Pegasus has earned a place in the top 10 Global Airline Rankings for Ancillary Revenue as a Percentage of Total Revenue with its ancillary revenue for 2016 comprising 22% of total revenue, up from 10.1% five years ago.
Emirates Aviation University will be hosting two Open Days to provide prospective students and their parents insight into the wide variety of courses on offer at the university, along with the opportunity to speak to academic staff from each subject area.
Oman Air has announced the second winner of its popular incentive scheme for travel agents in Oman. Mouza Al Kindi of Bahwan Travel Agency was rewarded with a brand new Mini Cooper in recognition of her excellent sales in the second quarter of 2017.
Oman Air in collaboration with Oman's Scientific Research Council has sponsored the participation of six talented Omani students in the London International Forum of Young Scientists 2017.
An Emirates A380 aircraft landed at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Katunayake today, helping Sri Lanka and the airport achieve an aviation milestone.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has been dealt another financial blow with the collapse of German carrier Air Berlin which is 29% owned by the Gulf carrier. The German carrier has filed for insolvency but blames Etihad which, it said, had withdrawn financial support.
An analysis of seat capacity for travel to the top ten international airports in Africa, produced by ForwardKeys has been released which also shows Tunisia and Egypt are recovering from visitor slumps after suffering terrorist attacks.
The Abu Dhabi Aviation Group (ADA), the UAE-capital based aviation concern which owns the Middle East's largest commercial helicopter operation as well cargo airline Maximus Cargo and holds equity in the VIP luxury charter operator Royal Jet (50%), has now taken full control of its former consulting joint venture ADA Millennium.
Emirates will be operating extra flights to Jeddah to help facilitate travel for thousands of pilgrims this year heading to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj.
A Qatar Airways captain helped International Youth Day take off at Doha's KidzMondo – located in the Mall of Qatar – with the aid of two would-be pilots.
Gulf Air and Aegean Airlines, Greece's largest carrier, have entered into a codeshare partnership widening their respective networks across Europe and the Middle East.
Qatar Airways will launch flights to beautiful Chiang Mai, its fourth destination in Thailand, as it expands to meet increased demand for Thai destinations from holiday-makers. The new route comes in addition to existing services to the Thai capital Bangkok, and to the top holiday destinations of Phuket and Krabi.
Royal Jordanian (RJ) has launched a new sales promotion campaign in Jordan on its destinations in Saudi Arabia; Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina and Dammam, in addition to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
The UAE Space Agency has discussed means of joint cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment during a meeting between high-level Space Agency delegates and the Minister of Climate Change and Environment.
The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) recently issued a comprehensive halal industries guide as part of its initiatives to contribute to Dubai's vision of becoming the capital of the Islamic economy for 2017-2021.
Iran's Kish Air chief executive officer, Mohammad Taqi Jadidi, has said the carrier has signed an MoU with Boeing for the purchase of ten B737 MAX, reports ch-aviation.
Ethiopian Airlines Group has marked commencement of a thrice weekly service to Bahrain at a reception ceremony held at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
Qatar Airways' first non-stop flight from Doha landed yesterday at Václav Havel Airport Prague. Qatar Airways flight QR 291, operated by an Airbus A320, departed Hamad International Airport on Monday at 08:00 am and arrived at Václav Havel Airport Prague ahead of schedule at 12:50 pm.
