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Abu Dhabi airport passenger traffic up 23.3% in July

The capital’s airport saw about 2.1 million passengers passing through last month, compared to 1.7 million during the same period in 2014

Qatar Airways eases cabin crew policies on marriage and pregnancy

The airline’s previous policy authorised it to terminate the contracts of cabin crew staff if they married or became pregnant in the first five years of their employment

Etihad CEO: “Nobody else wanted to invest in Alitalia”

James Hogan says global investment is not a threat but a lifeline for the aviation industry

Emirates launches second A380 service to Frankfurt

The service, which will be effective from January 1, 2016, will add 1,155 seats to the route

Air Astana resumes Astana-Dubai route after five years

The Kazakh airline resumed operations between Dubai and Almaty in September last year

Emirates and Etihad among the world’s top 10 safest airlines

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific tops the list, as compiled by the Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre

RTA inks deals with seven Dubai schools to provide transport services

The deal will see RTA’s unit Dubai Taxi Corporation’s buses transport 2,500 students from these schools during the new academic year

Saudi’s new airport opens up new horizons

The opening up of the $1.2bn international airport in Madinah – the kingdom’s first privatised airport – heralds new possibilities

Dubai World Central renamed as Dubai South

The aerotropolis is expected to house a million people and support around half a million jobs once it reaches full capacity

Emirates to resume flights to Baghdad from Sep 17

The airline suspended operations to the Iraqi city in January because of security concerns

Dnata JV invests $4m in Pakistan expansion, begins services in three airports

The unit, a joint venture between dnata and Gerry’s group in Pakistan, is planning to create 140 new jobs

Emirates adds more flights to Phuket

The new flights will increase capacity by 57 per cent on the route, the airline said

Emirates plans world’s longest non-stop flight with Panama service

The flight to Panama on a Boeing 777-200 LR jet will have a flight time of 17 hours and 35 minutes

Middle Eastern motorists replace vehicles more than twice as often as US drivers

Vehicles listed in the Middle East were on average 5.1 years old, according to Carmudi

Emirates to launch more A380 services on Singapore-Australia route

The airline said that it will upgrade its Dubai-Melbourne route via Singapore to an A380 from March 1, 2016

Emirates to upgrade all its London flights to A380

Following the upgrade, the airline will offer 70 A380 flights per week into the UK, more than any other country on the Emirates network

Air Arabia Q2 net profit falls 14%, beats forecasts

The Sharjah-based airline made a net profit of Dhs 146.2m in the three months to June 30

Emirates inks codeshare deal with Bangkok Airways, expands Southeast Asian network

The deal will add 14 more cities to Emirates’ network, allowing it to connect passengers to new tourist destinations in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar

Flydubai to start new passenger services from DWC

The airline will also continue its operations at Dubai International

Emirates launches A380 service to Madrid

The new service will add 2,900 seats per week between Dubai and Madrid, bringing the total number of weekly seats to and from Spain to over 22,000

Dubai Metro sees 88m riders in H1 2015

Dubai Metro’s red line saw 55.7 million travellers in H1 2015 while the green line saw 32.4m million riders

Abu Dhabi Airport crosses 2m passenger mark in July

The airport saw a 17.2 per cent growth in passenger numbers during the first half of 2015

Qatar Airways submits white paper to US govt on subsidies row

The airline alleges that the big three US carriers are also recipients of government subsidies and support

Flydubai: No small ambition

Six years after its launch, the low-cost carrier remains on an expansion spree and hopes to reach 100 destinations by 2016. Where is it heading?

Abu Dhabi airport passenger traffic up 17.2% in H1

Passenger numbers rose to 11.11 million from 9.48 million a year earlier

Dubai airport traffic rises 16.7% in June

Traffic rose to 5.91 million passengers from 5.07 million the same time last year

Qatar Airways, flydubai reject reports of interest in India’s SpiceJet

Qatar Airways said the only airline it is talking to regarding a stake purchase is low-cost carrier Indigo

Emirates to launch second daily service to Lisbon from Jan 2016

The new service will be operated by a Boeing 777-300 aircraft and follows strong demand on the route, the airline said

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways restarts flights to Egypt’s Assiut

Flights were stopped after Assiut’s airport closed for renovation in June 2014

Emirates to launch flights to Bamako in Mali

The service to Bamako will help Emirates improve its connectivity in Africa, the airline said