Qatar Airways has confirmed scheduled passenger flights to and from Syria are fully operational and that reports the airline has suspended services are completely unfounded.
How safe are our airports? What are the new technologies that will make us more secure ... but also help enhance our passenger experience? - and what is happening at Abu Dhabi's international airport? - All the questions are answered with this special report from ACI Airport Exchange event in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi International Airport has become the first airport in the MENA region to be carbon accredited as part of the new industry standard introduced by the Airports Council International (ACI) and recognised by IATA.
Etihad Airways announced today that it will begin flying to Tripoli on 17 January. The three return flights a week will be operated by an Airbus A320 with 162 Coral Economy seats.
Lufthansa will launch 2X-daily Frankfurt-Moscow Vnukovo service from March 25, increasing weekly services between Germany and nine Russian destinations to 153. Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) announced an expansion of its codeshare with Japan Airlines (JAL) under which its CX code will be placed on selected JAL service from Tokyo Haneda to Izumo, Miyazaki, Misawa, Matsuyama, Nagasaki, Oita, Tokushima and Ube; Tokyo Narita-Nagoya; and Sapporo-Nagoya.
Brussels Airlines (SN) will add three frequencies on its Brussels-Moscow route, nearly doubling the number of flights between the two capitals to 13 weekly flights by the summer schedule 2012.
The Iraqi Minister of Transport Hadi Al-Amiri has announced the selection of Lufthansa Consulting to evaluate the ground handling requirements at Baghdad International Airport, the capital's main airport and the country's main international gateway as well as at the international airports Basra and Mosul.