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Austrian Airlines to cancel direct Dubai flights

The airline said it was stopping flights to Dubai due to over-capacity on the route

Emirates operates one-off A380 to Taiwan

Emirates is the first airline to land the A380 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

Emirates deploys one-off A380s to Qatar, Bahrain for Eid

The special A380 flights were at full capacity, supporting the traffic over the Eid holiday period from both countries

Etihad signs sponsorship deal with Saudi football club Al Ittihad

The Abu Dhabi-based carrier will serve as the preferred airline for the Jeddah-based club

Emirates to resume flights to Iraqi city of Erbil

The Dubai carrier said that it will follow a different flight path to Erbil in order to ensure the safety of its passengers and crew

Dubai’s Al Maktoum airport expansion to be done by Q1 2022

Al Maktoum International’s capacity is expected to reach 130 million in 2022 from its current capacity of five million passengers

Qantas becomes first airline to offer virtual reality headsets

The VR technology offers first class customers interactive content

British Airways to fly Dreamliner to Abu Dhabi and Muscat

British carrier will hope to lure Emiratis and Omanis onto its new First Class suites

Dnata to handle 20m passengers in Dubai airport this summer

The travel service firm is expecting to handle over 50,000 flights and 30 million bags in the months of June, July and August at Dubai airport

Emirates confirms halting ticket sales by travel agents in Greece

The airline’s sales office in Athens will remain open for bookings, it clarified

Tunneling work begins on mega Riyadh Metro project

The 176 km six-line driverless network is scheduled for completion in 2019

Emirates to launch services to Iranian city of Mashhad

The airline will soon begin a weekly service to Mashhad, its second destination in Iran

New terminal with A380-size runway opens in Madinah airport

The terminal will be spread across three floors and includes an extended and widened runway

Dubai airport passenger traffic up 23 per cent in May

Passenger numbers climbed to 6.2 million in May – up from 5 million a year earlier

Emirates starts A380 Dusseldorf flights

Western city becomes third in Germany to welcome the superjumbo

Emirates rebuts subsidy claims with new report

The carrier said it has paid the Dubai government – its parent firm – nearly $3bn in dividends and is financially transparent with no room for subsidies.

Etihad signs codeshare deal with Pakistan International Airlines

Through the deal, both airlines will place their code on each other’s flights between Abu Dhabi and Pakistan

Abu Dhabi airport passenger traffic up 14.9% in May

Airport passenger traffic growth was largely driven by flights from the US, India and Italy.

Air Seychelles appoints ex-Etihad official as new CEO

Roy Kinnear, who was a senior vice president at Etihad Airways, replaces Manoj Papa.

Saudi carrier takes 50 Airbus planes in Islamic leasing deal

Dubai-based International Airfinance Corporation will buy the aircraft and lease them to Saudi Arabian Airlines

Delta Air Lines CEO: ‘subsidised’ GCC carriers pose airline industry’s ‘greatest challenge’

Thousands of US jobs are being threatened because of the GCC airlines, alleges Richard Anderson

Etihad says not in talks to raise stake in India’s Jet

Etihad bought a stake in Jet two years ago giving it a foothold in India’s fast-growing aviation industry

Over 62,000 Dubai passengers to travel via Emirates on June 26

The airline has cautioned passengers travelling from Dubai between June 25-28 to plan for heavy airport traffic

Etihad buys 4 Embraer Phenom jets for training college fleet

The airline also has an option to buy three more jets from Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer Embraer

Etihad seals $23m deal to promote tourism in Australia

The deal will promote Australia among both business and leisure travellers mainly within Europe

Over 50% of UAE residents take at least one business trip a year – Expedia

A survey by the online travel site found that Western expats in the UAE travel most often for business

Dubai airport sees over 6.5m passengers in April

Passenger traffic at Dubai International rose 5.7 per cent year-on-year in April 2015

Qatar Airways launches all-first class daily service to Jeddah

The Airbus A319 aircraft is fitted with an all-premium class configuration with 40 seats

Emirates introduces new feature to block tickets for 48 hours

The ‘hold my fare’ feature is open to customers in the UAE and other select markets for a refundable fee

Qatar Airways CEO says ILO has ‘vendetta’ against Qatar due to discrimination report

The ILO published a report on Saturday detailing its recommendations to Qatar on how the airline should change its discriminatory employment rules.