Kuwait Airways announced the suspension of its services carrying passengers between London Heathrow and New York’s JFK airport. The announcement follows a disagreement with U.S. officials who say the Middle Eastern carrier can’t refuse to fly Israeli citizens on the route. The airline is also canceling all direct services between Kuwait and Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Sohag … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Royal Jordanian and Spanish low cost carrier Vueling Airlines signed an interline agreement whereby Royal Jordanian passengers can connect to Vueling’s 150 cities via the latter’s hub in Barcelona and to 65 destinations from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Vueling’s second hub. The deal will enable Royal Jordanian to offer its … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Royal Jordanian inaugurates its new direct regular route from Amman to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, tomorrow, December 23, 2015. Jakarta is Royal Jordanian’s fourth new destination in 2015; the airline started operating to Ankara, on December 8, and to Tabuk and Najaf earlier this year. President/CEO Captain Suleiman Obeidat … Read more
Emirates airline’s senior executives hosted a high level delegation from Central and Latin American countries on an official visit to Emirates’ Headquarters as part of a one-day Commercial Summit on 17 December, 2015. The official visit and subsequent meetings aimed to examine mutually beneficial opportunities to enhance relationships, and further stimulate trade and leisure traffic … Read more
In a special ceremony organized at the Amiri Airport Terminal, Kuwait Airways officials welcomed the demonstration flight of the Airbus A350 XWB, which have made its first visit to Kuwait in November 2015. On the occasion, during the inaugural address, Kuwait Airways Chairperson & Managing Director- Mrs. Rasha Abdulaziz Al-Roumi stated that the event represents … Read more
Emirates announced it will deploy its highly-popular A380 to even more destinations across its network in 2016. Birmingham (BHX), Prague (PRG) and Taipei (TPE) have been added to the growing list of Emirates A380 destinations, making Emirates the first and only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service from each of these destinations. Emirates’ daily … Read more
Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, has teamed with Emirates to optimize crew planning operations. Emirates has now fully entered Jeppesen Crew Rostering services into its operations, which was introduced to improve efficiency and lower costs related to crew management functions, while respecting crew preferences. “We have successfully worked in tandem with Jeppesen … Read more
In order to increase customer satisfaction and flexibility, MEA will increase its capacity to both Riyadh and Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. Middle East Airlines announced the addition of a 14th frequency to Riyadh, to be operated on Saturdays. The Lebanese airline already added a 14th weekly service to Jeddah from December 12th. As a result, MEA … Read more
Etihad Airways will add three new weekly services between Abu Dhabi and Manila from 1 May 2016, offering a total of 17 return flights per week. All 17 weekly flights will be operated by a two-class Boeing 777-300ER with 28 seats in Business and 384 in Economy. The additional frequency is also expected to boost … Read more
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today unveiled plans to fly its Boeing 787s to five more destinations during 2016. With a phased delivery of five new 787s over a seven-month period, beginning May 2016, the 299-seat 787 Dreamliners will be deployed as replacements for existing aircraft on daily scheduled services to Dusseldorf, Perth, Shanghai, … Read more