Qatar Airways has held its Annual Emergency Exercise to conduct a realistic assessment of the airline's preparedness in the event of a real life aircraft emergency.
Etihad Airways has confirmed the airline has concluded a transaction with Jet Airways to purchase the Indian carrier's three pairs of Heathrow slots for US$70 million.
A proposed joint airline venture between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait is not going ahead, Iraqi Airways director general Saad Al-Khafaji has said.
Turkish Airlines - the largest airline in Turkey - has signed a contract for up to 117 A320 Family aircraft (25 A321ceo, four A320neo, 53 A321neo and options for 35 additional A321neo aircraft), making it the airline's largest ever order with Airbus.
Etihad Airways has reported a successful first year of its equity alliance strategy, after a financial reporting season which saw each of the five airlines within the alliance – airberlin, Air Seychelles, Virgin Australia, Aer Lingus and Etihad Airways – announce profitable performance.
A flight from Kuwait has made a milestone for the Boeing 747-8 as a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam saw the new jumbo serve its 100th airport just 16 months after entering service.
The State of Qatar's brand new Hamad International Airport (HIA) has named the 10 passenger airlines which will begin operations there on 1st April 2013.
Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has called for a speedy resolution to the challenges facing the country's flag carrier, Kuwait Airways.
Statistics from the aviation industry in the UAE are to reach new levels following a top level meeting held between the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBOS).
Emirates Airline needs about $5 billion to pay for the new aircraft it needs in 2013 to meet its growth targets. According to Brian Jeffery, senior vice-president for corporate treasury, in an interview with Bloomberg yesterday, the money will be raised from “a mixture of all the sources we have considered in the past, so commercial bank, operating leases, some export credits,”
Kuwait privately owned airline Jazeera announced record earnings today when it revealed its 2012 figures. The company declared a record net profit of $48.8million (KD13.9 ) up 32% from the previous year.
Qantas and Emirates have welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) approval of their partnership for a period of five years.
Jazeera Airways today issued its January 2013 Operational Performance Report which showed that the airline has carried increasing number of passengers on key routes that include the destinations of Amman, Beirut, Bahrain, Assiut, Dubai, Jeddah, Luxor, and Sohag.
Award-winning Jazeera Airways today issued its February 2013 Operational Performance Report, revealing an increasing number of passengers on routes that serve Amman, Assiut, Dubai, Jeddah, Luxor, Mashhad, and Sohag, and that the airline has maintained high market shares on other key routes.
Turkish Airlines opened its new office in Dubai, led by increasing demand from the Emirate, with 36 percent growth in passenger traffic reported in the last two years.
Emirates SkyCargo is the first carrier to implement Electronic-Air Waybill (e-AWB) shipments under the industry's recently ratified multilateral e-AWB standard.
