Air Charter Service has revealed that during its last financial year (Feb 1st-Jan 31st) the company carried more than 230,000 people on its chartered aircraft.
Fabrizio Giulianini, CEO of Selex ESofficially opened the new Riyadh offices of Selex ES Saudi Arabia yesterday, in the presence of VIPs from the Saudi Arabian government and national agencies.
In celebration of Emirates' 10 successful years at Glasgow Airport, an Emirates A380 will today fly a one-off Glasgow to Dubai service and open a new dedicated lounge facility at the Scottish airport this summer.
An 11-strong Abu Dhabi tourism delegation is heading to the Saudi Arabian capital next week to take part in the Riyadh Travel Fair – the Kingdom's largest consumer travel show which runs from April 15-18 – as the destination looks to build on increasing arrivals from the country and an uplift in air access.
Pele, one of the greatest ever footballers and Emirates' Global Ambassador, will share some of his proudest moments during a special screening at Emirates' headquarters on 16 March.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to Tunis and Abidjan with the introduction of a weekly freighter service from 17th March 2014.
Middle East countries in general and Arabian Gulf states in particular are pumping in billions of dollars in the race to building new airports or expanding the existing facilities to meet the demands of future air travelers and expanding fleets of airlines, especially their national carriers.
Bahrain, which is located in the Arabian Gulf, has a history of aviation that dates back to the early 1920's. Historically it has acted as a gateway between the East and West providing a natural transit destination for early trade routes and a strategic hub for the Northern Gulf.
Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services has signed a firm purchase agreement with Bombardier for two Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft, worth about $61m.
Emirates will idle ten percent of its fleet for almost three months, crimping sales, as runway repairs curtail capacity at its Dubai International hub, reports Bloomberg.
Taipei became Emirates' newest passenger destination when flight EK366 arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on today inaugurating the airline's daily non-stop service from Dubai International Airport.
Boeing has delivered the first B747-8 to be fully line-fitted with the AeroMobile inflight mobile service. The aircraft took its delivery flight from Seattle to Frankfurt on 6 February 2014.
The Arab Air Carriers Organisation (AACO) ihas announced the date of its 47th annual general meeting,which will have the theme "Arab Aviation Summit for the Future."
Glenbeigh Records Management (GRM) officially opened its facility at Dubai World Central (DWC) yesterday in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who is visiting the UAE as part of a trade mission to the Middle East.
Etihad Airways has appointed Amina Taher, a UAE national with more than 10 years' experience in the field of marketing and communications, as its new head of media relations.
The carrier’s entry into Tanzania is no real surprise as the country is a regional hub for tourism in East Africa and in 2013 the country welcomed over one million tourists. According to the Tanzania Tourism Board (TTB), this figure looks set with to double with two million tourists forecast by 2017.
San Marino has ratified the Cape Town Convention which will give banks and financial institutions greater confidence in financing aircraft under the Registry
