Oman Air's shareholders have received positive financial results for 2014 at the airline's Annual General Meeting (AGM), held on Saturday March 28 at Oman Air's headquarters in Muscat.
Etihad Airways has welcomed the decision of Switzerland's Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) to approve the airline's 33.3 per cent investment in the Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline.
Emirates has invested more than US$ 6 million in the installation and service of its medical equipment on board, and thousands of hours in training each year, to ensure its crew is able to act effectively in the event of medical emergencies on board.
The Italian air force has now confirmed it will be the launch customer for the Mubadala subsidiary, Piaggio Aerospace's P.1HH HammerHead unmanned system.
A launch described as the vital key to faster broadband on aircraft took place yesterday as Inmarsat saw the successful launch of its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite (Inmarsat-5 F2) on board an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and that expression could not ring truer for mother and son, Sue Abdul and Karim Hollosi, who have both served as Emirates cabin crew, two decades apart.
Gulf Air has marked the successful insourcing and completion of a C1 Check on its Airbus 321, ahead of schedule. Carried out by the airline's engineers and technicians this achievement reinforces Gulf Air's technical capabilities – delivering Gulf Air's first insourced C1 Check in 25 years.
Turkish Cargo has increased the frequency of its scheduled flights to Budapest Airport to three times a week. The Turkish Airline subisiary, sees great opportunities in the Hungarian market, which is reflected in its latest frequency increase.
A former US deputy assistant secretary of state, John Byerly, has warned that US carriers are appealing directly to US President Barak Obama's cabinet to renegotiate or terminate 'Open Skies' agreements with the UAE and Qatar.
Aviation Africa, organised by Arabian Aerospace and African Aerospace magazines, is gathering senior, influential industry figures from both Africa and the Middle East for the Aviation African 2015 event taking place May 10-11 2015 in Dubai.
Saudia has become the first airline to develop and provide passengers with a dedicated mobile phone application for free inflight Wi-Fi. Passengers simply scan their ticket's bar code for free Wi-Fi access.
Parker Aerospace, has signed a long-term agreement with Emirates Airline to provide a comprehensive maintenance package for its fleet of Boeing 777 and Airbus A330/A340 aircraft and engines.
Senior executives from US majors American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have this past week met with two senior members of President Obama’s Cabinet and other senior administration officials to discuss a potential freeze on the number of flights that the Gulf carriers may operate into the USA, former US deputy assistant secretary of state, John Byerly, revealed during the Routes Americas Strategy Summit in Denver.
Cessna Aircraft Company is celebrating the roll out of the first production Citation Latitude at the company's Wichita, Kansas manufacturing facility, just three years since being announced to the market.
The airport has ended London Heathrow’s years of dominance as the world’s number one international hub, with its full year passenger numbers totalling 70,475,636 – a 6.1 percent rise from the previous year. A record 68.1 million international passengers used London’s Heathrow during the same period.
The Alitalia network will be one of the main pillars of the new strategy alongside Cooperation, Fleet, Guest Service and Brand with a new three-hub strategy in Italy being introduced.
Emirates first launched flights between Dubai and Kolkata in March 2006 as its seventh destination in India with a split schedule offering greater connectivity via its hub. A daily operation with this split schedule was introduced from early 2008, while a dedicated daily flight on the ‘EK570’ and ‘EK571’ departures came online from December 2009.
As part of the San Marino Aircraft Registry's commitment to the aviation industry, the Registry has announced the San Marino Republic's Ratification to the Cape Town convention.
The confirmation of the landmark link ends over a year of speculation about the service after Gu Zhongqin, president of Xinjiang Airport Group, revealed in December 2013 that the airport authority was in discussions with the budget carrier to introduce the link, around a 4 hour and a half to five hour sector.
