Airports & Networks

Emirates will be ramping up its Ramadan offerings to passengers and its flight offerings for Umrah.

Total air traffic movements in UAE airspace reached 75884 last month, according to Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation Center latest reports.

Royal Jordanian started on June 18, the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan, to give added benefits and prizes to all its passengers once they book their flights with RJ during the month of Ramadan for travel to take place no later than the end of 2015.

Emirates customers can now stay fully charged with the launch of 30 wireless charging trays for most smartphones in its First Class and Business Class Lounges in Concourse A, B and C in Dubai.

Turkish Airlines and Philippine Airlines have jointly announced the start of a code-sharing partnership effective as of July 1, 2015 that enables both flag carriers to tap into new markets and offer their passengers more travel options.

Emirates expects higher than normal passenger traffic on its flights this upcoming weekend, as travellers head home or abroad for the summer holiday season.

Travellers from the Middle East can now fly to Graz in Austria and Baden–Baden in Germany this year on Europe's Best Airline, Turkish Airlines.

Abu Dhabi International Airport released its May traffic figures today showing overall passenger traffic was up by 14.9% for the month compared to May 2014 with 1,877,440 passengers passing through the airport, and nearly 15,000 aircraft movements.

Turkish Airlines has said it intends to grow its secondary base at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport once operations move from the main Ataturk gateway to a new hub being constructed north of the city, reports Flightglobal.

Qatar Duty Free (QDF) has been accredited ISO 22000 for its 600-seat restaurant with production facilities Marché, in Hamad International Airport (HIA), recognising its commitment to quality, cleanliness and service.

The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) of Oman officially inaugurated the new Salalah Airport on June 15.

Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that it has successfully achieved the ISO 27001:2013 standard of information security across all of its IT systems.

Royal Jordanian will operate its first flight to Najaf on July 13, launching a new regular service between Jordan and Iraq.

A Flynas aircraft was damaged after it was hit by a vehicle belonging to a catering firm in Saudi Arabia, reports Emirates 24/7.

Emirates will restart passenger flights to Erbil from August 15 2015.

Advertising company JCDecaux SA has announced that its subsidiary JCDecaux ATA (held 60% by JCDecaux, 40% by ATA) has won the advertising contract for the new Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (PMIA) in the city of Madinah in Saudi Arabia.

Royal Jordanian today will launch its first regular route between Amman and Tabuk, northern Saudi Arabia.

Air Seychelles has welcomed the introduction of a visa waiver for Seychellois passport holders travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), effective Thursday 16 July 2015.

EgyptAir has scheduled new flights between Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada starting August 15.

Emirates has touched down in Bahrain International Airport and Hamad International Airport in Doha this weekend with its popular A380 aircraft for one-off services.

Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, has launched two new destinations in Pakistan on consecutive days – Sialkot and Faisalabad.

Runway renovation at the Egyptian regional airport of Assuit in the New Valley area have been completed and Assuit International Airport has reopened to commercial traffic after a year's closure.

Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that its ground handling service provider DhabiJet has been awarded RA3 certification for cargo operations at Al Ain International Airport.

Jazeera Airways has announced the restart of scheduled flights between Kuwait and Assiut, Egypt, starting September 10th with four weekly flights.

Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies today announced its fourth daily A380 service between Dubai and Bangkok with the up-gauge of its current services from 1 December.