Air Arabia Jordan has announced details of the fifth city to join its international route network. Starting June 10, 2015, the airline will fly twice weekly from Amman to Medina in Saudi Arabia.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Etihad Airways has announced its plans to increase flights between Abu Dhabi and Tehran from three-times-weekly to daily.
Tottori Airport in Japan has recently reopened as “Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport”, following a ceremony to mark its renewal opening on March 1, 2015.
The heads of Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways have strongly defended their airlines against allegations of large government subsidies leveled at them by the three big US carriers.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines joined with a number of unions Wednesday to accuse the three major Gulf carriers of receiving government subsidies totaling more than $40 billion.
With five based aircraft, Berlin will become the airlines’ 73rd base, and will see the launch of sixteen new routes, bringing the total number of destinations to 22.
This study from Frontier Economics estimates that Emirates’ significant operations into Europe, including the catalytic impact of the 220 unique connections it offers, supported 85,100 jobs across the European Union in 2013/14, equivalent to €6.8 billion GDP. In addition, Emirates’ Airbus A380 deliveries for the same period supported 41,000 jobs, equivalent to €3.4 billion GDP.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has established a partnership with China Ready and Accredited (CRA) to help PATA members overcome potential 'profitless volume'.
Etihad Airways strengthened its presence in East Africa today with the launch of new services between Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Entebbe, in central Uganda.
The Middle East winners of the World Travel Awards will be revealed during a celebration at the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach on Tuesday, May 5th, with hundreds of industry leaders expected to be in attendance.
Ahead of this week's Arabian Travel Market (ATM), Dubai-based low cost carrier Flydubai published new research focusing on the latest travel trends, behaviours and preferences based on the analysis of over 4,000 independent opinions that are compiled every week from its passengers.
Finnair has yet to confirm its proposed operational plans for the aircraft but will use the aircraft on its busiest Asian routes from its Helsinki hub and will initially deploy the aircraft to Shanghai, before later deploying it to Bangkok and Beijing in 2015 and Hong Kong and Singapore from 2016.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger statistics for January 2015, which indicate a slower start this year compared to 2015.