The Aviation Africa 2015 two-day summit and exhibition has opened in Dubai. The event is being attended by and held under patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chairman of Dubai Airports, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
The new passenger operation will launch in December 2015 and will grow to a five destination network by the middle of January 2016. All the flights will be operated using a 184-seat Boeing 757-200 and National has partnered with Tourico Holidays to package flights with hotels, rental cars, cruises, activities, vacation homes and more alongside its seat-only offering.
Emirates has announced the launch of a daily A380 service to Copenhagen. As of December 1, 2015, the Danish capital will be the first in Scandinavia to boast a scheduled A380 service.
As the Future Borders conference is set to open in Dubai tomorrow, technology firm Rockwell Collins has unveiled a new suite of highly configurable airport identity management solutions to be at the disposal of airports
Saudi Arabia's US$11.6 billion worth of tourism projects currently underway in the country will underscore the strength of the industry as the country looks to build on domestic and religious tourism totaling an estimated US$ 45.3 billion at this year's Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015.
From 29 March, flydubai will increase its service from five flights a week to daily to the capital of South Sudan, Juba and three flights a week instead of two to Bujumbura, Burundi.
Indonesian-Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) Malindo Air has been granted an operators license for flights from its base in Malaysia to Western Australia.
European low-cost carriers (LCC) Norwegian and Ryanair are closing in on a cooperative agreement that would see the Irish carrier feeding passengers into Norwegian’s long-haul services. Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos told Bloomberg News that negotiations with Ryanair were proceeding and there could be an agreement “shortly.”
Freight volumes and passenger traffic at Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) reached record levels in 2014 according to the year-end traffic report released today by operator Dubai Airports.
The reciprocal bans have the potential to hit both nations' already struggling economies, reroute flights across a large part of Europe and lead to further economic disentanglement between the neighbouring states. Latest data from the World Bank's shows Ukraine's real GDP was expected to fall by over 7 per cent, making Russia and Ukraine the world's two worst-growing economies.
In recent years China has overtaken both USA and Germany to become the largest outbound market in the world with Chinese travellers now the top source of tourism cash with an annual spend estimated at $165 billion last year.
Denver International Airport (DEN) has formed a regional working group to address “potential hazards” posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). FAA is part of the group.
From snorkeling with sharks to the world’s tallest bungee swing, there’s plenty to see and do in Durban. We’d like to share with you just a handful of experiences of what the Routes team got up to after the hard work of World Routes was over.
The news that Norwegian has selected the Irish regional airport to launch new transatlantic links to Boston and New York in 2016 and 2017, respectively, was unexpected and showed how the airport is working with local partners and the world’s airlines to develop enhanced global connectivity.
The new route will complement the carrier’s existing US network of Newark Liberty, New York JFK and Chicago O’Hare and will be its longest non-stop service at a distance of around 7,670 miles and a 16 hour flight time. It will be served by a Boeing 777-200LR and will operate on a three times weekly basis from December 2, 2015.
The UBM EMEA Routes team were pleased to be to able to team up with a couple of local Durban charities supported by this year’s World Routes hosts in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and to present them with a range of goods donated by the team and event exhibitors as well new products bought using money raised through fundraising activities.
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines are jockeying for a slot at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) being surrendered by Sun Country Airlines.
WATCH exclusive content from this year's World Routes Strategy Summit. Here we highlight a discussion on Open Skies in Africa and how work is progressing towards opening Africa's skies for Africa's airlines from the 'State of the Industry' panel session.
WATCH exclusive content from this year's World Routes Strategy Summit. Here we highlight a discussion on how the fall in fuel costs have not translated to savings for Africa's airlines from the 'State of the Industry' panel session.
