Company Insights Qatar Airways Aviation Qatar Airways News Business of Sport Bayern Munich and Qatar Airways end $50m sponsorship German football club Bayern Munich will not renew its five-year sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways after it expires this month. The decision was made by mutual consent, according to a joint statement issued on the club’s website on Wednesday. “The connections that FC Bayern has been able to forge with its fans in the Arab […] June 28, 2023 Opinion Aviation Meeting demand of Vision 2030 is far from plane sailing Airbus and Boeing's order books are already filled to the brim June 14, 2023 Aviation Qatar Airways may scrap first-class on long-haul flights Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says the airline plans to avoid including first-class seats on its future next-generation long-haul Boeing 777X aircraft. The investment in the “most luxurious seats” does not justify the returns, as the airline’s business class offers much of the same perks, he added. “Why should you invest in a subclass […] June 4, 2023 Aviation Emirates’ Penelope Cruz signing targets Spain and Latin America Emirates is planning to spread its wings further across Spanish-speaking destinations with the help of actress Penelope Cruz. The Academy Award-winning star has been announced as the latest brand ambassador for Emirates. She will feature in a series of advertising campaigns across the summer in English and her native Spanish. Emirates – which reported a […] May 26, 2023 Opinion Aviation Airline alliances? Emirates forges its own flight path Bilateral agreements can be easier to manage and more tightly targeted May 25, 2023 Analysis Neom Italy woos Saudi and other Gulf nations in trade drive Italy is courting Saudi Arabia to invest in a new fund, as the European country increasingly turns to the GCC to boost trade and investment volumes. Industry minister Adolfo Urso said Saudi was ready for further investments following a video call with the kingdom’s investment minister, Khalid Al Falih. Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni plans […] May 25, 2023 Aviation Qatar Airways CEO calls for realism over net-zero targets The CEO of Qatar Airways has said the lack of readily available aviation fuel alternatives will throw the industry’s goals of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 into doubt. Akbar Al Baker is a long-standing critic of suppliers of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), labelling it “exorbitantly expensive” and claiming it’s only available in low volumes “because […] May 24, 2023 Masdar and Airbus combine on aviation decarbonisation Masdar will collaborate with Airbus on sustainable aviation fuels as the UAE clean energy giant and Europe’s largest airplane maker aim to decarbonise the industry. The companies have signed an agreement to work on green hydrogen and direct air capture technologies which, when combined, can produce synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAF remains limited in […] May 16, 2023 Aviation Staff bonus gives Emirates lift-off in recruitment stakes The sizeable bonus awarded by Emirates to its staff will give the Dubai airline a significant tailwind as competition for talent takes off across the region. According to an email from the company’s chairman and chief executive, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, employees have been given a 24-week bonus this month. It comes after […] May 16, 2023 Sustainability Emirates sets up $200m fund to lower impact of fossil fuels Dubai-based Emirates has allocated $200 million for research and development (R&D) projects focussed on lowering the impact of fossil fuels in commercial aviation. The move is the biggest single commitment by any airline on sustainability, with funds to be disbursed over three years, the airline said in a statement. Emirates will sign partnerships with top organisations […] May 11, 2023 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 9 10 11 … 15 Next
Business of Sport Bayern Munich and Qatar Airways end $50m sponsorship German football club Bayern Munich will not renew its five-year sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways after it expires this month. The decision was made by mutual consent, according to a joint statement issued on the club’s website on Wednesday. “The connections that FC Bayern has been able to forge with its fans in the Arab […] June 28, 2023
Opinion Aviation Meeting demand of Vision 2030 is far from plane sailing Airbus and Boeing's order books are already filled to the brim June 14, 2023
Aviation Qatar Airways may scrap first-class on long-haul flights Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says the airline plans to avoid including first-class seats on its future next-generation long-haul Boeing 777X aircraft. The investment in the “most luxurious seats” does not justify the returns, as the airline’s business class offers much of the same perks, he added. “Why should you invest in a subclass […] June 4, 2023
Aviation Emirates’ Penelope Cruz signing targets Spain and Latin America Emirates is planning to spread its wings further across Spanish-speaking destinations with the help of actress Penelope Cruz. The Academy Award-winning star has been announced as the latest brand ambassador for Emirates. She will feature in a series of advertising campaigns across the summer in English and her native Spanish. Emirates – which reported a […] May 26, 2023
Opinion Aviation Airline alliances? Emirates forges its own flight path Bilateral agreements can be easier to manage and more tightly targeted May 25, 2023
Analysis Neom Italy woos Saudi and other Gulf nations in trade drive Italy is courting Saudi Arabia to invest in a new fund, as the European country increasingly turns to the GCC to boost trade and investment volumes. Industry minister Adolfo Urso said Saudi was ready for further investments following a video call with the kingdom’s investment minister, Khalid Al Falih. Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni plans […] May 25, 2023
Aviation Qatar Airways CEO calls for realism over net-zero targets The CEO of Qatar Airways has said the lack of readily available aviation fuel alternatives will throw the industry’s goals of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 into doubt. Akbar Al Baker is a long-standing critic of suppliers of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), labelling it “exorbitantly expensive” and claiming it’s only available in low volumes “because […] May 24, 2023
Masdar and Airbus combine on aviation decarbonisation Masdar will collaborate with Airbus on sustainable aviation fuels as the UAE clean energy giant and Europe’s largest airplane maker aim to decarbonise the industry. The companies have signed an agreement to work on green hydrogen and direct air capture technologies which, when combined, can produce synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAF remains limited in […] May 16, 2023
Aviation Staff bonus gives Emirates lift-off in recruitment stakes The sizeable bonus awarded by Emirates to its staff will give the Dubai airline a significant tailwind as competition for talent takes off across the region. According to an email from the company’s chairman and chief executive, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, employees have been given a 24-week bonus this month. It comes after […] May 16, 2023
Sustainability Emirates sets up $200m fund to lower impact of fossil fuels Dubai-based Emirates has allocated $200 million for research and development (R&D) projects focussed on lowering the impact of fossil fuels in commercial aviation. The move is the biggest single commitment by any airline on sustainability, with funds to be disbursed over three years, the airline said in a statement. Emirates will sign partnerships with top organisations […] May 11, 2023
