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Etihad Starts Washington DC Flights

The Abu Dhabi carrier will also open a $6.8 million premium lounge this week in Terminal A at Dulles Airport for first and business class passengers

Emirates On The Lookout For Asia’s Qantas

The Dubai airline’s long-term strategy “embraces opportunity,” states Emirates president Tim Clark.

VIDEO: Emirates, Qantas A380s In Sydney Flyover

The tandem flight is believed to be the first time two commercial A380s have flown together in formation.

Egypt Reopens Alexandria Airport After Runway Protest

Egypt’s second biggest airport was closed on Sunday after police officers staged a protest on the runway to demand better pay.

Oman Air Plans To Launch Budget Airline

Oman Air said its revenues jumped 21 per cent last year on the back of rising traffic through the country’s main airport.

Cairo Airport To Partly Close In Summer To Save Power

The closure will not affect air traffic as the airport has seen a dramatic reduction in flights, said the civil aviation minister.

Dubai Airport Now Ranks As World’s Second Busiest

Dubai International Airport is now second only to London Heathrow after passenger traffic rose 13 per cent to 10.6 million in the first two months of 2013.

UAE Approves $400m Loan To Serbia, Eyes Airline Deal

Etihad airline may become a strategic partner of Belgrade’s loss-making JAT Airways.

Emirates-Qantas Deal Proves Dubai Airline Is “Big Power Broker”

The deal has just received conditional approval from Australia’s regulatory body.

Australian Regulator Gives Qantas-Emirates Alliance Conditional Approval

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the airlines had to maintain at least their pre-alliance capacity on routes between Australia and New Zealand

UK’s Taylor Woodrow JV Wins Dhs84m Abu Dhabi Airport Contract

A joint venture between Taylor Woodrow and Abu Dhabi contractor Fibrex will work on the airport’s expansion.

Dubai Airport Passenger Numbers Up 11.4% In February

The emirate’s airport handled 5.1 million passengers in February.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company Appoints Tony Douglas As New CEO

Douglas was formerly CEO of Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) and replaces James Bennet.

Emirates Signs 5-Year Sponsorship Deal With Barcelona Open

As part of the deal, the airline will have promotional rights to branding and digital elements of the tennis tournament.

IATA Raises Profit Outlook For World’s Airlines

The International Air Transport Association expects the industry to make a net profit of $10.6 billion this year.

Qatar Airways Expands In Iraq

The new capacity raises its Iraq network to five destinations and frequencies to 20 weekly services

Dubai’s DP World Posts 21% Profit Growth For 2012

The company’s profit was boosted by a $249 million gain from sale of non-core assets.

Top 10 Busiest Airports In The World

A country’s global aviation reach is at the top of its bragging rights, with these airports seeing more passengers than any others.

New Sri Lankan Airport Takes Flight With UAE Low-cost Carriers

New airport aims to boost business development along eastern and southern coasts and take pressure off Colombo

Air Seychelles Records $1 Million Profit

Etihad’s 40 per cent stake in the airline a year ago has produced a financial turnaround

Dubai’s First Al-Sufouh Tram To Arrive In December

About 52 per cent of the overall project has been completed so far, say officials.

FAA Approves Dreamliner Test Flights

But no timeframe has yet been given as to when Dreamliners will return to service globally, and the FAA has warned additional testing may be necessary.

Thousands Of South Asian Workers Strike At Oman Airport

Workers are demanding better safety conditions after a worker died in an accident on Monday.

Emirates Sends A380 Signal To Mauritius

Special service marks island’s 45th anniversary of independence – and serves as a capacity-raising hint from the airline

Dubai’s Emirates Airline Plans Second Bond Sale This Year

Emirates has hired six banks to arrange a potential dollar-denominated, benchmark sukuk sale.

Kenya Airways To Fly Dubai-Hong Kong

New route provides some competition for Emirates and follows recent codeshare agreement with Etihad

Emirates’ Perth Flights Go Triple Daily

Latest capacity increase means the airline’s services have grown more than five-fold since it first flew to Perth in 2002

Dreamliner Grounding Impacts Qatar Airways’ New Routes

Chicago schedules amended to three-a-week and Chengdu is put on hold

Bahrain’s Gulf Air Cuts 15% Staff In Restructuring

The struggling carrier said further adjustments would be made across all levels of its organisation.