Middle East

KLM and Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, have signed a codeshare partnership, for travel commencing from 27 October 2019.

Oman Air continues its expansion across Europe by adding five popular cities to the list of codeshare destinations with Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline.

As part of its regional network expansion, Sultanate’s fastest-growing airline SalamAir has added a new direct service from Muscat to Bahrain.

Etihad Aviation Group and Air Arabia announced the signing of an agreement to launch ‘Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’, the capital’s first low-cost carrier.

flydubai has announced the completion of the first Split Scimitar Winglets installation on its fleet of Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft

flydubai reported Dh196.7 million in losses for the first half of 2019 as it was “significantly impacted” by the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAX fleet.

In addition to the Boeing 787-10, Saudi Arabian Airlines operates 13 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner airplanes and 33 Boeing 777-300ER jets.

BOC Aviation announced that it has concluded a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Qatar Airways for three new Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

Gulf Air and Etihad Airways have added four airports in the United States of America to the list of cities served by the existing codeshare agreement.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, received its seventh Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC.