Dubai-based flydubai has announced the launch of business class services, based on feedback from its passengers, across its network of 60 destinations.
The GE and Accenture joint venture Taleris has announced an agreement with Etihad Airways which it says will implement new technology to predict aircraft maintenance faults and reduce flight delays.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to the Philippines, when Emirates begins daily non-stop flights to Clark International Airport from 1st October 2013.
Over the next three years, all airlines plan to invest in IT systems which will allow them to get to know their passengers better and deliver tailored services directly to them, according to the 15th annual SITA/Airline Business IT Trends Survey.
Jazeera Airways today released its April 2013 operational performance report showing a continued lead in on-time performance (OTP) against all other airlines in the Middle East during the month with a performance of 91%, as ranked by the independent US-based OTP tracker FlightStats.
As an exclusive part of British Airways' 'Weekend Savers' campaign, the airline has slashed its fares from Saudi Arabia to London by nearly 50 percent in First and Club World for bookings made between 20 June 2013 and 22 June 2013, with other fares available in World Traveller Plus and World Traveller.
Oman Air revealed an order for five Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER airplanes at the Paris Air Show yesterday. The order, previously unidentified on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website, is valued at $473 million at current list prices.
According to Yemen's News Agency, SABA, an agreement to develop closer links between Mauritania and Yemen has been signed in Nouakchott by the chairman of the board of directors of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA), Hamed Faraj, and Abu Bakr al-Sedik Ould Mohammed al-Hasan. the general manager of the Mauritanian National Agency of Civil Aviation (NACA).
Dubai's Emirates airline plans to lease new Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft from a finance company that will issue $630 million of bond-type certificates to fund the purchase of the planes, reports Reuters.
The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) has unveiled a strategy plan to steer the next stage of development for the fast-growing civil aviation sector in the Emirate of Dubai.
Kuwait Airways chairman and managing director, Sami Abdullatif al Nesif, said that the company has signed an initial agreement with Airbus to purchase 25 new aircraft, reports Muscat Daily.
A team from UAE General Civil Aviation Authority's (GCAA) corporate communication section has paid a visit to the British capital to participate in a training programme organized by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority. The programme aims to exchange expertise in the field of corporate communications and identify the best practices.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, has announced delivery of a leased Airbus A321 to Turkish airline Atlasjet Havacilik to help expand the carrier's fleet.
The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an Open Skies agreement with the Government of the Finland.
Qatar Airways said today that it has grounded one of their Boeing 787 Dreamliners due to a “minor” technical issue. However, the aircraft has not flown for almost a week leading to suggestions that the grounding could be more serious.
Boeing continues to make progress on the first 787-9 Dreamliner, which also has become the first 787 to don the new Boeing Commercial Airplanes livery. The airplane has just rolled out of the paint hangar.
