The dramatic collapse in the price of oil is helping to boost the bottom line of airlines but, ominously, the old adage says that what goes down will, inevitably, go up again. Routes News investigates.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has hired Leonard Chuah to support its growth agenda by expanding client coverage activities and origination in the Asia Pacific region.
The United Arab Emirates, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) in Antigua and Barbuda.
Nile Air's chief executive officer Ahmed Aly said the Egyptian airline is looking to go public on the Egyptian Stock Exchange at some point in 2017, reports ch-aviation.
Passenger traffic at Dubai International has exceeded all previous records in July surging to an historic high of 7.6 million, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.
TAV Operation Services, a subsidiary of TAV Airports, won the tender for the operating rights of the private passenger lounge at the New Terminal Building of Muscat. The number of passenger lounges operated by the company in eight countries increased to 40.
Etihad Airways Medical Centre has welcomed more than 120 medical professionals as well as international medical experts to the annual Aviation Health Conference, under the theme “Ophthalmology and Colour Vision in Aviation,” taking place from September 3 – 4 in Abu Dhabi.
Flydubai has announced its half-year results for 2016 and has reported total revenue of AED 2,302 million (USD 627 million) an increase of 5.4% compared to the first six months of last year and a loss of AED 89.9 million (USD 24.5 million) 39% lower than the same period last year.
A Gulf Air flight carrying 219 people to Bahrain from Manila suffered an engine fire on take-off this morning but landed safely in the Philippine capital after turning back
Investigators from the UAE have recovered the black box from flight EK521 that was caught fire upon landing at Dubai International on Wednesday August 3.
Textron has launched its Peace of Mind programme, which is designed to create a simpler transition to new Cessna Caravan and Beechcraft King Air turboprops.
After a decades-long embargo that blocked Iran from forging ties with the rest of the world, the country is now planning a host of new connections, with local carriers also gearing up for new growth, Routes News discovered.
Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR), HMSHost International, Lagardère Capital, and SSP, four world-class food and beverage (F&B) retailers, have been awarded the concessionaire contracts for Abu Dhabi Airports' Midfield Terminal Building (MTB).
LCI, the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, continues to increase its fleet of dedicated maindeck freighter aircraft. Two additional Boeing 747-400F aircraft are now flying for Qatar Airways and Saudia, Saudi Arabian Airlines, and are being operated by ACT Airlines, known as myCARGO Airlines, the Turkish wet-lease operator.
A specialist team from Etihad Airways has today visited the nine passengers, hospitalised after Etihad Airways flight EY474 encountered severe and unexpected clear air turbulence, to provide ongoing care, support and assistance.
The Kuwait Ministry of Defence and Finmeccanica, which leads commercial activities in Kuwait on behalf of the Eurofighter consortium, today signed a contract for the supply of 28 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, to be produced in Italy.
ACI's preliminary passenger traffic results have shown the most-travelled airports, with Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson with over 100 million passengers in 2015.
Air Arabia Jordan has announced the launch of a new route from Amman to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia with effect from April 14. Flights will be operational three times weekly. This will be Air Arabia Jordan's first expansion in 2016 and Riyadh will be the third Saudi Arabian city to be serviced by the carrier after Dammam and Jeddah.
