Airports & Networks

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.

Jordan is mounting pressure onto Israel to reign in its plans for the new Ramon Airport at Timna just north of Eilat.

The UAE Ministry of Environment and Water will commence an educational awareness campaign titled 'Illegal Trading of Ivory' from August 2 to 13, 2015 at the Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Emirates is pursuing an aggressive fleet renewal programme that ensures it operates one of the world's most modern and efficient fleet of aircraft, with an average age of less than 75 months.

Abu Dhabi Airports has reported a 17.2% increase in passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport during the first half of 2015 (1st January to 30th June), as compared to the same period for last year.

Berlin-based airline Germania has introduced new premium economy class flights to and from Tehran and Mashhad, in Iran.

Emirates has announced its plans to launch services to Panama City, beginning 1st February, 2016. The new service will be the longest non-stop flight in the world (17 hours 35 minutes in the Westbound direction) and will be Emirates' first gateway destination in Central America.

Emirates has added a sixth daily A380 service to Australia and second daily service to Singapore with the up-gauge of its current service between Dubai and Melbourne via Singapore.

Aerovista is now providing its A320-200 on an ACMI basis to Iraqi Airways.

James Hogan, Etihad Airways' president and chief executive officer, have met the Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, to reaffirm the Abu Dhabi-based airline's commitment to the Indian state and its capital Mumbai.

Abu Dhabi Airports has said that it has achieved record commercial sales in the first six months of 2015, reaching AED 707.6 million, an impressive rise of 10.9% compared to the first six months of 2014.

Travelport has confirmed a number of new business wins with renowned travel agencies based in Abu Dhabi.

Emirates will operate with four weekly flights to Baghdad, served by an A330-200 aircraft in a three class configuration from September 17.

Emirates has announced four new weekly flights between Dubai and Phuket to commence on December 1, 2015.

Turkish company TAV Airports is bidding for management of five airports in the Philippines through public-private projects.

Oman Air has confirmed its commitment to further increasing customer choice by operating a range of codeshare partnerships.

Gulf Air will increase its flights between Bahrain and Cairo from 12 to 14 weekly flights (double daily) from 24th August to meet high passenger demand following successful negotiations between the Kingdom of Bahrain's Civil Aviation Authority and the Arab Republic of Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority, to increase air traffic rights between the two countries.

Dubai World Central, the 145 square kilometre master-planned city with Al Maktoum International at its core, has been rebranded 'Dubai South'.

Pegasus Airlines is to start services from Istanbul Baghdad, Iraq, three times a week from September 1.

Etihad Airways will implement a new fare structure from 14 September 2015 to provide more choice and clarity when booking flights.

Flydubai has launched flights to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, extending the airline's route network in the country to three destinations.

In a meeting held today at Gulf Air's Muharraq headquarters the airline's chief executive officer Mr Maher Salman Al Musallam welcomed Mr Kuljinder Bahia, managing director and founder of Southall Travel - one of the UK's largest travel agencies and long-haul flight specialists - to discuss their joint promotion of Bahrain.

July was a record breaking month for passenger figures at Abu Dhabi International Airport, as not only did the total number of passengers travelling through the airport hit the two million mark for the first time ever, but the figure for the departing passengers alone also reached a record, with over a million travellers leaving from Abu Dhabi International Airport.