Air-Arabia-Abu-Dhabi-2nd anniversary on July 14

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi celebrates second anniversary

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi marked the inauguration of its operations with its first flight to Alexandria in Egypt on July 14, 2020

Emirates rejects LHR request to cut capacity

UAE-UK Travel: Emirates refuses London Heathrow request to reduce flights

Emirates plans to operate services as scheduled to and from London Heathrow until further notice

flydubai launches service to Samarkand; Registan square Samarkend, Uzbekistan

Budget carrier flydubai launches service to Samarkand

With the launch of operations to Samarkand, flydubai’s network has expanded to 102 destinations globally

Etihad and Junk Kouture partner

Etihad Airways, Junk Kouture partner to promote sustainability through creativity

Junk Kouture, a sustainable fashion competition, challenges young people to make innovative outfits out of 100 per cent recyclable materials and items that are often labelled as waste

RAK Tourism announes seven weekly flights from Germany to RAK

RAK tourism authority signs strategic airline partnership to connect emirate to German cities

From November 1, Corendon Airlines will operate seven direct weekly flights to Ras Al Khaimah International Airport from cities such as Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich

EK and Air Canada sign agreement

Emirates, Air Canada sign strategic agreement to set up codeshare partnership

With this agreement, customers will have the ability to book connecting travel between both airlines’ networks with a single ticket

Flydubai suspends flights to Sri Lanka till end of August

Flydubai suspends flights to Sri Lanka till end of August

The passengers who had booked their tickets will be refunded their money

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways unveils first NFT collection

The airline will allocate proceeds from the collection to purchase sustainable aviation fuel in 2022

Abu Dhabi International expects 2.8 million travellers in July and August

The airport is expecting around 414,000 travellers during the Eid Al Adha travel season between July 7 and 15

flynas

Saudi’s flynas to launch direct flights between AlUla and Cairo

Flynas will connect the cities with two weekly flights, starting October 6

Emirates

Emirates Airline’s Adnan Kazim on the carrier’s roadmap to a thriving future

Dubai will definitely remain a core strategy for Emirates, opines the carrier’s chief commercial officer 

Frankfurt

Dubai’s Emirates to add third daily flight to Frankfurt from July

Emirates will be returning to its pre-2020 schedule at Germany’s largest airport

Etihad Airways

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to fly over 2.7 million passengers this summer

Over 1.4 million guests are expected to depart from Abu Dhabi International Airport

Dubai airline agents

Sheikh Hamdan issues resolution cancelling fees levied on Dubai-based airline agents, offices

The new resolution cancels fees levied on airline agents and their branches and airline offices operating in Dubai

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways to resume direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Beijing

The airline will operate a weekly flight on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the route

Baku

Azerbaijan Airlines upgrades fleet on Dubai-Baku route

The Baku-based airline operates daily flights to Dubai

Emirates

Dubai’s Emirates takes off to Tel Aviv, marks airline’s first passenger flight to Israel

Emirates flight EK931 departed with 335 passengers

DXB passengers

Dubai’s DXB to welcome 2.4 million passengers from June 24 until July 4

July 2 is expected to be the busiest day, with daily passenger traffic to surpass 235,000

northern runway

Dubai International’s northern runway reopens after upgrade

The first flights were welcomed onto the upgraded runway on the afternoon of June 22

flydubai network

Three million passengers are expected to travel across flydubai’s network this summer

An average of 8,500 monthly departures are scheduled across flydubai’s network from July to September

Emirates statement on operations at London Heathrow

Dubai’s Emirates to operate additional flights for Hajj season

The airline will be deploying 31 additional flights to Jeddah and double daily flights to Medina from June 23 until July 20

Emirates Mexico

Dubai’s Emirates ramps up frequencies to Mexico with daily service

The Dubai-Barcelona-Mexico route is operated with a two-class Emirates Boeing 777-200LR

Emirates UAE

Emirates expects over 550,000 passengers to fly out from UAE in June, July

The carrier will be operating close to 80 per cent of its pre-pandemic capacity, or over one million weekly seats this summer

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Group reports highest net profit in 25-year history

The group recorded a net profit of $1.54bn during the fiscal year 2021/22

Gulf Air to start direct flights to Ras Al Khaimah airport

Bahrain’s Gulf Air begins services to Milan

The inaugural flight left Bahrain International Airport on June 1

home check-in service

Emirates’ first class customers to receive complimentary home check-in service

The service must be booked at least 24 hours prior to the flight’s departure time

Etihad seasonal routes

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad launches five seasonal routes for summer

Three seasonal services took off on the morning of June 15

delta world charter CEO Dmitriy Korshunov

Dubai-based Delta World Charter reports earnings of $26m in Q1 2022

In Q1 2022, Delta World Charter delivered one million kilograms worth of medical supplies from Asia to North America

Dubai Northern Runway

DXB’s Northern runway rehabilitation on track for completion

More than 1,000 vehicles and 3,000 people have been working around the clock at DXB – from May 9 – to ensure the runway reopens by June 22

Emirates

Dubai’s Emirates, South Africa’s Airlink activate codeshare partnership

Emirates currently offers double daily flights to Dubai from Johannesburg, daily flights to Dubai from Cape Town and five weekly flights to and from Durban