The new Toronto - Delhi link is an example of a route made possible thanks to the excellent operating economics that modern generation airliners now offer and certainly would not have been able to be served on a sustainable manner using older aircraft types.
Since Etihad Airways commenced daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Melbourne in March 2009 the airline has carried more than 900,000 passengers on the route.
Qatar Airways has announced its partnership with Aspire Academy to support this year's edition of the Aspire Football Dreams project by forming “Qatar Airways & Aspire Academy – Football Dreams Africa."
United Arab Emirates (UAE) national carrier Emirates Airline is to introduce a third daily rotation on its route between Dubai International Airport and Birmingham Airport in the UK. The new flight, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER will commence from August 1, 2015, and opened for reservations earlier today (December 22, 2015).
The recent Transport Canada (TC) Type Certification of Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW306D1 turbofan engine sets the stage for the entry into service of Cessna's newest business jet.
EgyptAir has signed an agreement with global technology company Sabre to help develop and implement a transformation programme for EgyptAir Airlines and Express.
With the additional flights, Qatar Airways will now have four early morning departures connecting via Doha to Europe and the Americas and four early evening departures connecting to flights in the Asia Pacific region. A mix of morning and evening flights means convenient connections for passengers from Salalah to key markets in the Qatar Airways’ route network of 146 destinations.
The deployment of the Super Jumbo will take effect from May 1, 2015 and will mean that alongside its partner Qantas, a total of seven daily A380 services will operate from Dubai to Australia from next summer.
Its latest growth for the first quarter of 2015 will see another three destinations added to its route map, further expanding the carrier’s footprint to 89 destinations in 46 countries. These comprise flights to Hargeisa (Somaliland), Chennai (India), and Nejran (Saudi Arabia).
Using the iconic Emirates uniform as a starting point for inspiration, the Emirates Executive uniform features a sleek red shift dress and a beige cropped jacket. The highly recognisable red pill-box hat remains, but the side veil has been removed and a neckerchief has been added for vintage appeal. The signature Emirates red and beige colour palate was also retained.
Worldwide Airline Customer Relations Association (WACRA) chairperson and Gulf Air senior manager customer experience, Kavita S. Al Jassim, along with WACRA board members and delegates from over fifty airlines recently participated in the 2014 WACRA Conference held in Auckland, hosted by Air New Zealand.
Gulf Air has announced a partnership with Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Company (BKIC) giving the insurance provider's customers the opportunity to earn Gulf Air Falconflyer miles when purchasing any of BKIC's Home, Annual Travel and Motor Gold+ & Platinum+ insurance policies.
Members of MEBAA – the region's business aviaition association – are being offered a special scrub thanks to a UAE company's success at the MEBA show in Dubai.
FlightSafety International launched a challenge to the CAE-Emirates dominance of training centres in the UAE with a partnership deal with Abu Dhabi Aviation announced at the MEBA show.
Abu Dhabi's award winning private aviation specialist, Royal Jet, has added a new Bombardier Learjet 60XR business jet (A6-RJE) and a Bombardier Global 5000 business jet (A6-RJC) to its fleet. A second Bombardier Global 5000 (A6-RJD) will enter into service in January 2015, with a second Learjet 60XR business jet will follow before May. The company also confirmed it is to take delivery of two new Boeing business jets (BBJ).
The Tunisian Air Force's HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicoptersare set to be replaced by 12 Sikorsky S70 Black Hawks – but it remains unclear whether these will be donated or sold to Tunisia by the USA.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced an outlook for improved industry profitability in its Economic Performance of the Air Transport Industry report.
Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO of the National Council on US-Arab Relations, who attended the GCC's 35th Annual Ministerial and Heads of State Summit in Doha, considers the impact of an 'Arab NATO' concept.
