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Etihad-backed Alitalia cancels 60% of flights as workers strike

Italy’s flagship carrier has made an annual profit only a few times in its 70-year history

Oman Air to fly daily to Manchester from May

Oman Air also flies twice daily to London Heathrow

Dubai’s Emirates offers Surface tablets to passengers on US flights

Etihad and Qatar also introduced similar services last week

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad says bookings to US ‘healthy’ despite laptop ban

Last month, the US introduced a ban on most electronics from the cabins of passenger flights from the Middle East

Australia to screen electronic devices on flights from UAE, Qatar

€œExplosive detection screening will be conducted for randomly selected passengers and their baggage

Fire breaks out at Dubai International Airport

“The blaze was extinguished within minutes by Dubai Airports’ Fire Service,” a spokesperson said

Emirates A380 collides with Scoot plane in Singapore

Both aircraft will require repairs

Taxi sharing app Careem on lookout for acquisitions, IPO an option

Careem was valued at about $1bn

Speed limits reduced on two major Dubai roads

Emirates Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road will have new speed limits in Dubai

IATA CEO says US, UK electronics bans creating ‘severe’ commercial distortions

Alexandre de Juniac called for governments to urgently find alternatives to the measures

Etihad offers first, business class passengers free wifi, iPads on US flights

The move comes following a ban on large electronic devices in airplane cabins of direct US flights

Etihad and Lufthansa eyeing additional codeshare routes – report

The two carriers entered an initial codeshare deal last year

Dubai’s Emirates might offer laptops on ‘loan’ to passengers amid US ban

Electronic devices larger than a mobile phone have been banned from passenger cabins on direct US flights from 10 airports

Taxi sharing app Careem integrates services with Google Maps

The service is currently available on Android and iOS to UAE users

Exclusive: Dubai airport's Concourse D opening date revealed

Dubai International passenger traffic up 8.8% in Feb

The increase brings year to date traffic at the airport up 9.3 per cent

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad launches 787 on Amman route, plans second daily service

Etihad CEO Peter Baumgartner said the higher capacity was designed to meet demand

Qatar Airways CEO says laptop ban not ‘targeting’ Gulf carriers

The U.S. introduced new security measures on March 25

Dubai ruler approves $327m of road projects to improve Abu Dhabi traffic flow

The Al Yalayis and Al Asayel roads are designed to enhance links between Sheikh Zayed Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road

Saudi considers banning taxis from roaming the streets

The plans would see bookings managed through the Wasl smartphone app

Dubai’s Emirates launches three additional A380 routes

The airline becomes the first to operate scheduled A380 services to Latin America and North Africa

Low cost carrier Air Arabia to launch flights to Turkey’s Trabzon

The airline will operate flights to the city three times per week from June 23

Bad weather causes delays, diversions at Dubai International

More than a dozen inbound flights were diverted due to poor weather conditions

Emirates to launch Dubai-Nice A380 service

The carrier said the superjumbo would increase its capacity on the route by 44 per cent

Dubai’s Emirates warns of high passenger traffic this weekend

More than 89,000 passengers are expected through Dubai International’s Terminal 3

US accused of deliberately stifling Gulf airline competition with electronics ban

Sultan Al Qassemi said the restrictions were intended to give US carriers an unfair advantage

Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths

Dubai Airports CEO says US electronics ban to have little impact on passenger numbers

Paul Griffiths said a “very tiny proportion” of passengers might choose to switch airlines

Emirates A380 ‘nearly caused private jet crash over Arabian Sea’ – report

The A380, said to be EK412 from Dubai to Sydney, came within 300m of the smaller craft

Kuwait pushes back deadline for national rail project

Applications will now be accepted until a date in the second quarter

Non-Saudi Uber/Careem drivers face deportation – official

The kingdom will penalise non-Saudi drivers for both companies as part of Saudisation efforts, according to reports

Dubai passengers subject to US electronics ban until Oct – Emirates

The ban on large electronics will come into effect on Saturday, the airline said