Airports & Networks

Gulf Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (RAK International Airport), aiming to build connectivity between the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Etihad Airways will recommence passenger flights from Abu Dhabi to Doha on 15 February 2021, subject to the applicable government approvals.

Dnata, part of the Emirates Group. has opened a new, state-of-the art cargo complex, Dnata City North, at Manchester Airport (MAN).

Menzies Aviation has announced that the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) has awarded the exclusive contract for the delivery of a full suite of ground handling, cargo and fuelling services at Baghdad International Airport to Menzies’ joint venture with Iraqi Airways, trading as MASIL.

Flydubai will add Catania and Naples in Italy, Salzburg in Austria and Malta to its European network from May 2021.

The latest data analysis produced by YouGov for Reed Exhibitions, the organiser of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), has revealed that 46% of luxury travellers in the Middle East, are planning to travel internationally at some stage during 2021.

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and Saudia have signed MoU which includes joint marketing and promotional activity.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the opening of the new terminal at Bahrain International Airport.

Jazeera Airways has launched a new service to the Sri Lankan capital, offering direct flights between Kuwait and Colombo twice a week.

Saudi Ground Services (SGS), the national ground services company in Saudi Arabia, operating in 28 airports across the country, has chosen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to migrate its IT services locally.

Emirates will resume daily services to Newark via Athens from 1st June 2021.

Gulf Air has announced the addition of Singapore to its network with one weekly flight starting April 2021.

Istanbul Airport has been recognised with Level 1 ‘Mapping’ by Airports Council International (ACI) as part of Airport Carbon Accreditation.

Flydubai has launched flights to Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The airline will operate twice-weekly flights between Dubai International (DXB) and Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj (CLJ) starting from 20 March 2021.

Turkey’s TAV Airports has announced its full-year 2020 financial and operational results revealing it served 14.3 million domestic and 12.7 million international passengers in 2020, with a total of 70% decrease compared to the previous year, due to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has launched its latest routes from Abu Dhabi to Almaty and Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, starting in the middle of May 2021.

Nigeria has halted Emirates flights to and from Dubai following the airline's decision to increase Covid-19 testing on passengers from the West African state.

Etihad Airways is encouraging residents to enjoy quarantine free travel on arrival into Seychelles and Maldives with the launch of its latest sale.

From today, customers flying through Dubai International (DXB) now have free access to Magzter’s collection of more than 7,000 leading magazines, newspapers, journals and comics, making DXB the world’s first ‘smart reading airport.’

Qatar Airways is resuming its service to Mykonos, Greece for the summer season as the islands welcome visitors once again. The airline is planning to operate three flights a week using a modern A320 aircraft featuring 12 seats in Business Class and 120 seats in Economy Class.

Smiths Detection will supply a full suite of passenger baggage screening equipment for Kuwait’s new International Airport Terminal 2, which is currently under construction.

Muscat International Airport has received IATA’s CEIV Pharma and CEIV Fresh cargo accreditations as a community facilitator.

Gulf Air will resume its direct operations to Istanbul Airport in Turkey with 2 weekly flights starting from 11 May 2021.

SITA has announced the results of its biometric-enabled Proof of Concept (PoC) designed to support a low-touch passenger experience and optimise passenger processing at Istanbul Airport (IGA).

Flydubai has added two seasonal summer routes for passengers from Dubai and across the region.