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Kuwait Airways terminal prepares for August opening

Terminal 4 is considered a stopgap to reduce overcrowding at Terminal 1 until the $4.3bn Terminal 2 is completed

Video: Dubai’s Emirates introduces VR seat selection

The new service allows customers to view a 3D rendering of the cabin before deciding where to sit

Uber in talks with Dubai’s Careem to merge in Middle East – report

The companies have reportedly discussed several potential deal structures

Emirates to fly one-off A380 service to Pakistan’s Islamabad

The airline said it is “very keen” to launch a scheduled A380 service to Pakistan

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways announces leadership changes, job cuts expected

Etihad reported a $1.5bn annual loss last month

Dubai’s Emirates begins second daily flight to Prague

The carrier first began flights to Prague in 2010

Emirates flies one-off A380 jet to Muscat

The airline flew the jumbo jet to mark 25 years of operation in Muscat

Flydubai replaces loyalty programme with Emirates Skywards

OPEN members have a month to convert their points

Dubai’s RTA completes tunnel-drilling works of Route 2020

The trial run of the metro will start in February 2020

Dubai begins new bus route to Sharjah

The new route, E311, will run between Rashidiya metro station in Dubai and Al Jubail bus station in Sharjah

Dubai’s Emirates warns of summer passenger surge over next two weeks

The coming weekends will be among the busiest of the year at Dubai International Airport

Flydubai to deploy new Boeing 737 Max on flights to Sicily

Flydubai’s route network in Europe now includes 27 destinations

Saudi warns passengers of new powder restrictions on US flights

The new measures comes into force on June 30

Dubai plans hub for conventional, hypersonic, space travel

The plan would in theory allow a passenger travelling on a conventional aircraft to transfer seamlessly to a spacecraft

Virgin Atlantic to halt Dubai-London flights

The carrier has operated the service for the last 12 years

Dubai’s Emirates looks to hire cabin crew from Lebanon

The airline is holding two cabin crew recruitment open days at Jounieh and Beirut

Dubai’s ENOC to boost jet fuel supply in Nigeria

The group has signed an aviation technical and marketing services agreement with Raven Energy

Flydubai begins flights to Greece’s Thessaloniki

The route is being offered to Emirates customers under a codeshare deal

Motorists must self-serve or pay at Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc fuel stations

Adnoc will charge Dhs10 for assistance from attendants to refuel vehicles

Saudi, UAE and allies submit Qatar airspace dispute to International Court of Justice

The countries said UN aviation body ICAO “was not competent” to consider the dispute

Dubai’s Emirates in $40m partnership for world’s largest vertical farm

Emirates said the facility would have production output equivalent to 900 acres of farmland

Dubai International Airport to host music festival

British folk musician Nathan Faulkner will headline the 10-hour event

Dubai to fine drivers for using JLT bus lane from next week

The new bus lane is the first to open in seven years

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad says pilots can join Dubai rival Emirates on secondment

A source previously told Gulf Business that Emirates had offered to take on 300 Etihad pilots

British Airways claims error after cancelling cheap Dubai tickets

Customers have complained the measure has impacted their travel plans

UAE’s Air Arabia has $336m exposure to Abraaj

Shares in Air Arabia plunged 7 per cent this week because of the link between the airline and Abraaj

Pictures: Abu Dhabi Airports opens new sleeping facility in Terminal 3

Prices for the two-hour day package range from Dhs89.25

Dubai’s Emirates to operate one-off A380 to Muscat

Emirates is by far the largest operator of the Airbus superjumbo

Saudia restarts flights to Vienna after eight years

The airline will fly to the Austrian city four times a week

Air Arabia says working to protect its investment in Abraaj

Abraaj’s founder Arif Naqvi is a board director of the Middle East low-cost carrier