Company Insights Emirates Airline Aviation Emirates Airline News Opinion Aviation Egypt must strike the Saudi aviation market while it’s hot New capacity should go to the kingdom's regional routes, where rapid growth is creating new opportunities July 10, 2024 Aviation Dubai entrepreneurs draw closer to launching Air Kerala Two Dubai-based businessmen are on the verge of launching Air Kerala, an ultra low-cost carrier in the Indian state, with long-term plans to offer flights to the Gulf. The venture by Afi Ahmed, chairman of the travel company Smart Travels, and Ayub Kallada, chairman and managing director of Kallada Food Industries, made progress this week […] July 9, 2024 Analysis Aviation Middle East airlines in race to recruit as pilot shortage bites A shortage of pilots is threatening the ambitions of the Middle East’s growing aviation industry, analysts have warned, forcing airlines to bolster their recruitment efforts. The global industry will be short nearly 80,000 pilots by 2032, according to management consultancy Oliver Wyman. The Middle East is projected to account for up to 18,000 of that […] July 4, 2024 Opinion Aviation Middle East airlines are leaders of the pack Regional airlines have much to teach global competitors when it comes to liberalisation and sustainability June 24, 2024 Aviation US fines Emirates for operating in prohibited airspace Emirates has been fined $1.5 million by the US Transportation Department for operating flights carrying JetBlue Airways’ JBLU.O designator code in prohibited airspace. The transportation department said that between December 2021 and August 2022, Emirates operated a significant number of flights carrying the JetBlue Airways code between the United Arab Emirates and the United States […] June 14, 2024 Lunch with Frank Kane Aviation ‘Cut me in half, I’m still Etihad’ Over lunch in Dubai, former CEO James Hogan tells our Editor-at-Large how the “Middle East model” took over aviation – and what really happened at Etihad June 11, 2024 Aviation Airline passengers to get takeaways delivered onboard Airline passengers will soon be able to pre-order meals for their journey from a delivery app, a leading industry executive has predicted. The Dubai-based global air and travel services provider Dnata launched a trial of a pre-flight order and delivery scheme in the Netherlands four years ago. Robin Padgett, divisional senior vice-president of the company’s […] June 5, 2024 Aviation Boeing delays cost Emirates $3bn Delays in delivering new orders by the US aircraft maker Boeing have cost Emirates $3 billion, the airline’s president Tim Clark has revealed. Emirates has an order for 205 777X jets, which were due to be delivered four years ago. The plane has been delayed by problems including hold-ups in certification. As it waits for […] June 4, 2024 Aviation Sustainability chief calls for tax on oil companies Oil companies should be taxed and renewable alternatives incentivised in order to meet ambitious sustainability targets in the aviation industry, according to the sector’s industry trade body. “It’s too easy today to make money by drilling for oil,” said Dr Marie Owens Thomsen, senior vice president for sustainability and chief economist at the International Air […] June 4, 2024 Aviation Groundwork to begin soon on Dubai’s $35bn airport Work will begin shortly on the world’s largest passenger terminal in Dubai. Major groundwork at Al Maktoum International will start this month, Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said. The first phase of the AED128 billion ($34.85 billion) project, slated to be completed within a decade, will be able to accommodate 150 million passengers annually, the […] June 4, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 7 8 9 … 27 Next
Opinion Aviation Egypt must strike the Saudi aviation market while it’s hot New capacity should go to the kingdom's regional routes, where rapid growth is creating new opportunities July 10, 2024
Aviation Dubai entrepreneurs draw closer to launching Air Kerala Two Dubai-based businessmen are on the verge of launching Air Kerala, an ultra low-cost carrier in the Indian state, with long-term plans to offer flights to the Gulf. The venture by Afi Ahmed, chairman of the travel company Smart Travels, and Ayub Kallada, chairman and managing director of Kallada Food Industries, made progress this week […] July 9, 2024
Analysis Aviation Middle East airlines in race to recruit as pilot shortage bites A shortage of pilots is threatening the ambitions of the Middle East’s growing aviation industry, analysts have warned, forcing airlines to bolster their recruitment efforts. The global industry will be short nearly 80,000 pilots by 2032, according to management consultancy Oliver Wyman. The Middle East is projected to account for up to 18,000 of that […] July 4, 2024
Opinion Aviation Middle East airlines are leaders of the pack Regional airlines have much to teach global competitors when it comes to liberalisation and sustainability June 24, 2024
Aviation US fines Emirates for operating in prohibited airspace Emirates has been fined $1.5 million by the US Transportation Department for operating flights carrying JetBlue Airways’ JBLU.O designator code in prohibited airspace. The transportation department said that between December 2021 and August 2022, Emirates operated a significant number of flights carrying the JetBlue Airways code between the United Arab Emirates and the United States […] June 14, 2024
Lunch with Frank Kane Aviation ‘Cut me in half, I’m still Etihad’ Over lunch in Dubai, former CEO James Hogan tells our Editor-at-Large how the “Middle East model” took over aviation – and what really happened at Etihad June 11, 2024
Aviation Airline passengers to get takeaways delivered onboard Airline passengers will soon be able to pre-order meals for their journey from a delivery app, a leading industry executive has predicted. The Dubai-based global air and travel services provider Dnata launched a trial of a pre-flight order and delivery scheme in the Netherlands four years ago. Robin Padgett, divisional senior vice-president of the company’s […] June 5, 2024
Aviation Boeing delays cost Emirates $3bn Delays in delivering new orders by the US aircraft maker Boeing have cost Emirates $3 billion, the airline’s president Tim Clark has revealed. Emirates has an order for 205 777X jets, which were due to be delivered four years ago. The plane has been delayed by problems including hold-ups in certification. As it waits for […] June 4, 2024
Aviation Sustainability chief calls for tax on oil companies Oil companies should be taxed and renewable alternatives incentivised in order to meet ambitious sustainability targets in the aviation industry, according to the sector’s industry trade body. “It’s too easy today to make money by drilling for oil,” said Dr Marie Owens Thomsen, senior vice president for sustainability and chief economist at the International Air […] June 4, 2024
Aviation Groundwork to begin soon on Dubai’s $35bn airport Work will begin shortly on the world’s largest passenger terminal in Dubai. Major groundwork at Al Maktoum International will start this month, Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said. The first phase of the AED128 billion ($34.85 billion) project, slated to be completed within a decade, will be able to accommodate 150 million passengers annually, the […] June 4, 2024
