The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released January performance data which show a strong rise in air freight growth compared to a year ago, with the fastest growth recorded by Middle East carriers, at 10.7%.
Qatar Airways is set to participate in ITB Berlin 2014, the world's leading travel trade show for the sixth year in a row this coming week: the five-star airline is welcoming attendees of ITB Berlin to visit its newly redesigned booth from March 5-9, at Messe Berlin.
Qatar Airways is enhancing its operations to South Africa by increasing weekly frequencies to Johannesburg and by deploying new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from May 1.
Pegasus Airlines is continuing to expand its network, announcing today that it is introducing daily flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen to Frankfurt and Madrid from March 2014.
Emirates is set to expand its presence in Africa's most populous country Nigeria, with the start of a daily linked service to Abuja and Kano from 1 August 2014.
Oman Air has recognised the contribution to the airline's success that high-performing staff from its Flight Operations and Cabin Crew departments have made over the course of 2013.
Boeing has announced at the MRO Middle East conference that flydubai has signed an agreement to implement Boeing's suite of mobile maintenance applications.
Representatives from around 100 global airlines are set to attend this year's Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Middle East, opening Wednesday 5 February at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
Etihad Airways and Alitalia have entered the final phase of a due diligence process about a possible investment by Etihad Airways in Alitalia, James Hogan, President and Chief Executive of Etihad Airways, and Gabriele Del Torchio, Chief Executive of Alitalia, confirmed.
Bordered by Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, Djibouti has an economy that is largely concentrated in the service sector and the country has limited international air services – a void Qatar Airways hopes to fill with its expanding international network of routes via its Doha hub.
European leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines has signed an agreement with Afriqiyah Airways, Libya's state-owned airline to launch regular flights from Tripoli International Airport (TIP) to airports in Western Europe.
Qatar Airways has announced a further expansion of its route network in Africa with Djibouti joining its ever-growing list of destinations served direct from the airline's Doha hub.
Libyan authorities are continuing to investigate the security breach that led to a bomb being exploded on the runway of Tripoli's main airport at the weekend.
Airbus has started final assembly of the first A320neo at its Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (France), with the join-up of the forward and aft fuselage sections which recently arrived from St. Nazaire in France and Hamburg in Germany respectively.
Garuda Indonesia will switch its existing Jakarta – Abu Dhabi – Amsterdam route to a non-stop operation from May 30, 2014, flying on a five times weekly basis
