Emirates airline said its alliance with Australia's Qantas is working and it helped the airline improve yields regardless of financial troubles at Qantas, reports Reuters.
As a result of the extreme low visibility conditions at Abu Dhabi International Airport this morning, a number of aircraft were diverted to other airports in the region.
Qatar Airways announced today that it will begin daily flights to Tokyo's Haneda Airport (HND) - the airline's third destination in Japan commencing 18 June 2014 - flying a Dreamliner non-stop from its hub in Doha.
The oneworld alliance member will launch a daily service between Stuttgart and Abu Dhabi from December 1, 2014 using an Airbus A320 configured with 12 seats in Business Class and 132 in Economy Class. The service, which remains subject to government and regulatory approvals will be airberlin’s sole medium-haul link from Stuttgart, a market it currently mainly links to Mediterranean leisure destinations.
Emirates has served Karachi since the carrier was founded in 1985, and in the past decade alone has transported over six million passengers on the route. The new service will boost the Emirates offering on the route to 14,185 seats each week, it confirms.
Etihad Airways has announced plans to increase its services to the Pakistani cities of Islamabad and Peshawar from London and Manchester via its Abu Dhabi base.
Travelport has launched Travelport Queue Control Console, a web-based product that empowers travel agents to automate part of their ticketing operations.
Saudi Arabian Airlines(Saudia) has signed a collaboration agreement with American manufacturer Boeing that could see it developing partnership activities in the field of defence as well as in its commercial operations.
Jazeera Airways has released its November 2013 Operational Performance Report, which shows that the airline led in on-time performance (OTP) against all other airlines in the Middle East during the month of November 2013, with a performance of 95.92%, as ranked by the independent US-based OTP tracker, FlightStats.
Etihad Cargo expects the service to carry large quantities of electronics and textiles to Entebbe, with primarily perishable goods destined for the Gulf region and Europe loaded for the return flight.
Airline industry association IATA has chosen lost property recovery service HomingPIN as a Strategic Partner, in an effort to slash the millions of pounds that mislaid baggage costs the industry every year.
The airline says the decision to close flights to these two destinations from the end of September 2014 is due to the “sustained weak performance of both routes”.
Cabin crews have as significant a role to play when it comes to safety on airlines or business jets, but an industry organisation has warned this will only work if reassurances are made that crew won't have the "finger of blame" pointed at them for raising concerns.
