Air Canada will today launch daily service from Toronto Pearson to San Diego and Portland, Ore., aboard an A319 and E-190 respectively. Norwegian will increase Stockholm Arlanda service to Copenhagen from five-times-weekly to six-times weekly and Arlanda service to Helsinki from 12-times-weekly to 23-times weekly Sept. 2 with the addition of a ninth aircraft to be based at the airport. It said it will add two flights to its Helsinki-London Gatwick service but did not disclose frequencies.
Gulf Air launched its inaugural flight to Medina in Saudi Arabia today. The flight marks the start of a new four-time weekly service the carrier is operating to holy city of Medina.
The European Commission yesterday issued a report on the use of so-called body scanners that could lead to creation of a legal framework for introduction of the machines at airports on an EU-wide basis.
Bahrain's National carrier Gulf Air held a small event today at Bahrain International Airport marking the launch of its permanent operations to the city of Aleppo in Syria.