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Hamad International Airport (HIA) has received its first passengers today, reports Gulf Business.
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flydubai has announced that it will launch a three times weekly service to Aden and a twice weekly service to Kandahar, starting on 01 August and 25 July 2014 respectively. These new route launches bring the airline's network to 68 destinations.
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Passenger and freight volumes at Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) continued to grow strongly in the first quarter of 2014 as more airlines commenced operations at Dubai's second airport.
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Hamad International Airport (HIA) welcomed a celebratory Qatar Airways' VIP flight this morning, upon the airport's highly anticipated opening.
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The new €265 million domestic terminal at Izmir Adnan Menderes International Airport in western Turkey has officially been opened.
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UAE has become the first non-European state to be granted full membership in European Union's Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft, known as SAFA.
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Regional airport operator of Turkey, TAV Airports Holding, has announced a net profit of €20 million in first quarter of 2014, up by 28% compared to the previous year.
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A group of air traffic control students from Saudi Arabia National Guard has graduated at New Zealand based Airways' academy, marking the completion of a successful two-year investment by Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education
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Qatar Airways chief executive officer, Akbar Al Baker, met with the Mayor of Chengdu, Ge Honglin, recently, building upon the strong ties that already exist between the airline and China.
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flydubai has announced that its operations to Delhi, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram will commence next month.
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Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said Europe's growth is being “impeded” because its airports are not open 24 hours a day, reports Buying Business Travel.
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Qatar Airways has announced that from this summer the airline's second A380 aircraft will commence operations on the Doha to Paris Charles De Gaulle route from Doha's new hub, Hamad International Airport.
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Etihad Airways has officially opened its new First and Business Class Lounge at Sydney's Kingsford Smith International Airport – the airline's first in Australia and the newest addition to its collection of premium lounges worldwide.
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Abu Dhabi International Airport today announced the opening of a transfer passenger screening facility at Terminal 3 as part of its continued Capacity Enhancement Programme (CEP).
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Oman Air is to move its Qatar operation from Doha International Airport to the newly opened Doha Hamad International Airport, from 22nd May 2014.
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Safi Airways, will start operations from Kabul to Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the 9th of June 2014.
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Etihad Airways has opened a unique new art exhibition showcasing lithographs from The Marina Picasso Legacy Collection in its premium lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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Barring any last-minute problems, at 09:00 this morning Doha time, Qatar Airways should move and commence its flight operations from Hamad International Airport, (HIA)
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Emirates operated a one-off A380 service last night to Vienna to mark its 10-year anniversary and continued commitment to Austria.
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Dubai International maintained its strong growth trend in April 2014, with more than 6.1 million passengers passing through the airport.
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Qatar Airways today commenced services between Edinburgh and Doha, with the inaugural flight landing at Edinburgh International Airport at 13:15 today to be welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute and the classic sound of Scottish bagpipes.
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Etihad Airways and codeshare partner Aegean Airlines, are celebrating five years of Etihad Airways' non-stop services between Athens and Abu Dhabi, and the start of Aegean's new direct flights to the UAE capital.
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Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that its training facility Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) signed an MoU with Emirates Group Security - Centre of Aviation and Security Studies (CASS) to provide a number of joint Aviation Security training programmes.
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Royal Jordanian has said that all its flights operating between Jordan and Iraq are running as scheduled, except to those operated to Mosul which were temporarily suspended since last Tuesday due to the prevalent security situation there.
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Emirates Airlines, a FIFA Worldwide Partner, has unveiled the first Boeing 777-300ER to feature the distinguishable signature of Emirates' Global Ambassador and three times World Cup winner, Pelé.
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