The Emirates Group has announced its half-year results for its 2020-21 financial year. Group revenue was AED 13.7 billion (US$ 3.7 billion) for the first six months of 2020-21, down 74% from AED 53.3 billion (US$ 14.5 billion) during the same period last year.
Dnata and iFLEAT, an airline technology provider, and Thuisbezorgd.nl (part of Just Eat Takeaway.com) have joined forces and successfully launched a revolutionary pre-order inflight retail initiative in The Netherlands.
Emirates Group Security and the Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA), a governmental agency regulating the Security Industry in the Emirate of Dubai have signed a MoU to work closely on joint security training and education, information sharing and exchange of best practices across different aspects of security.
The Organisers of Saudi International Airshow have renewed a partnership with Riyadh Exhibitions Company (REC), as the exclusive event partner in the Kingdom.
Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Birmingham from 1st September, operating four weekly Boeing 777-200LR flights between Dubai and Birmingham Airport.
The Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Crisis & Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) have launched the second phase of the UAE Resident Return Programme with immediate effect.
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines’ will commence international flights from 13 June 2020 with flights to Germany, followed by the gradual resumption of flights between Turkey and several European destinations from 15 June 2020.
Following the news that Bombardier is planning to cut 600 jobs at its Belfast facility manufacturing A220 wings. Nicolas Jouan, Aerospace and Defence Analyst at GlobalData offers his view on Bombardier’s decision.
Like all Libyan carriers, Afriqiyah Airways is in a seemingly endless fight for survival. But chairman, Mustafa Maatug, tells Martin Rivers he’s full of hope for the future.
Virgin Atlantic has announced it will fly to 24 destinations in 2021 after Richard Branson sold $400m of shares in Virgin Galactic to save the airline.
Effective 15 May, Etihad Airways will operate a regular scheduled service from Melbourne to London Heathrow via Abu Dhabi, and from 21 May will also introduce services from London Heathrow to Melbourne via Abu Dhabi.
Embraer has delivered a total of 14 jets in the first quarter of 2020, of which five were commercial aircraft and nine were executive jets (five light and four large).
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), which represents the interests of business aviation worldwide, recently added two new supporting members, MedAire and the DuPont flight operation, to its new Industry Partner and Operator Affiliate membership types.
