Airports & Networks

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the UAE, is to start operations on January 15th with its inaugural flight to Athens.

Qatar Airways will begin incrementally increasing flights to Montréal from 16 January 2021 and operate daily frequencies by 25 February 2021, up from the previously scheduled four weekly frequencies.

Qatar Airways is to bring forward the launch of its four weekly flights to Seattle from 15 March to 29 January 2021.

Flydubai has commenced services to Tirana, Albania.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has marked ten years of operations to the People’s Republic of China.

Wego, an online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), entered partnership with ‘Visit Maldives’ to drive more Middle East travel to the Maldives.

Emirates is showcasing the UAE’s progress in its vaccination programme with a special flight that will carry only fully vaccinated crew and passengers onboard.

Turkey’s TAV Airports has opened the new terminal at Batumi Airport in Albania.

Jordan Aviation has filed a formal request with the US Department of Transportation to begin flights to the USA in competition to the country’s national carrier Royal Jordanian (RJ).

Turkish Airlines is launching a 40 percent discount campaign for international flights.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has added Tel Aviv to its network, launching on February 12.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi took to the skies in the UAE on Saturday. The eco-friendly aircraft, Airbus A321neo, departed from Abu Dhabi International Airport at 12.30pm local time bound for Athens, Greece.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.