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Kuwait Airways chairman Abdulmohsen Alfagaan said the airline is cutting costs but improving service

Kuwait Airways rules out profit for at least two years

State-owned Kuwait Airways does not expect to turn a profit for at least another two years as it struggles to recover from losses built up during the Covid 19 pandemic, its chairman said. Abdulmohsen Alfagaan told Kuwait’s daily Alseyassah that the airline is looking into what airplanes it needs and its network of destinations, anticipating […]

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 […]

Qatar Airways' commitment to expansion is evidenced by its recent 25 percent investment in Virgin Australia

Qatar Airways strives to avoid Etihad’s mistakes

Like Etihad before it, Qatar Airways is expanding by buying stakes in other airlines. The Abu Dhabi carrier’s acquisition strategy ended badly, however. Three airlines in which it invested went bust and it lost $1.87 billion in one year alone in 2016. Qatar Airways may have better luck, analysts say. The state-owned carrier, which started […]

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Qatar Airways to order large wide-body aircraft soon

Qatar Airways will soon place a sizeable order for wide-body jets to underpin its longer-term growth plans, the airline’s chief commercial officer told Reuters late on Monday. “To secure the growth of tomorrow by continuing to have a very strong and the best fleet in the industry, our CEO is working on the RFP (request […]

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 […]

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SalamAir to expand fleet as budget travel demand rises

SalamAir, Oman’s first low-cost airline, plans to expand its fleet with 10 new aircraft over the next three years amid a rising surge in budget travel, the company said in a statement. The airline has formally requested 10 Airbus A320 aircraft with multiple leasing companies to support its growth strategy over the coming five years, […]