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UAE’s flydubai restarts service to Taif, Saudi Arabia

With the Taif service restarting, flydubai’s network in Saudi has grown to seven destinations, including AlUla, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh and Yanbu

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi launches new route to Chennai

The new service to Chennai represents the sixth city that Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will operate to in India after Calicut, Cochin, Trivandrum, Delhi and Jaipur

Etihad Airways could post annual profit for 2022, ahead of plan, CEO says

Tony Douglas confirmed that the carrier turned profitable in the first quarter

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UAE’s dnata expands global cargo operations by entering Germany

It has planned to acquire 100 per cent shares of Wisskirchen Handling Services, the exclusive operator of the Cologne Bonn Cargo Centre

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launches services to new European destinations

Wizz Air has launched flights from Abu Dhabi to Budapest, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Vienna, Katowice, Catania and Bari

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Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to begin flying to additional destination in India

The low-cost carrier will start flights to the capital of Rajasthan on May 5, 2022

UAE’s flydubai to launch services to Pisa in June

Flydubai, which is the first carrier in the UAE to operate direct flights to the Italian city, is also resuming services to Catania in June

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Dubai’s Emirates announces revised schedule for flights to India from April 1

The airline will revert to its pre-pandemic frequency, operating 170 weekly flights to nine cities in the country

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Etihad: New co-branded credit card gives complimentary gold tier status

The Emirates NBD Etihad Guest Visa Credit Cards are available as Elevate and Inspire variants

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Flydubai to temporarily operate flights to 34 destinations from Dubai World Central

The Roads and Transport Authority will provide a complimentary bus service between all terminals at DXB and DWC every 30 minutes

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Qatar Airways to resume flights to London Gatwick in June

The airline will operate a daily service from Gatwick to Doha using its Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Abu Dhabi’s Sanad and Thales to collaborate on aviation services

The partnership will help Mubadala-owned Sanad diversify its portfolio and focus on industrial services in air traffic, airport security and avionics

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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launches new route to Asian destination

The thrice-weekly flights to Mattala in Sri Lanka will commence from June 1, 2022

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UAE’s Emirates signs MoU with Sri Lanka Tourism

Since Sri Lanka re-opened to international tourists in February 2021, Emirates has carried more than 80,000 passengers to Colombo

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Emirates opens booking office in Fujairah

It is the airline’s first retail sales office in the emirate

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Dubai’s Emirates suspends partner airline flights to select cities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Emirates said that the decision was made due to the closure of airspace over certain areas

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Abu Dhabi’s Etihad announces new flights to Greece, Spain and Zanzibar

The airline will begin operating these summer routes starting June 15

UAE’s Etihad Airways to add Airbus’ latest A350F freighter to its fleet

The A350F will drive the airline’s long-term cargo strategy and its target to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2035

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Air Arabia Egypt announces new service between Sohag and Gassim

The once-weekly flight will operate every Thursday and will be the seventh destination that the airline flies to in Saudi Arabia

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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi to offer Dhs70 flights to two cities in Jordan

The flights to Aqaba and Amman will operate twice a week

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Majed Al Joker appointed as chief operating officer at Dubai Airports

Prior to his promotion, Al Joker was executive vice president of corporate affairs for Dubai Airports

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Flydubai to begin flights to AlUla and Yanbu in Saudi Arabia

With the two additional routes, the airline will be flying to six destinations in the kingdom

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Emirates to restart Dubai-Casablanca flights

The airline will resume services on the route starting Tuesday, February 8

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Air Arabia launches new direct flight between Sharjah and Osh in Kyrgyzstan

The twice weekly service will commence from February 20, 2022

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UAE’s dnata invests over EUR200m to operate cargo facility at Schiphol airport

The dnata Cargo City Amsterdam is scheduled to become operational in 2024 and will be capable of processing over 850,000 tonnes of cargo annually

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Abu Dhabi’s Etihad launches green loyalty programme for corporates

Corporate Conscious Choices has been developed around initiatives such as sustainable aviation fuel investments, green surcharge fares and carbon offsets

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Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to nine US destinations

The airline cited operational concerns with the planned deployment of 5G mobile network services at certain airports in the US

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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announces launch of three new routes

The low-cost carrier will begin flights to Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, Yerevan in Armenia, and Krasnodar in Russia next month

Wizz Air doubles down on Abu Dhabi venture

The fleet will expand to eight this year, adding links to destinations including Vienna, Bari, Italy, and Krasnodar, Russia

Dubai’s Emirates named the world’s safest airline

The Middle Eastern airline came out on top in a study of 25 airlines conducted by the Hamburg-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre