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Etihad Airways host Dutch travel industry representatives to Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways is playing host to 250 leading travel industry representatives from The Netherlands. The delegation has arrived in Abu Dhabi for the ANVR (Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Reisondernemingen) Dutch Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators Conference 2015. The event is sponsored by Etihad Airways, which has provided return transportation from Amsterdam to Abu Dha...

Flydubai has launched two new Russian services

Flydubai has launched two new flights to Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, Russia, making it the first Dubai-based airline to serve these destinations. The two routes were launched this week, with flights to Novosibirsk operating three times a week, and Nizhny Novgorod twice a week. Flydubai first launched flights to Russia in 2010 and the airline aims to grow its network in the are...

Etihad Airways Engineering has expanded painting facilities

Etihad Airways Engineering has converted Hangar 5 at Abu Dhabi International Airport into a paint hangar, expanding its painting capabilities. The Middle East’s leading aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul provider, Etihad Airways Engineering has converted the hangar with chillers, improved thermal insulation, and a drainage system to suit painting requirements. “W...

Jennifer Aniston’s Emirates Advertising Debut Is a Passenger Experience Nightmare

Jennifer Aniston has made her debut as the face of Emirates Airlines’ latest campaign with a quirky and humorous video that highlights the nightmare of air travel in anything but luxury. In the video, Aniston dreams that she’s on a plane with no shower or bar, and is mocked by flight attendants for asking. Fortunately, she wakes up in First Class on an Emirates A380, so all is well...

Dubai World Central target to become world’s largest airport on track

The expansion of Dubai World Central (DWC) airport is on track said, government officials in Dubai yesterday. Bids for a second phase that will allow the airport to accommodate an annual 26 million passengers are expected this month. Contracts are set to be awarded in November, said Suzanne Al Anani, chief executive of Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects. Currently DWC airport, Dubai...

Flydubai flight to Beirut returns to Dubai with engine issue

A flydubai flight to Beirut was forced to return to its home airport on Tuesday morning after the aircraft developed a technical glitch. A spokesman for the budget airline said ground staff “decided that flight FZ157 should return to Dubai due to the performance of one of the engines”. The flight left Dubai International Airport at 8am and was scheduled to land in Beirut at 11.10...

UAE'S GCAA AND Eurocontrol sign flight plan data exchange accord

The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Eurocontrol have signed an agreement at ATC Global, currently running in Dubai, to enhance co-operation between the two for flight data exchange. Frank Brenner, Eurocontrol’s Director General (pictured above) revealed the agreement covers the exchange of flight data, updated flight plan informatio...

Emirates Steps Up A380neo Campaign With 20-year Utilization Plan

Emirates, the biggest customer for Airbus Group SE' A380 superjumbo, said it has presented the manufacturer with a 20-year operating program for the aircraft, stepping up its campaign for a re-engined version of a model that's struggling for orders elsewhere. "We had several meetings with Airbus this year on the A380neo, on what we want and how many, right up until 2035,"...

For GCC economy, ATC Global raises some key questions

John Swift, Director, NATS Middle East looks at the key issues that will be raised at today's ATC Global event in Dubai. The emergence of the Gulf, over the past decade, as the dominant hub in global aviation has been astounding. The natural geographic advantage of the region has been matched by unprecedented levels of investment in airport infrastructure, and the world’s newest fleet...

UAE marks 83 years of aviation progress

Eighty-three years ago today, a single-propeller British-owned Imperial Airways plane carrying four passengers landed in Sharjah, the first to carry airline passengers to what is now the UAE. The anniversary is marked by Civil Aviation Day in the Emirates – a day in which the government seeks to reflect “the concerted efforts by the aviation industry in the past decades resulting in...

Emirates won’t make big plane order at Dubai Air Show, says president

Emirates is studying variants of Boeing’s 787 and Airbus’s A350 and won’t make a decision on a potential order before next year, Emirates president Tim Clark said. His comments on Sunday dispelled speculation of an order during the Dubai Airshow in November. During the last show two years ago, the airline placed record-breaking orders for 50 A380s, of which it is the largest o...

Emirates First Class lounge at Dubai International Airport: review

Emirates airline’s “A380 hub” at Dubai Airport’s Terminal 3 stretches for 645 metres, housing 20 individual gates through which up to 15 million passengers a year can board. For anyone worn out by international jet setting, this place is a welcome relief – it’s vast, bright, airy and relatively hushed and, for those with tickets for the front seats, the experien...