Emirates has picked up ‘Best Airline in the World’ and ‘Best First Class’ at the prestigious 2019 ULTRAs. Voted by the hundreds of thousands of readers of The Telegraph’s luxury travel magazines Ultratravel UK and Ultratravel Middle East, the awards are the industry hallmark of the world’s best luxury travel experiences.
Saudi Arabia’s low cost carrier and the Kingdom’s third-largest airline, with its fleet of 14 aircraft, Flyadeal, has travelled more than 24 million kilometres in 2019 – the equivalent of circumnavigating the globe approximately 599 times.
Transguard, one of the UAE's security and logistics firm and, a division of the Emirates Group, has signed an agreement with TRIGEM DMCC, an independent diamond service company, to provide exactly that – secure transport services.
Turkey's Pegasus airline has added two new direct routes to Ankara and Antalya from London Stansted for UK passengers, as well as a 43rd country to its network with the launch of flights to Helsinki from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has announced that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the corporate family rating of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) to Baa3 from Ba1, and the senior unsecured rating of subsidiary DAE Funding LLC to Baa3 from Ba2.
Following the success of last year’s CAPA Qatar Aviation, Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit, the first summit of its kind held in the Middle East, Qatar Airways looks forward to welcoming industry leaders, national regulatory authorities, international and regional aviation organisations, and air transport executives from around the world to Doha next month for the second edition.
The Emirates Group chairman and chief executive, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, today met with Nadim Hakim, Beirut Basketball Club President at the Group's headquarters.
Etihad Airways has announced a partnership with Norwegian technology developer Braathens IT, to develop TravelPass, an innovative travel solution initially aimed at corporate and frequent travellers which will launch later this year.
A global provider of governance, risk and compliance software, UK company Ideagen, has signed a long-term contract with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Kuwait.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and British Airways (BA) have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir.
Trenchard Aviation Group's MRO facility in Dubai, Aero Technics FZCO, has been confirmed as an approved Repair Station by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The suspended Turkish carrier, Atlas Global which served Tehran, London and Baghdad from its Istanbul base is now filing for bankruptcy. It ceased operations in November citing financial issues, before resuming briefly in January.
EgyptAir has taken delivery of its first of 15 A320neo Family aircraft, on lease from AerCap, becoming the first airline in Africa and Middle East to operate both the A320neo and A220, the most modern and fuel-efficient single-aisle aircraft types.
Etihad Airways has hosted an event for frequent flyers and key trade, government and media partners as part of its ongoing activities to celebrate 15-years of flying to India.
Virgin Galactic has successfully completed another vital step on its path to commercial service, relocating SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, to its commercial headquarters at Spaceport America’s Gateway to Space building in New Mexico.
Trenchard Aviation Group, a partner in aircraft cabin component design, manufacture, repair and on-wing maintenance, has said that its MRO facility in Dubai, Aero Technics FZCO, has been confirmed as an approved Repair Station by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Etihad Airways is to operate a daily scheduled flight between the emirate of Abu Dhabi’s second largest city, Al Ain, and Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the last ten days of Ramadan.
