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Officials at Muscat Airport said they were stretched as passengers flew to Dubai during the last days of the holy fasting month

Thai earthquake increases Omani Eid bookings to Dubai

The earthquake which has devastated parts of southeast Asia has forced many Eid holiday makers from Oman to divert from flying to Thailand and to choose Dubai instead as is a preferred destination. Travel agents in Oman have seen a surge of bookings to Dubai with most of them leaving by air. “In last year’s […]

Passengers boarding a FlyDubai aircraft in Dubai. The airline's fleet is made up of narrow-body jets

Narrow-body aircraft to push growth of Middle East fleets

Gulf Arab airlines and other Middle East carriers will expand their fleets at almost double the rate of the global average over the next ten years, industry experts say. They will also increase the share of narrow-body planes over twin-aisle aircraft. Globally, fleet size is expected grow by 2.8 percent per year over the next […]

Red Bull will not put its logo on the Al Ahly team's shirts or around the team's stadium in Cairo

Boost for Arab soccer as Red Bull sponsors Al Ahly

Egypt’s most successful football club has kicked off what could become a sponsorship rush from European companies into the country’s top league. Al Ahly of Cairo, winners of 44 Egyptian Premier League titles and 12 Confederation of African Football Champions League titles, has agreed a marketing partnership with the Austrian drinks company Red Bull.  No […]

Emirates president Tim Clark said the airline is not optimistic about Boeing 777X deliveries in October 2025

Emirates to spend $5bn on refitting 220 aircraft

UAE flag carrier Emirates will spend around $5 billion on refitting 220 of its aircraft in order to sustain its network, president Tim Clark said on Wednesday, as the industry struggles with delivery delays for newer jets. “We have no choice,” Clark told reporters. “This one is the only way we could sustain the network, grow the network.” […]

Airbus is considering establishing maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities for the A400M in the UAE

Airbus weighs production of military aircraft parts in UAE

European planemaker Airbus is exploring the possibility of manufacturing components and setting up a maintenance facility for the A400M, a military transport aircraft, in the UAE. The plan includes integrating local entities – including EPI, part of defence company Edge Group, and Strata, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi investment vehicle Mubadala – into the A400M’s global aerospace […]

Passengers board an Etihad Airways airplane at Abu Dhabi; the airline plans to carry 33 million passengers by the end of the decade

Etihad IPO likely to attract ‘significant’ investor interest

Abu Dhabi-owned Etihad Airways is likely to attract “significant” investor interest if and when it sells shares in an initial public offering expected in March in the first Gulf Arab airline IPO in almost 20 years, analysts have said. Owned by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, the airline may raise as much as $1 […]

Qatar Airways' stake in Virgin Australia will challenge the dominance of Australia's national carrier Qantas

Qatar Airways gets nod to buy 25% of Virgin Australia

The Australian government has cleared an offer by state-backed Qatar Airways to acquire a minority 25 percent stake in Virgin Australia from Bain Capital, a US private equity company, the companies said in a statement.  The Gulf carrier made the offer to buy the stake in October, but the Australian transport minister, Catherine King, rejected […]