Emirates

The carrier has halted flights to the West African country amid a dispute between the civil aviation authorities of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.

The carrier said nearly 90% of its pre-pandemic flying has been restored.

With British Airways resuming long-haul Airbus A380 service and Qatar Airways ‘reluctantly’ preparing to welcome back the aircraft, Routes looks at the latest operations of the superjumbo.

Emirates SkyCargo plans to induct two Boeing 777Fs into its fleet in 2022 and have Israel Aerospace Industries convert four of the airline’s passenger 777-300ERs into freighters between 2023 and 2024.

The route is made possible by the 2020 Abraham Accords which facilitated visa-free travel between the countries.

Flights between Abu Dhabi and Moscow Vnukovo will start in December.

Airbus overall lost multiple billions on a program that it once hoped would help it take over the lead from Boeing in commercial aviation. While that success was achieved anyway, the A380 only made it much harder.

Emirates is in negotiations with both Boeing and Airbus about potential shifts in deliveries for its 777X, 787-9 and A350 fleets, and is criticizing Boeing for its lack of transparency vis-à-vis customers on its proposed schedule.

The airlines, which have existing approvals from regulators to operate a joint business until March 2023, will seek re-authorization to continue the core elements of the partnership until 2028.

Australia’s flag-carrier plans to extend its joint business with Emirates for a further five years and has brought forward the resumption of two long-haul routes.

Routes looks at the current operations for Emirates, the World Routes 2021 attendee which this week announced frequency increases to several destinations in the US.

To support its planned ramp-up operations, Emirates Airline has begun a worldwide campaign to recruit 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services

The world’s largest A380 operator has been using the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the route.

The service increases to Russia and Saudi Arabia follow additions made to the airline’s South Africa network.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

LOT Polish Airlines’ planned entry to the market comes four days before flydubai intends to begin service on the route.

The UAE carrier is set to be operating 77 weekly flights to the UK by Oct. 31.

CemAir is the fourth South African carrier Emirates has struck either an interline or codeshare pact with.

The partnership covers eight destinations served by Azul in Brazil.

Routes hears about SVO's recovery that made it Europe's largest airport by passenger numbers in June.

The new deal builds on an interline partnership the airlines entered into last October.

Frequencies are being increased due to rising passenger demand, the airline says.

Emirates is returning to the Scottish city after Dubai moved to the UK’s ‘amber’ list.

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

The agreement with Aeromar covers 10 destinations in Mexico and two in the US.