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QANTAS admitted yesterday its long haul business was not profitable and that it continues to lose huge amounts of cash on loss-making flights to Los Angeles and London - the airline’s two biggest routes.

THE price war on the flights to Sydney - Melbourne airline route intensified today, as Jetstar Tweeted $19 flights to Tullamarine Airport.

Just six months after announcing it would start nonstop flights to Rio de Janeiro from Charlotte, US Airways said Thursday it plans to add a second daily flight from here to Brazil – this time, to Sao Paulo.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VA) will open a direct flights to Fukuoka from Hanoi and to southern Japan, where Vietnam’s third Consulate General is located, to mark the 55th anniversary of Hanoi Liberation Day (October 10).

Australia’s new international airline V Australia announced flights to South Africa and Thailand as its next two destinations along with a strengthened focus on Melbourne.

EVA Air and UNI Air will both begin launching scheduled flights to China on Aug. 31, 2009. The two carriers will serve 12 destinations and fly 19 routes to China’s major cities,

TWO airlines, Jetstar and Virgin Blue, have launched new direct flights to Thailand’s popular holiday location of Phuket.Jetstar has launched a new A320 low-fares connection from Perth to Phuket, starting on December 15.

ZAMBEZI Airlines’ growth strategy is focused on partnerships with other carriers in the region, chief executive officer Cornwell Muleya has said.

Flights across the Tasman Sea costing as little as Aus$80 are expected to make living and starting work in Australia or New Zealand an even more attractive prospect for British people looking to start a new life in the South Pacific region.

Kingfisher Airlines, launched of daily direct flights between Kolkata and Bangkok .After London, Colombo, Dhaka and Dubai, Bangkok will be the fifth international destination on the international route network of Kingfisher Airlines.