Middle East News
23-Sep-2011
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) and Czech Airlines in cooperation with Etihad Airways today launched the airline's operations from Abu Dhabi International Airport in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by senior members from ADAC, Czech Airlines, and Etihad Airways.
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11-Jul-2011
Iberia and airberlin have signed an agreement, effective today, for sharing flight codes. Iberia passengers now have easier access to much of airberlin's domestic route network and to other European cites served by Germany's second largest airline.
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28-Jun-2011
Abu Dhabi Airports Company announced today the launch of Czech Airlines flights, the flag carrier of the Czech Republic, to Abu Dhabi International Airport.
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24-Jun-2011
The flag carriers of the Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates - Czech Airlines (OK) and Etihad Airways (EY) - have signed a new codeshare agreement.
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26-May-2011
flydubai, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, today announced its entry into Ukraine with the announcement of flights to Kiev, Donetsk and Kharkov; expanding the low-cost carrier's global network to 40 destinations spanning the GCC, Asia, Levant, Africa, Europe and the Indian sub-continent.
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17-May-2011
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the expansion of service to the Turkish City of Istanbul, , from the carrier’s primary hub in Sharjah, UAE.
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12-May-2011
Airline optimizes codes-sharing and staff travel management with IT solutions from Lufthansa Systems
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30-Mar-2011
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain began its scheduled direct flights to Geneva today its first destination in Switzerland.
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16-Mar-2011
On the Eve of March, 8th Boeing 777 Freighter of Emirates SkyCargo, cargo division of the Dubai-based Emirates Airline, landed in Moscow Domodedovo Airport with over 60 tons of flowers from Kenya onboard.
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03-Feb-2011
At the MRO Middle East in Dubai, Oman Air, the national airline of the Sultanate of Oman, and Lufthansa Technik, the leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the aviation industry, signed a base maintenance contract for Oman Air’s fifteen Boeing 737 NG aircraft.
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13-Jan-2011
As from this coming spring, Qatar Airways will be the third-largest intercontinental airline at Copenhagen Airport when the airline launches daily flights to Doha, Qatar. Turkish Airlines will also strengthen its position at Copenhagen Airport in 2011 by adding additional frequencies to its Istanbul service.
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22-Dec-2010
The European Union and Jordan have today signed a comprehensive air services agreement which will open up and integrate their respective markets, strengthen cooperation and offer new opportunities for consumers and operators.
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20-Dec-2010
The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has initialled an open Air Services Agreement (ASA) and has signed a Record of Discussion with the Portuguese Republic in Dubai on 16th December 2010.
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20-Dec-2010
Etihad Airways has delayed all flights to London until further notice, due to the closure of Heathrow airport as a result of severe weather conditions.
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06-Dec-2010
In response to ever increasing demand to travel between Iran and Europe, Mahan Air as the largest private carrier in the country will increase flights from its hub in Tehran to both Dusseldorf and Istanbul.
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21-Oct-2010
Wataniya Airways, Kuwait’s only premium airline, today announced it has signed code share and interline agreements with Austrian Airlines, Austria’s national carrier.
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01-Oct-2010
Etihad Airways customers will soon be able to fly to Malta, following the signing of a codeshare agreement with Air Malta.
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21-Jul-2010
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
South Wales travellers now have the opportunity to connect with award-winning Emirates Airline from Wales’ national airport via a number of the carrier’s UK and European gateways.
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15-Jul-2010
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Air Arabia announced today the increase of its flights between Istanbul and Casablanca from three to four flights per week, effective in July, 2010.
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09-Jul-2010
Mr. Abdul Aziz Mohammed Al Noaimi, Chairman of Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, The round talks between Qatar Civil Aviation Authority and German Civil Aviation Authority Luftfahrt-Bundesamt” concluded on Wednesday 7th of July, 2010, the meeting took place in Doha between 6 7 July, 2010.
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24-Jun-2010
Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's premium services airline has announced the launch of Wataniya Airways Holidays, with a range of superb holiday packages to four of the airline's most popular destinations, Bahrain, Dubai, Rome and Vienna.
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24-Jun-2010
Royal Jordanian Airlines has extended its contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to include all ramp transportation at Heathrow.
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21-Jun-2010
Air Moldova airline has concluded interline agreement with national airline of UAE Etihad Airways that comes in force starting from June, 25th, 2010.
