The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in July showing air cargo demand is stable but at lower levels than 2019.
Comlux, a business aviation and completion company, has successfully performed the installation and certification tests of the ACATM (Aviation Clean Air) ionisation system on an Airbus ACJ320neo.
Emirates customers can now travel on codeshare flights to over 30 destinations on Flydubai, while Flydubai customers have over 70 destinations they can travel to on Emirates.
EgyptAir and Air Cairo have initialised their first step of cooperation through signing a codeshare agreement extending both airlines’ networks to further destinations domestically and beyond Cairo Airport.
Currently grounded, First Officer Tom Peaford, asks is it ok to not be ok? Why airlines must do more, now more than ever, to support the well-being of their pilots.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has reviewed the final preparations of the Hope Probe, scheduled to launch to Mars on July 15.
Domestic flights in Turkey resumed today. The first connections provided direct flights from Istanbul Airport to Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, and Trabzon. According to the government services to other provinces will resume gradually over the coming months.
Etihad flight crews are fearfully checking their emails. The airline has advised that if they don’t hear from the airline then they still have a job – meanwhile hundreds of staff are receiving the mails that summons them to a one-on-on meeting to tell them their jobs have gone.
Accident investigators into the crash of a Diamond DA62 conduction calibration services at Dubai International Airport last year remain puzzled by the actions of the captain of the light aircraft as it repeatedly breached minimum separation distances from commercial traffic before the fatal wake-turbulence accident in May last year.
During the opening session of Arabian Travel Market’s inaugural virtual event, ATM Virtual, aviation industry Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline, outlined the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry, as well as the measures implemented by the company in response to the pandemic.
Etihad Airways has launched ‘Etihad Wellness’, an expanded and more comprehensive health and hygiene programme and customer guide put in place to deal with COVID-19.
Qatar Airways has entered a two-year partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to deliver on its purpose of providing humanitarian relief and assistance to the displaced globally.
Gulf Air has resumed direct flight from Islamabad International Airport to its hub Bahrain International Airport with flights from other cities in Pakistan being added in the coming days. In compliance with the Civil Aviation Authority in Pakistan, flights will only operate with passengers out of Pakistan.
Zero waste is a philosophy that’s encouraging people to recycle and re-use. Airlines in the Middle East have taken initiatives to slash waste and the use of plastic on board aircraft. Anuradha Deenapanray and Vincent Chappard report.
A Qatar Airways A350 parked a remote stand at Doha International Airport was damaged by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner as high winds swept through the Gulf yesterday.
Qatar’s Hamad International Airport has unveiled plans for its Phase II expansion programme, designed to boost the airport’s capacity to more than 50 million passengers annually. Alan Dron reports.
OneWeb, a communications company, announced today that the company and certain of its controlled affiliates have voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has released a GIF image of the decrease in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration in the GCC countries, between 26 November 2019 until 27 March 2020.
Air France KLM group was the winner of the Sustainability award for 2018 at the third annual Dubai Airports Excellence Awards held at Soho Beach Meydan, on 22 April 2019.
Etihad Cargo has selected ECS Group, a general sales and support services group, to deliver a significant scope of its new regional sales operating model across multiple-territories.
UPS, in collaboration with UNHCR, has delivered close to 100 tons of relief items to bring critical supplies to victims of the recent flooding in Somalia which has affected half a million people and uprooted 400,000 from homes.
Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced changes to its Strategic Leadership Team and corporate structure. The changes will enable IATA to better serve its customers and stakeholders as the association implements a strategy focusing on its core competencies of standard-setting and adoption, advocacy, and services and products.
