Company Insights Emirates Airline Aviation Emirates Airline News Video length: 03:07 Analysis Aviation How the battle for the Gulf’s skies has intensified Across and around the Arabian Gulf regional airlines find themselves returning to a very different and increasingly volatile market after the pandemic. Pre-Covid, aviation in the Gulf and many neighbouring nations was largely defined and dominated by Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad. Now, as the Big Three pursue resurgence, they are being increasingly challenged, not […] May 8, 2023 Video length: 02:33 Aviation Emirates and Etihad embrace on one-ticket deal Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways, the UAE’s two flagship carriers, have joined forces to allow customers to purchase a single ticket to fly to either Dubai or Abu Dhabi, and return via the other airport. There will be no extra cost for the service which will commence this summer. The so-called interline agreement is designed […] May 5, 2023 Video length: 02:33 VIDEO Aviation Clark: Sustainable fuel on long haul flights is miles off Long-haul flights using anything but fossil fuels are currently impossible, according to Tim Clark, the president of Emirates Airline. “You will not fly an A380 to Los Angeles with 500 passengers on board, burning 200 tons of fuel, on anything other than fossil fuels for the time being. It won’t happen,” Sir Tim Clark told […] May 4, 2023 Video length: 02:33 Aviation Emirates no longer ‘dastardly competitor’, says Tim Clark Emirates’ new tie-ups with North American airlines are opening the door for more code-share partnerships, the carrier’s president Sir Tim Clark has said. Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market on Tuesday, Clark pointed to the Dubai airline’s deals with United and Air Canada, which were both launched within the past year. Similar agreements could follow, […] May 3, 2023 Video length: 02:33 Aviation Saudi tenders for new low-cost carrier in Dammam Saudi Arabia has issued a public tender for another airline to operate in the kingdom. Two new airlines have already been announced in the country this year – Riyadh Air and Neom Airlines. And the General Authority of Civil Aviation is looking to introduce one more. The tender invites investors “wishing to obtain a national […] May 3, 2023 Video length: 02:33 Aviation Qatar Airways CEO plays down threat of competition The CEO of Qatar Airways has said he is “very excited” by the growth of Saudi Arabia’s aviation industry, despite the prospect of tougher competition as regional airline capacity increases. “We will co-operate with them, we will support them, because we feel that relationships matter and there is a lot of business to go around […] May 2, 2023 Tourism Demand for Dubai tourism ‘going up’ despite challenges One of Dubai’s leading tourism figures has brushed off concerns over rising oil prices and stubbornly high inflation, striking a bullish tone on the outlook for growth in the emirate’s tourism industry ahead of a major conference. “We constantly monitor demand from forward bookings, and we can see that the demand for Dubai is going […] April 28, 2023 Opinion Aviation The aviation sector is due for a cull The regional airline market is saturated. It's time for consolidation and a strategic rethink April 25, 2023 Aviation Qatar Airways CEO calls for aviation fuel overhaul The boss of Qatar Airways has called for an overhaul of the sustainable aviation fuel market. The airline is buying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as it seeks to reduce the environmental impact of air travel. However CEO Akbar Al Baker has labelled the fuel “exorbitantly expensive” and says it is only available in low volumes […] April 11, 2023 Aviation Emirates strengthens ties with US while Etihad looks east Dubai airline Emirates has strengthened its relations with the US as its Abu Dhabi counterpart Etihad Airways increased its presence in the east. Emirates and United Airlines have activated their codeshare partnership allowing customers of the Dubai carrier to fly to Chicago, Houston or San Francisco and connect to the network of domestic flights operated […] March 31, 2023 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 19 20 21 … 27 Next
Video length: 03:07 Analysis Aviation How the battle for the Gulf’s skies has intensified Across and around the Arabian Gulf regional airlines find themselves returning to a very different and increasingly volatile market after the pandemic. Pre-Covid, aviation in the Gulf and many neighbouring nations was largely defined and dominated by Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad. Now, as the Big Three pursue resurgence, they are being increasingly challenged, not […] May 8, 2023
Video length: 02:33 Aviation Emirates and Etihad embrace on one-ticket deal Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways, the UAE’s two flagship carriers, have joined forces to allow customers to purchase a single ticket to fly to either Dubai or Abu Dhabi, and return via the other airport. There will be no extra cost for the service which will commence this summer. The so-called interline agreement is designed […] May 5, 2023
Video length: 02:33 VIDEO Aviation Clark: Sustainable fuel on long haul flights is miles off Long-haul flights using anything but fossil fuels are currently impossible, according to Tim Clark, the president of Emirates Airline. “You will not fly an A380 to Los Angeles with 500 passengers on board, burning 200 tons of fuel, on anything other than fossil fuels for the time being. It won’t happen,” Sir Tim Clark told […] May 4, 2023
Video length: 02:33 Aviation Emirates no longer ‘dastardly competitor’, says Tim Clark Emirates’ new tie-ups with North American airlines are opening the door for more code-share partnerships, the carrier’s president Sir Tim Clark has said. Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market on Tuesday, Clark pointed to the Dubai airline’s deals with United and Air Canada, which were both launched within the past year. Similar agreements could follow, […] May 3, 2023
Video length: 02:33 Aviation Saudi tenders for new low-cost carrier in Dammam Saudi Arabia has issued a public tender for another airline to operate in the kingdom. Two new airlines have already been announced in the country this year – Riyadh Air and Neom Airlines. And the General Authority of Civil Aviation is looking to introduce one more. The tender invites investors “wishing to obtain a national […] May 3, 2023
Video length: 02:33 Aviation Qatar Airways CEO plays down threat of competition The CEO of Qatar Airways has said he is “very excited” by the growth of Saudi Arabia’s aviation industry, despite the prospect of tougher competition as regional airline capacity increases. “We will co-operate with them, we will support them, because we feel that relationships matter and there is a lot of business to go around […] May 2, 2023
Tourism Demand for Dubai tourism ‘going up’ despite challenges One of Dubai’s leading tourism figures has brushed off concerns over rising oil prices and stubbornly high inflation, striking a bullish tone on the outlook for growth in the emirate’s tourism industry ahead of a major conference. “We constantly monitor demand from forward bookings, and we can see that the demand for Dubai is going […] April 28, 2023
Opinion Aviation The aviation sector is due for a cull The regional airline market is saturated. It's time for consolidation and a strategic rethink April 25, 2023
Aviation Qatar Airways CEO calls for aviation fuel overhaul The boss of Qatar Airways has called for an overhaul of the sustainable aviation fuel market. The airline is buying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as it seeks to reduce the environmental impact of air travel. However CEO Akbar Al Baker has labelled the fuel “exorbitantly expensive” and says it is only available in low volumes […] April 11, 2023
Aviation Emirates strengthens ties with US while Etihad looks east Dubai airline Emirates has strengthened its relations with the US as its Abu Dhabi counterpart Etihad Airways increased its presence in the east. Emirates and United Airlines have activated their codeshare partnership allowing customers of the Dubai carrier to fly to Chicago, Houston or San Francisco and connect to the network of domestic flights operated […] March 31, 2023
