Dubai International

Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.

The long-planned move to DWC has been delayed several times. Now Dubai’s aviation stakeholders are pursuing it with renewed urgency.

The carrier has cautioned that failure to repatriate funds from Malawi will lead to the suspension of operations to the southeast African nation.

The LCC is adding flights to St Petersburg as the UAE continues its neutral stance regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The airline will launch a third nonstop route to San Francisco in December and has scheduled the launch of a new service to New York JFK.

The airline will begin scheduled international passenger flights from Colombo.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in August, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

The oneworld alliance member plans to suspend some routes to destinations not involved in the tournament.

The high-tech city is in the process of being built by Saudi Arabia.

The carrier uses a Boeing 777-300ER to provide the service.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The Czech Republic airline will use a Boeing 737 MAX on the route.

The airline’s long-haul strategy has historically centered on Asia, but with a slow recovery on the horizon, the Nordic carrier is temporarily shifting its long-haul network focus to North America.

Air Arabia is launching a new route to Uganda at the same time as Uganda Airlines is entering the United Arab Emirates market.

The network addition coincides with the Expo 2020 Dubai event, taking place from October until March 2022.

The airline will fly to 12 US destinations by late July—the same number as before the pandemic—with capacity to and from the country around 60% of 2019 levels.

The carrier has scheduled two Airbus A380 flights to Honolulu in August.

Belarus’ national carrier has suspended service to more than half the destinations in its network.

A fifth freedom route from Milan to New York, as well as flights between Dubai and Orlando, are set to restart in June.

Frequency increases are planned on routes to Male, Sarajevo and Erbil.

British Airways has filed tentative plans to increase its long-haul flying in July.

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