Qatar Airways has confirmed direct, daily operations between Budapest Airport and Doha, expanding the previous four times weekly schedule, introduced in January, and dropping the stop-over in Bucharest, Romania.
The growing links between east Africa and the Middle East will be strengthened next month with the start of flights between Nairobi and Jeddah by Kenyan national carrier, Kenya Airways.
Emirates Airline will introduce two additional flights between Dubai and the Paradise Island of Mauritius to show its support of the number of tourists to the island. This will escalate the service to 11 weekly flights.
Turkish Airlines will resume 4X-weekly Istanbul Ataturk service to Benghazi (Sept. 13) and Tripoli (Sept. 24), following airport infrastructure work. KLM will launch 2X-weekly Amsterdam-Luanda Boeing 777-200ER service Nov. 14. Vueling will start daily Barcelona El Prat-Lille service at the end of March 2012.