Airports & Networks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed outrage at the attack on Atatürk Airport Istanbul, Turkey.

Abu Dhabi Airports has announced that passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport has increased by 5.6% for May when compared to the previous year.

On July 19 2016 Emirates will fly one of its flag-ship A380 aircraft into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Emirates is to increase capacity on the Dubai-Milan route with the deployment of a second daily A380 on October 1.

Qatar Airways has added and additional flight to between Doha and Muscat.

Jazeera Airways has said the Kuwait government has given it the go-ahead to build a dedicated terminal at Kuwait International Airport worth KWD14 million (USD46.3 million), reports ch-aviation.

Emirates will be upgrading one of its four daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg to an Airbus A380-800 from 1st February 2017.

Etihad Airways has today officially opened its new First and Business Class Lounge within the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Etihad Airways has announced plans to increase Airbus A380 service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Abu Dhabi International Airport in response to heightened demand from guests traveling between the two destinations.

Travelport and Roibek Travel have announced a new long-term agreement that will see Roibek exclusively use Travelport's industry leading technology across their 55 branches in Saudi Arabia.

TAV Airports Holding has announced its 2016 first half EBITDA of EUR 195 million and its 2016 first half revenue of EUR 503 million.

Emirates aircraft have travelled over 432 million kilometres since January 2016, the equivalent of traversing the globe more than 10,700 times.

Etihad Airways will expand its services to Italy with a daily flight to Venice Marco Polo Airport.

Emirates will operate an A380 services between Dubai and Guangzhou from October 1, 2016, the 67th National Day of People's Republic of China.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda has said Entebbe International Airport will soon receive five new passenger international airlines, including Air Arabia and Air Maroc.

Emirates is set to upgrade its service between Dubai and Khartoum with the deployment of a larger Boeing 777-300ER on the route from September 1, 2016.

Passenger traffic at Dubai's second airport, Dubai World Central (DWC) continued the upward trend in the first half of the year surging more than 95 per cent, according to the traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.

British Airways is offering students and teachers travelling overseas for the new school term up to 10 per cent discount on advertised fares, including the UAE, one additional piece of checked baggage and flexibility on date changes to ticket bookings.

Abu Dhabi Airports has installed a new Automated Tray Return System (ATRS) to speed up the process of hand luggage screening at Terminal 3 in Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH).

Abu Dhabi Airports has released July 2016 passenger figures, which marked an increase by 7.9% at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) compared to the same month last year.

Oman Air has launched a new free bus service between Al Ain and airports in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

KLM will resume Tehran flights from 30 October following a three-year suspension of service. It will operate from Schipol (Amsterdam) four times weekly using Boeing 777-200s

Emirates has revealed the on-going demand for its Manchester to Dubai route, reporting a 9.5% annual growth on 2015. 610,000 passengers have flown between the two cities this year, and Emirates is all set to hit the record milestone of 1,000,000 during the 2016 financial year (1st April 2016 – 31st March 2017).

Etihad Airways will add three weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and Sydney to operate a double-daily schedule from 6 February 2017.

Sydney has become Qatar Airways' first destination in Australia to be served by the super-jumbo A380 aircraft.