Oman Air has signed a contract with SITA to implement and maintain a hybrid network solution for Oman Air as it migrates from legacy connections for all its business operations. The contract is worth $4.6million and covers a five year agreement.
Oman Air - the national carrier for the Sultanate of Oman - announced today that it has selected air transport IT and Communications (IT&C) specialist SITA to implement and maintain a hybrid network solution, as the airline migrates from legacy connections for all its business operations.
Etihad Holidays has launched its Eid programme which contains deals at more than 30 hotels in destinations in Africa, Europe, the Far East and Middle East offering accommodation, return Etihad Airways flights and much more.
Honeywell announced that Tim Mahoney has been named President and CEO of its $11 billion Aerospace business, effective immediately. Mahoney will report to Honeywell's Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.
Jazeera Airways has announced that it is adding two additional weekly flights to its schedule for the Kuwait-Jeddah route, following consistently high demand for the service.
Qatar Airways is offering premium class travellers a series of value-for-money return Business Class fares from Hong Kong to selected cities in Europe and the Middle East from as little as HK$10,890.
UAE national airline Etihad Airways, has launched flights from its home-base at Abu Dhabi to the American city of Chicago. Flight EY151 took-off on Wednesday 2nd September, landing 14 hours later at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
The United States Air Force (USAF) is crafting several options designed to meet an Iraqi request for Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter aircraft, according to a senior U.S. Air Force official.
An Iranian aviation official on Wednesday dismissed the remarks by a Russian official about the cause of the crash of a Tupolev passenger plane near Tehran in July 2009 and similar incidents in the past, calling them "non-expert statements".
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) confirmed today tha it had funded the delivery of two new Boeing 737-800s (serial numbers 40233 and 40234) to flydubai Airlines to help the carrier's fleet expansion. Both planes were delivered in July.
Travco Group, an Egyptian travel and tour operator with a strong presence in the UAE, will launch a new budget carrier soon, the company said in a statement.
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air flew its first flight to Baghdad yesterday. The flight marked the start of a new five-times a week service the carrier is operating to the Iraqi capital.
The management of Morocco's flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), and its pilots association has begun a new round of negotiations to settle the dispute that has cost the company millions of dollars, reports Morocco Business News.
Low-cost carrier Air Arabia has successfully completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), an internationally recognised evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline.
Emirates chief Tim Clark said Monday that he expects that the carrier's Airbus 380 flights will return to New York in the first six months of 2010, because passenger demand should be recovering by then, reported The Associated Press.
