Air Arabia has begun its services from Sharjah to Taif, in Saudi Arabia. It is operating three weekly flights on Saturdays, Mondays, and Thursdays. The first flight left this morning.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today released the traffic report for Abu Dhabi International Airport during April 2012, recording a robust 22% growth in passenger traffic over the same period in 2011, seeing over 1.2 million travellers passing through the UAE capital's airport.
Airbus has appointed Fabrice Brégier as chief executive officer of Airbus; he is taking over the position previously held by Tom Enders, who was appointed CEO of the EADS group.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, will soon be connecting more American businesses with international opportunities with the addition of a seventh US gateway to Emirates' global network.
Emirates airline has signed a contract with local UAE firm Excel, based in Ajman, supported by Gunzburger Steigtechnik, out of Germany, to develop an additional multi-aircraft docking system in its Dubai engineering facility.
Emirates has made a major step to keep ahead in the in-flight entertainment of its passengers with a new upgraded system being installed on its new Boeing 777 fleet.
Air Arabia has announced today that it has been ranked first for the punctuality of its outbound flights from Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow.
Emirates is considering a refinance deal for the $550million Islamic bond that matures in June but according to financial news agency Reuters it has not ruled out repayment in cash.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced global traffic results for April showing that total passenger demand rose 6.1% while freight demand was 4.2% down on April 2011, although the Middle East has bucked this trend with 14.5% growth in freight demand.
Bingo Airways, a new Polish charter airline, has started flight operations with its first Airbus A320 aircraft and the MENA region is among its first targets
Passenger traffic at Dubai International passed the 4.5 million mark for the fourth consecutive month, according to the April traffic report issued by Dubai Airports yesterday.
Saudi Arabian Airlines has today been formally renamed Saudia and has become a full member of the SkyTeam alliance while at the same time confirming the first stage of the long-awaited privatisation will go ahead in the next month.
Oman Air has appointed Jaffar Juma Al Lawati as country manager, for Oman making him responsible for achieving the set targets for Oman Air's hub station by optimising sales revenues and promoting the airline through various sales channels.
Dubai budget airline, Flydubai, has become the first UAE airline to be approved under the latest airworthiness requirements known as CAR M by the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Flydubai has signed with aircraft leasing, financing and management specialist Pembroke - a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank - to finance two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft.
Flydubai has been recognised for its achievement in becoming the first airline in the UAE to be approved under CAR M by the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
