Alaska Airlines will increase Oakland service to Kona (thrice-weekly) and Lihue (four-times-weekly) as well as San Jose service to Kona (four-times-weekly) and Lihue (thrice-weekly) to daily service March 12, 2012. Frontier Airlines reached an agreement with Apple Vacations to begin to provide charter flights from the US to international destinations Dec. 15, including Cancun, Mexico; Huatulco, Mexico; Liberia, Costa Rica; Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, using Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft.
Egyptair resumed service to Bagdad Aug. 27 for the first time in 21 years. MS will operate Cairo–BGD flights four times weekly. It also operates thrice weekly service between CAI and Arbil in Iraq's northern Kurdish region. FlyDubai launched its third route into India Aug. 27, a weekly Dubai–Ahmedabad service. The carrier now serves 39 destinations. It has also taken delivery of its 19 th Boeing 737-800.
EgyptAir operated its first service to the Iraqi capital Baghdad this morning with 34 passengers onboard and 74 passengers on the return flight. The route had been suspended for more than 20 years
RAK Airways, the Ras Al Khaimah national carrier, has today launched a winter seat sale, which will offer customers special fares to Calicut, Cairo, Dhaka and Chittagong.