Emirates Airline began flights to Singapore in 1990 and it remains an important gateway in the Far East & Australasia region for the carrier, connecting passengers to Melbourne, Brisbane, Colombo and Dubai, and onward to destinations across Europe, the United States, Africa and the Middle East.
Gulf Air was recognised threefold during the recent GITEX Technology Week 2014, a renowned IT expo that was held in Dubai, winning the GITEX 2014 Cloud Award for 'Best Big Data Solution', the ACN Arab Technology Award for Harnessing Innovation of the Year and the Global Enterprise Connect (GEC) Award for Best Company/Organization for Green IT initiatives.
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), in partnership with American University of Sharjah (AUS), has launched the UAE's first CubeSat Mission, a Nanosatellite that offers hands-on experience to engineering students in the design, integration, testing, and operation of a communications satellite.
Air Culinaire Worldwide Paris has debuted all new signature dishes featuring the latest trends in local cuisine, adapted for the unique in-flight environment.
Education is essential to innovation and helping the next generation to pursue its dreams and ideas and contribute to society, Boeing chairman and chief executive officer Jim McNerney said at a top-level summit in Abu Dhabi.
For the first time in its history, Qatar Airways took delivery of three new aircraft in one day, as two Boeing 787 Dreamliners and one Boeing 777 joined its rapidly expanding fleet last week .
Dubai Helishow 2014, organised by The Domus Group, saw sustained interest and activities by the exhibitors and visitors on the second day, focusing on the homeland security products and services aimed at protecting a Nation's citizens from external or internal threats.
In the first three years since Emirates launched inflight Wi-Fi connectivity, over half a million passengers have connected to the internet onboard an Emirates flight, and this demand is expected to increase exponentially.
Emirates has marked its inaugural flight to Brussels in Belgium. The new daily service will see up to 16,000 Emirates customers travelling on the daily Boeing 777-200LR between Dubai and Brussels each month.
Qatar Duty Free has opened three new restaurant concepts at Hamad International Airport: Soprafino, Qataf Café and Le Grand Comptoir. Located in concourse C, close to the iconic lamp bear.
The Flight Safety Foundation is holding its 67th annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS) - aviation's premier global safety event – in Abu Dhabi.
Britain scrambled two fighter jets to escort a Qatar Airways plane into Manchester airport earlier today after the pilot reported a possible explosive device on board.
ATU Duty Free, a joint venture between TAV Airports and Unifree Duty Free / Gebr. Heinemann, has been awarded the tender for the operation rights of duty free stores at Salalah Airport, the second largest city of Oman, for 10 years.
The World Routes Strategy Summit, taking place at World Routes in Chicago, 20-23 September 2014, will see speakers from all three major Middle East airlines, as well as many other senior airline leaders.
Following a nomination by the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), Gulf Air has recently taken on the post of MENA representative on the SITA Council, with Dr. Jassim Haji, Gulf Air's Director of Information Technology, occupying that seat.
Etihad Airways has enjoyed the busiest four days in the history of the airline with 181,333 passengers flying with the Abu Dhabi-based airline during the post Eid Al Fitr period.
Emirates has now connected Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to its worldwide network. Abuja is Emirates 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
Abu Dhabi's hotels and hotel apartments have reported their best half year performance yet in terms of hotel guests, guest nights and revenues with occupancy also rebounding to reach 77%.
Building on the momentum from last year, when 17 new destinations where added to the network, the airline has further cemented its commitment to enhance connectivity between different cultures.
Embraer Executive Jets celebrated today the delivery of the 500th Phenom family jet, a significant achievement only five-and-a-half years after entry into service of the first aircraft.
Jet Aviation's global refurbishment and corporate rebranding program continues to be rolled out in EMEA and Asia. The company is currently rebranding its FBOs in Jeddah and in Dubai at Dubai International Airport.