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09-Jun-2010
QATAR :
Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines, achieved yet another milestone yesterday as it launched daily flights between Doha and Barcelona its 90th destination.
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04-Jun-2010
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways customers around the world will soon be able to fly to Budapest following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Hungarian carrier, Malev Airlines.
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18-May-2010
EgyptAir will fly to Copenhagen starting 01-Oct-2010
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14-May-2010
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways customers around the world will soon be able to fly to two of Greece's leading holiday destinations as well as Romania and Bulgaria for the first time, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Olympic Air.
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03-May-2010
The Jordan Airports Company (JAC) was registered on 28th of December 2008 as a private shareholding company, wholly owned by the Government of Jordan.
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08-Apr-2010
Wataniya Airways, Kuwait’s premium service airline, announced today that it will start a regular service flights to the Italian capital Rome on May 31st.
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07-Apr-2010
Etihad will manage its codeshare flights with SchedConnect from Lufthansa Systems.
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31-Mar-2010
Qatar Airways today embarked on the second leg of its 2010 expansion programme with the launch of flights to Denmark and further strengthening its operations in Scandinavia.
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31-Mar-2010
Manchester will become the most northerly point on the world's A380 network after Emirates revealed its latest plans for the superjumbo.
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11-Mar-2010
Flybe has announced a deal as a start-up provider for Gulf Air’s new Embraer fleet that further enhances the UK airline’s growing reputation as a quality provider of professional support solutions to the global aviation market.
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08-Feb-2010
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) welcomes today Ukraine International Airlines' (UIA) additional weekly services between Abu Dhabi and Kiev, with the carrier now flying five times per week.
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06-Jan-2010
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Emirates, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates, is to start flights to Madrid, providing the only scheduled passenger service between Dubai and Spain.
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06-Jan-2010
QATAR :
With the launch of the new service to Doha with four weekly frequencies, Qatar Airways will increase the number of connections to the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
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30-Dec-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
An Emirates' A380 left Dubai this morning, bound for France and the home of its manufacturer, Airbus, as double-decker flights got underway to Paris.
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18-Dec-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is to increase its flying programme to Dublin following the success of its services to Ireland’s capital city, moving from its current daily service to 10 flights per week from March 28, 2010.
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17-Dec-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways could soon be carrying out aircraft line maintenance work on behalf of other major European airlines, following a successful recent audit of its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities.
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04-Dec-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Emirates is to launch flights to Amsterdam from 1st May 2010.
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25-Nov-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
An Emirates' A380 will serve Paris from 29th December, one month earlier than planned.
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12-Nov-2009
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will increase its Abu Dhabi-Frankfurt services from 10 to 13 per week from 12 December, increasing to a double daily from 28 March 2010.
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06-Nov-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
Etihad Airways customers around the world will soon be able to fly to a host of new regional airports within the UK, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Flybe, the biggest regional airline in Europe.
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04-Nov-2009
New sales office offering free assistance to Air Arabia customers in Zurich.
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19-Oct-2009
The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has initialed an “open” Air Services Agreement (ASA) and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of the Republic of Serbia on 15th October 2009, during Air Services Negotiations taking place in Belgrade, Serbia.
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13-Oct-2009
QATAR :
Qatar Airways makes historic journey from London Gatwick to Doha, new gas to liquids fuel offers diversity of supply and better local air quality at busy airports.
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13-Oct-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today that it will launch twice-weekly service from Sharjah, UAE, to Samara, Russia, beginning 26-Oct-2009.
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12-Oct-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, launched on October 9 its non-stop scheduled services between Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman, and Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). The carrier now offers passengers four flights a week between Muscat and Paris.
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29-Sep-2009
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) hosted today the official launch event welcoming the Ukraine International Airlines’ new direct service from the Ukraininan capital Kiev to the Abu Dhabi International Airport.
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22-Sep-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
About 40 aircraft will be equipped.
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17-Sep-2009
RUSSIAN FEDERATION :
Royal Jordanian and Siberia airlines (S7), the largest domestic airlines in Russia, signed a unilateral Free Sale Code-share Agreement, where S7 will place its code on RJ flights operated on Amman-Domodedovo-Amman sector. The agreement is to be implemented as of 15-Sep-2009.
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16-Sep-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Adding long haul flights to the network.
