United Airlines, the US launch customer for the Boeing 787, re-started its international Dreamliner service Tuesday with a new Denver-Tokyo Narita route.
The French government is reducing its stake in Aéroports de Paris (ADP), which controls Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, as it raises money to offset its financial problems.
The European Union has signed a comprehensive air transport agreement with Israel that will “gradually open up and integrate their respective markets, develop an aviation area with common rules, offer economic benefits for consumers and new opportunities for the industry,” the EU said.
Gulf Air has announced that it would be resuming its flights to Thiruvananthapuram in India with 5 weekly flights to Trivandrum International Airport starting on the 15th December.
Air Arabia has announced that it has launched flights to Hofuf, making it the tenth destination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the airline serves from its main base in Sharjah.
The second day of World Travel Market 2013 (Tuesday 5 November) was well attended, with the WTM & UNWTO Ministers' Summit the highlight of an impressive line-up of events, seminars and presentations.
Carriers operating to France have been asked to slash their schedules by 50% on June 11-13, as air traffic controllers walk out in protest against the Single European Sky (SES).
Turkish Airlines and Air New Zealand signed a codeshare agreement on routes operated by both carriers connecting New Zealand and Turkey via Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Both are Star Alliance members.
Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information has said the number of flights through Muscat International Airport rose 8.7% during the first six months of this year to 17,603, compared with 16,191 during the same period in 2012, Muscat Daily has reported.
Turkish Airlines has announced additional flights from Riyadh and Jeddah in response to increased demand from the Kingdom to Istanbul for Eid holidays following the Holy month of Ramadan.
Air Berlin CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said the carrier will operate from just one airport in Berlin, as delays continue for the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
The US House of Representatives passed an amendment that would prohibit the US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) from establishing a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pre-clearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH).
