Company Insights Jazeera Airways Aviation Jazeera Airways News Aviation Air India-Vistara scrutiny ‘is good news for Gulf carriers’ An inquiry into the planned merger between Air India and Vistara will be welcomed by Middle East airlines, as they look to increase their share of the lucrative Indian market, an aviation expert has said. India’s anti-trust commission is investigating the proposal over competition concerns, which could delay or even block the deal altogether. Previously […] July 3, 2023 Aviation Wizz Air grows fleet to meet low-cost demand Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has revealed plans to increase its fleet size by over 400 percent before the end of the decade, as budget air travel in the Mena region booms. The carrier may also expand further into Saudi Arabia. The joint venture between Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, which owns 51 percent, and […] June 9, 2023 Opinion Aviation Profit is not an issue for Neom Airlines … for now Launch of new carrier is initially to service the wider project, but this may not be sustainable May 4, 2023 Aviation Interim approval granted for Qantas-Emirates alliance Australia’s competition regulator has granted interim approval for Qantas Airways and Dubai’s Emirates to continue their passenger and cargo transport alliance. Qantas and Emirates’ existing deal, which was granted in 2018, is set to expire on March 31, 2023, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement. Under the current agreement, both airlines […] March 23, 2023 Tourism India resists allowing Gulf carriers to increase air traffic to its cities India is resisting calls from both Dubai and Kuwait to increase their national airlines’ flights to the subcontinent’s fast-growing aviation market. The country wants its own domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights rather than increasing air traffic from Emirates and Jazeera Airways, its civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told Reuters on Tuesday. “The minute […] March 21, 2023 Banking & Finance Boursa Kuwait hails increasing international investor appeal The CEO of Boursa Kuwait says he is seeing increased confidence from international investors in the stock exchange as net profit grew by over 13 percent to KD18 million ($59 million) in 2022. “We were successful in attracting institutional international investors, as total foreign turnover activity was up 29 percent, with a total traded value […] February 13, 2023 Tourism Kuwait issues runway tender as part of airport expansion drive Kuwait’s civil aviation authority has issued a tender for building works at the country’s main airport as part of a multibillion-dollar refurbishment and expansion programme. Kuwait International Airport will add a new passenger terminal and a third runway, which the government hopes will bolster the domestic aviation industry and help attract more transit passengers flying […] September 23, 2022 Analysis Aviation Gulf’s top airlines take different paths to soar post-Covid The air travel industry was among the worst hit globally by the coronavirus pandemic and its ensuing lockdowns and border closures — and the Middle East’s industry was no exception. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, the pandemic caused global aviation revenues to drop by 60 percent in 2020, and airlines lost a […] May 9, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 2
Aviation Air India-Vistara scrutiny ‘is good news for Gulf carriers’ An inquiry into the planned merger between Air India and Vistara will be welcomed by Middle East airlines, as they look to increase their share of the lucrative Indian market, an aviation expert has said. India’s anti-trust commission is investigating the proposal over competition concerns, which could delay or even block the deal altogether. Previously […] July 3, 2023
Aviation Wizz Air grows fleet to meet low-cost demand Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has revealed plans to increase its fleet size by over 400 percent before the end of the decade, as budget air travel in the Mena region booms. The carrier may also expand further into Saudi Arabia. The joint venture between Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, which owns 51 percent, and […] June 9, 2023
Opinion Aviation Profit is not an issue for Neom Airlines … for now Launch of new carrier is initially to service the wider project, but this may not be sustainable May 4, 2023
Aviation Interim approval granted for Qantas-Emirates alliance Australia’s competition regulator has granted interim approval for Qantas Airways and Dubai’s Emirates to continue their passenger and cargo transport alliance. Qantas and Emirates’ existing deal, which was granted in 2018, is set to expire on March 31, 2023, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement. Under the current agreement, both airlines […] March 23, 2023
Tourism India resists allowing Gulf carriers to increase air traffic to its cities India is resisting calls from both Dubai and Kuwait to increase their national airlines’ flights to the subcontinent’s fast-growing aviation market. The country wants its own domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights rather than increasing air traffic from Emirates and Jazeera Airways, its civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told Reuters on Tuesday. “The minute […] March 21, 2023
Banking & Finance Boursa Kuwait hails increasing international investor appeal The CEO of Boursa Kuwait says he is seeing increased confidence from international investors in the stock exchange as net profit grew by over 13 percent to KD18 million ($59 million) in 2022. “We were successful in attracting institutional international investors, as total foreign turnover activity was up 29 percent, with a total traded value […] February 13, 2023
Tourism Kuwait issues runway tender as part of airport expansion drive Kuwait’s civil aviation authority has issued a tender for building works at the country’s main airport as part of a multibillion-dollar refurbishment and expansion programme. Kuwait International Airport will add a new passenger terminal and a third runway, which the government hopes will bolster the domestic aviation industry and help attract more transit passengers flying […] September 23, 2022
Analysis Aviation Gulf’s top airlines take different paths to soar post-Covid The air travel industry was among the worst hit globally by the coronavirus pandemic and its ensuing lockdowns and border closures — and the Middle East’s industry was no exception. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, the pandemic caused global aviation revenues to drop by 60 percent in 2020, and airlines lost a […] May 9, 2022