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03-Aug-2009
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1 August, 2009: Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today announced that Ukraine's leading international carrier, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), will commence the first direct service from Abu Dhabi to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
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28-Jul-2009
QATAR :
Qatar Airways today announced a significant increase in the number of flights to key European capital cities as part of its aggressive expansion programme to improve frequencies and offer passengers greater choice.
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29-Jun-2009
Waha Capital has taken a 50% stake in the aircraft leasing joint venture company AerVenture, which was established in 2006 by AerCap. AerVenture was established with a focus on new Airbus A320 family aircraft and has a $2.4bn asset base that includes 22 A320s and firm orders for a further 32 aircraft.
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24-Jun-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
A new Kiev-Abu Dhabi-Kiev flight will be operating starting 25-Sep-2009.
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23-Jun-2009
AerCap Holdings N.V announced that Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company Waha Capital PJSC (ADX: WAHA) has agreed to acquire a fifty percent stake in AerVenture Limited. The remaining fifty percent will be held by AerVenture's current parent company AerCap. The parties have committed to a combined total equity investment in AerVenture of USD270 million.
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22-Jun-2009
CFM International will support the strategic agreement between Mubadala Development Company and GE Aviation announced 17-Jun-2009 at the Paris Air Show with engine overhaul support and material supply agreements.
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26-May-2009
Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has signed a three-year deal to be the official shirt sponsor and partner of Premier League side, Manchester City FC. The Etihad Airways brand logo will appear on Manchester City shirts from the summer.
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20-May-2009
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Royal Jordanian, the oneworld carrier, and MK Airlines, represented through its regional agent Gulf European Development Company (GEDCO), was signed on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum 2009, on 17-May-2009 to jointly develop air freight services through Jordan and the Levant.
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07-May-2009
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) welcomed (06-May-09) Jat Airways to Abu Dhabi International Airport. The first passenger aircraft arriving from Belgrade was greeted by water cannons after it touched down at the airport at 06:55 hrs. The route provides the first direct air link between Abu Dhabi and Belgrade since 1998.
El Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) le ha dado la bienvenida (06 may 09) a Jat Airways al Aeropuerto Internacional de Abu Dhabi . El primer avión de pasajeros llegado de Belgrado fue acogido por cañones de agua después de abre pisado suelo a las 6.55 de la mañana. Se trata de la primera ruta directa, desde 1998, que une Abu Dhabi con Belgrado.
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29-Apr-2009
IRELAND :
Pictured before boarding their Aer Arann flight in Galway and beginning their exciting trip to Abu Dhabi were Portumna GAA, winners of the Etihad Airways “Best Club Under the Sun” competition.
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27-Apr-2009
KUWAIT :
Kuwait Airways Corporation has signed an agreement with COX & KINGS with the aim of boosting sales on board its flights throughout the year to London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt and United States through New York. On behalf of the Corporation, the contract was signed by the Director of Marketing & Sales Department - Ahmed Al-Hilal and by Cyrus Sarkar, the Vice-Chairman of COX & KINGS.
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22-Apr-2009
It's all systems go for Swiss International Air Lines, the national carrier of Switzerland, for this year's Arabian Travel Market. The airline, named the 'Best Airline: Europe for its short- and long-haul flights by the prestigious Skytrax 2009, will showcase the latest innovation on its products.
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23-Mar-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways is to extend further its expanding global network by providing its customers with access for the first time to destinations in Spain, following the expansion of its existing codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines of Belgium.
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20-Mar-2009
PAKISTAN :
Pakistán International Airlines anuncia sus planes de expansión para la temporada de Verano
Pakistan International Airline, the Flag carrier of Pakistan, is set to boost its flying program to European & Gulf destinations with the addition of following new destinations & additional frequencies. Direct Flights to Barcelona from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad will start from 29-Mar-09.
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18-Mar-2009
QATAR :
Qatar Airways wrapped up (17-Mar-09) its successful participation at the world’s largest travel fair ITB Berlin with two office openings in Germany. Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways Akbar Al Baker officially inaugurated the new sales and reservations offices in the city centres of Berlin and Munich and hosted a large number of high-profile guests from the travel trade, corporates, media and other business partners.
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17-Mar-2009
The Airports Council International (ACI) published (10-Mar-09) its ranking of the leading airports in the satisfaction survey for 2008. Ben-Gurion Airport was placed first in airport rankings in the Middle East, and second in world rankings of airports with an annual volume of 5-15 million passengers (from among the airports surveyed by the organization).
