the state airline of the United Arab Emirates, plans an increase its Abu Dhabi to Frankfurt flights from 10 to 13 each week starting on December 12 and eventually increasing to twice daily service on March 28, 2010.

Etihad’s flights to Frankfurt, which were launched in June 2005, are among the most popular of its European services, [...]

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced it will inaugurate new service to both Nagoya and Tokya Japan early in 2010.  This is the first time Etihad will fly to Japan with four flights weekly to Nagoya through Beijing starting on February 1.  This service will increase to five weekly [...]

Olympic Airlines went away earlier this year and is being reborn as a new carrier with a slightly shorter name – Olympic Air.  Many changes are taking place as the new carrier is being readied for October 1 launch of service. 

Olympic Air, bought by an investment holding company, will no longer offer long-haul routes at [...]

A new code-sharing agreement was announed late last week between Olympic Air of Greece and Delta Airlines, the world’s largest airline.  The two airlines will code-share on the New York JFK to Athens route allowing the two airlines to partner on scheduling, capacity, pricing and operations.  The Greek carrier also says it is soon to [...]

Etihad Airways, the state carrier of the United Arab Emirates, launched new service to Chicago O’Hare International Airport beginning with three-flights weekly that will upgrade to six-flights weekly in October, and daily flights in early 2010.  The flights are operated on Airbus A340-600 aircraft configured for 240 passengers.  12 seats are offered in Diamond First [...]