Qatar Airways, crowned Airline of the Year at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2015, won two awards at the recent Australian Business Traveller Awards. The Doha-based carrier's superjumbo A380 Lounge was named “Best Inflight Lounge” and the airline also picked up the “Best Economy Class” accolade for its A350 Economy Class cabin.
Emirates has added a sixth daily A380 service to Australia and second daily service to Singapore with the up-gauge of its current service between Dubai and Melbourne via Singapore.
Emirates has announced its plans to launch services to Panama City, beginning 1st February, 2016. The new service will be the longest non-stop flight in the world (17 hours 35 minutes in the Westbound direction) and will be Emirates' first gateway destination in Central America.
Australian filmgoers can look forward to tales of street racing women, disastrous road trips, and a father's quest for acceptance of his special needs son at the 12th annual Arab Film Festival Australia, which is sponsored by Etihad Airways.
NAS Execujet, ExecuJet Aviation Group's Middle East joint venture with Saudi Arabia's NasJet has confirmed its participation at the Kingdom Business aviation Conference that will be organised by the governorate of Hail at the Meghwat conference centre in Hail on October 28-29, 2015.
Pegasus Airlines has announced its financial results for the first six months of 2015 with revenue growing by 9 per cent year-on-year to reach $500.34 million while simultaneously achieving an operational EBITDAR (profit before tax, interest, amortization and rent costs) of $43.8 million.
Etihad Airways is offering pilots seconded from partner airlines the opportunity to transfer to permanent contracts as part of its strategy to maintain pilot numbers to meet the carrier's ambitious growth plans.
The Middle East headquarters of trip support specialist UAS International and Hult International Business School in Dubai are teaming up for the Master of International Business (MIB) 2015 Dubai Action Project.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways' president and chief executive officer, have met the Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, to reaffirm the Abu Dhabi-based airline's commitment to the Indian state and its capital Mumbai.
Germany-based general aviation and air ambulance specialist operator FAI (Flight Ambulance) is continuing to strengthen its medical evacuation capabilities as it undertakes the first ever conversion of a civilian Global Express aircraft into a medevac configuration.
Abu Dhabi Airports has said that it has achieved record commercial sales in the first six months of 2015, reaching AED 707.6 million, an impressive rise of 10.9% compared to the first six months of 2014.
The strategic investment of Etihad Airways into Jet Airways is delivering strong results for both airlines across areas including network growth, revenue enhancement and operational and cost improvements, senior executives from the airlines said.
Emirates Airline's London-based attraction, the Emirates Aviation Experience which provides an insight into the operations and modern achievements of commercial air travel, has recently reopened its doors to visitors following a significant upgrade of its exhibition and flight simulator features.
