Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways will add four additional weekly flights to Sohar, its newest destination in the Sultanate of Oman, from 1 October.

Gulf Air will introduce a permanent increase to its Istanbul service with daily flights on the route effective early November 2017.

Rubb Buildings has linked up with Saudi Arabian company, Haji Abdullah Alireza to work on a number of significant aircraft hangar projects together. The two companies consolidated their relationship at DSEI, the London defence show, last week.

Istanbul Ataturk airport has reopened to traffic today after a private jet crashed on the runway, reports Reuters.

Automation and biometrics will dominate Arabia's aviation infrastructure development over the next 50 years, according to a new future-gazing survey by design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins Middle East.

Abu Dhabi Airports has announced that it has achieved 65% increase in earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization (EBIDA)/ operating profit during the January-August period this year compared to the same period in 2016.

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) recently signed an MoU with the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai to allow DAFZA's hosted companies to obtain dual licenses to operate across Dubai.

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) and International Center of Islamic Economy are preparing to launch the first edition of the annual Transformation Forum on November 22, 2017 at the Le Méridien Dubai Hotel and Conference Centre.

Dubai International (DXB) has registered yet another month of record passenger traffic with 8.2 million passengers welcomed in August, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports.

Emirates will introduce three additional flights per week to the Swedish capital, from 8th December 2017.

Flydubai has announced the start of flights to Montenegro's capital Podgorica, which will begin on 01 November.

Royal Jordanian will temporarily suspend its flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq, starting with 6 pm (Amman local time) on Friday, September 29, 2017.

Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), the operator and managing body of Bahrain International Airport (BIA), and the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, has awarded the airport's advertising contract to JCDecaux, the largest outdoor advertising company in the world.

Emirates has launched a US$15 million campaign to inspire travel and promote the airline's extensive network of global destinations including its home and hub, Dubai.

Sharjah International Airport achieved a 3.29% growth in passenger traffic during the first nine months of 2017.

Etihad Airways is trialling a new hand baggage only 'Deal Fare' on two key routes this winter season, for bookings between 18 October to 18 December, allowing travellers to purchase lower fares in Economy Class if no checked baggage is required.

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has revealed the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) Economic Cities Authority (ECA) that is aimed towards developing proposals and suggestions that can help drive in more potential foreign investments to the Gulf region.

Qatar Airways will launch direct flights to Penang on 6 February 2018.

EgyptAir received its eighth B737-800 on Saturday, as part of a deal for nine Boeing aircraft that the airline has purchased to join its fleet.

Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has welcomed a visiting an official trade delegation from the Republic of South Korea led by His Excellency Hyun-Soo Kim, Consul General of South Korea.

Passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) reached 7.2 million in September, according to a traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports.

Flydubai will start its new daily flights to Sheremetyevo International Airport from 29 November.

Work is underway to complete the installation of Esavian Type 126 sliding hangar doors on the new DC Aviation hangar at Al Maktoum Airport, Dubai World Central, Dubai.

Qatar Airways has responded to increased customer demand for services to Thailand by launching direct flights to Pattaya, the airline's fifth route to the country.

In October 2007, Emirates became the first airline to link Brazil and the Gulf region with non-stop flights between Sao Paulo and Dubai.