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13-Mar-2009
JORDAN :
Royal Jordanian will inaugurate its first service between Amman and the Belgian capital, Brussels, on 01-Apr-09. The scheduled direct service to Brussels is added to the RJ network for commercial reasons, following studies of the Belgian market, which indicated that it is feasible to reconnect Jordan and Belgium.
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12-Mar-2009
QATAR :
Qatar Airways announced (11-Mar-09) plans to launch scheduled flights to Australia and further expand its operations in India and Europe with new routes from the start of the Northern Winter 2009 schedules.
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10-Mar-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Oman Air will fly to four more destinations in Europe and Asia in 2009. Oman Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Peter Hill said “August marks the commencement of our wide body fleet acquisition plan when we take delivery of the first of seven brand new Airbus A330 aircraft. We will operate nonstop flights from our base in Muscat to Frankfurt and Paris in the west and eastbound to Colombo and Male.
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10-Mar-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Oman Air will participate at ITB Berlin 2009, the world’s largest and most important tourism trade fair, which is set to launch on 11-Mar. With approximately 11,000 exhibitors, ITB 2008 attracted nearly 180,000 visitors, of which 110,000 were from the travel trade and the balance consumers. Peter Hill, Oman Air’s Chief Executive Officer will head the Company’s delegation to the event.
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09-Mar-2009
KD avia has signed an interline agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines on mutual recognition of the shipping documents.
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25-Feb-2009
On 24-Feb-09, the EU and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan signed an aviation agreement which will restore legal certainty regarding bilateral air services agreements between Pakistan and EU Member States.
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24-Feb-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
The Ministry of Tourism and Oman Air will kick off their largest ever marketing campaign in the GCC on 22-Feb-09. Running for four months, the campaign is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Tourism, Oman Air and is supported by Oman’s major hotels and resorts.
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23-Feb-2009
Aviapartner secured (19-Feb-09) two new handling contracts with Malev Hungarian Airlines and Aegean Airlines for Brussels. Since 16-Feb-09, Aviapartner has been handling Malev’s 14 weekly flights in Brussels, mostly operated with B737 aircraft.
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05-Feb-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways emphasised the importance of Italy to its global flight network and outlined plans to increase flights to the country, following a visit to Abu Dhabi by the Italian tourism minister.
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20-Jan-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Aer Arann whereby Etihad Airways will place its two-letter ‘EY’ code on Aer Arann’s regional flights from Dublin to Cork and Galway in Ireland and also to the Isle of Man.
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16-Jan-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways is set to boost its flying programme to Europe with the addition of a major new route to Athens. Direct flights to Athens will start at the beginning of Jun-09.
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07-Jan-2009
Cargolux Airlines International S.A. launched (06-Jan-09) a new B747 freighter service to Cairo. Since Dec-08, the service operates from Luxembourg every Tuesday at 8.30 a.m., arriving in Cairo at 1.35 p.m. (all times local).
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05-Jan-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Commencing 15-Jan-09, Oman Air will be starting its new service to London Heathrow Airport, providing the only daily, non-stop service between Muscat and London. Flight WY 911 will depart from Muscat International Airport at 1255 hours and arrive London Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 at 1740 hours local time.
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08-Dec-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
British Airways World Cargo announced (05-Dec-08) it will resume services to Saudi Arabia with the launch of five weekly flights to Jeddah and five weekly flights to Riyadh, from 29-Mar-09. This will be the first time the carrier has operated Saudi flights after suspending its services to the country in Mar-05 in response to reduced customer demand.
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02-Dec-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways has launched (01-Dec-08) Moscow flights from Abu Dhabi airport. The five flights a week service to the Russian capital will be followed by a new service to Almaty, starting 02-Dec-08, bringing the total number of destinations served by the carrier to 50.
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26-Nov-2008
SRI LANKA :
SriLankan Airlines has announced (24-Nov-08) its return to the city of Rome from 03-Dec-08, with a thrice-weekly service. The flight, which will be operated on Airbus A340 widebodied aircraft, will operate on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday and take the route Colombo-Rome-Paris-Rome-Colombo. Flying time to Colombo will be of 10 hours duration.
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07-Nov-2008
KUWAIT :
Lido OCLufthansa Systems and Kuwait Airways have signed a three-year extension of their usage agreement for the Lido Operations Center (Lido OC) flight planning solution. Lido OC automatically calculates routes between two airports and creates briefing documents for each flight.
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04-Nov-2008
NORWAY :
Norwegian Air Shuttle has begun flying non-stop to Dubai from Stockholm, serving the route three times a week.
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20-Oct-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
bmi, will double the number of flights from Riyadh to London from 15-Jan-09. Services from Riyadh to Heathrow will increase from three services a week to six, providing a daily service with the exception of Saturday. Return services from Heathrow to Riyadh will operate daily with the exception of Friday.
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08-Oct-2008
CZECH REPUBLICH :
In response to customer demands Smartwings will add more capacity to Dubai during the vacation day 28-Oct-08 period.
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07-Oct-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways is to extend further its expanding global network by providing its customers with access for the first time to destinations in Scandinavia, following the expansion of its existing codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines of Belgium.
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03-Oct-2008
SAS Scandinavian Airlines announced (02-Oct-08) it will commence the second season of operations in the UAE with its three time weekly Dubai-Copenhagen service on 30-Oct-08. SAS will operate the UAE route with A340 equipment.
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23-Sep-2008
Emirates airlines has placed an order with ALSTEF for the maintenance and assistance to operation of the baggage handling system by D.C.V. (Destination Coded Vehicles) in the terminal dedicated to the crew members .
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05-Sep-2008
Czech Airlines is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of scheduled air service between Prague and Beirut.
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02-Sep-2008
CZECH REPUBLICH :
As from Nov-08 Smart Wings will double the number of weekly flights on the route between Prague and Dubai. There will a total of 4 flights, 2 flights in each direction per week.
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19-Aug-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways will launch flights to the Russian capital, Moscow, from its Abu Dhabi home base on 01-Dec-08 and with flights to the Kazakhstan capital, Almaty, commencing the following day on 02-Dec-08.
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07-Aug-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Airways became the first airline from the Gulf region to fly to Belarus when the carrier launched a twice-weekly service to the country’s capital, Minsk.
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18-Jul-2008
SAUDI ARABIA :
Air Atlanta Icelandic has signed a new Wet-Lease agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines, adding yet another B747 to its growing number of aircraft operating on behalf of Saudi Arabian Airlines.
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17-Jul-2008
At the Farnborough Air Show, CAE announced it had been awarded contracts to design and manufacture four full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated training devices. The contracts are with Etihad Airways, British Airways, Bombardier and Embraer. CAE has now announced a total of 14 FFS sales in fiscal year 2009, which began 01-Apr.
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10-Jul-2008
KUWAIT :
Menzies Aviation is pleased to announce the renewal of the Kuwait Airways contract which covers cargo handling at all Menzies UK & Ireland stations.
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25-Jun-2008
SAUDI ARABIA :
Air Atlanta Icelandic has signed two “wet lease” agreements with Saudi Arabian Airlines, making the latter Air Atlanta’s largest customer with five of its B747 classic aircraft in operation.
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12-Jun-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
(XFN Asia) Emirates' area manager for Austria and Eastern Europe, Martin Gross, stated that Emirates is not interested in purchasing Austrian Airlines AG, “our strategy to date has been to not join an alliance and to not have any shareholdings [in other carriers]. These guidelines have not changed. We will not buy Austrian Airlines.” Meanwhile, Air France-KLM is reportedly interested in Austrian Airlines.
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22-May-2008
UPS selected (21-May-08) Shenzhen as its new intra-Asia air hub, and will shift its current regional operations from Manila (Clark) International Airport to Shenzen International Airport by 2010, at an estimated investment of USD180 million.
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14-May-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Emirates stated (13-May-08) it is in negotiations with Airbus to determine the impact of further A380 delays. The carrier is scheduled to receive five A380s in its current financial year, ending 31-Mar-09, and 12 more in FY09/10.
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12-May-2008
Etihad Airways is in talks with privately owned British carrier BMI and others about working more closely together.
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09-May-2008
QATAR :
Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker, confirmed the carrier is considering plans to establish an LCC subsidiary, due to increasing competition from the regional budget carrier sector (arabianbusiness.com, 08-May-08).
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08-May-2008
Etihad Airways confirmed plans to launch services to 12 new destinations in the near future (Gulf News, 08-May-08).
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