Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM Airlines, eyes Meridiana stake

Qatar Airways’ deal with LATAM will inject $613m into the Chile-based carrier

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala forms aircraft composites joint venture with Solvay

The joint venture has already been awarded its first primary materials supply contract by Boeing

Qatar Airways announces $440m net profit for 2016

The carrier group published its financial results for the first time on Monday

Air Arabia launches new route to Georgia’s Batumi

The low cost carrier will operate two weekly flights from Sharjah

Flydubai to launch double daily service to Bangkok

The service is likely to be one of the airline’s longest in terms of travel time

Emirates chief says not much expected from EU aviation deal

The EU is pursuing air traffic agreements with the UAE and Qatar

flydubai partners with Booking.com to offer hotel deals

The company’s site will include guest reviews and a range of payment options

Nile Air launches Cairo, Al Ain service

An Airbus A320 aircraft will operate the new service

Dubai’s Emirates begins several capacity and service upgrades

The airline is boosting capacity to Bangkok and Los Angeles from July 1

Abu Dhabi Airports appoints new acting CEO

CEO Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei has now been appointed as an advisor to the chairman

Dubai airport passenger traffic rises 7.2% in May

In the first five months of this year, traffic expanded 7 per cent to 34.65 million passengers

Flydubai boosts Kuwait capacity for holiday traffic

Flydubai makes Dubai, Bucharest service daily

The move follows year-on-year passenger traffic growth on the route

Istanbul attack again raises concerns of airport security

The suicide attack at Ataturk Airport on Tuesday killed at least 36 people and injured hundreds

Singapore Airlines’ Indian JV to challenge Gulf carriers

Vistara is looking to compete for international traffic following changes in the county’s aviation rules

Malaysia Airlines CEO linked with Emirates

Reports have linked Christoph Mueller with a position leading Emirates’ digital strategy

Abu Dhabi airport expects 85,000 passengers to travel this week

Airport authorities urge travellers to register for the Smart Travel initiative

Kuwait Airways’ New York flight to include Ireland stopover

The two and a half hour stopover to be part of an extraordinary security precaution, announced Kuwait Airways

British Airways delays London Tehran route

The UK carrier was due to launch a six-times weekly service on the route from July 14

Abu Dhabi-backed Solar Impulse 2 completes Atlantic flight

Experimental solar-powered plane lands in Seville after a 70-hour journey from New York

Emirates to introduce A380 on daily Dubai-Auckland route

The added capacity will meet growing demand on the route – the world’s longest

Etihad partner Air Serbia starts New York flights

The airline will operate five-times weekly flights between Belgrade and New York

Emirates receives 80th A380 jet from Airbus

The aircraft will be used on the Dubai-Vienna route from July 1

Work to begin on Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal’s external facade

De-propping of the last arch in the roof of the new terminal is now complete

Dubai airport expects nearly 2m passengers over two weekends

Traveller numbers are expected to peak during the weekends of June 30 and July 7

British Airways suspends flights to Sharm al-Sheikh ‘indefinitely’

British and Russian governments banned their airlines from flying to Sharm al-Sheikh because of security concerns

Boeing confirms signing airplane deal with Iran Air

The agreement marks Boeing’s first sale to Iran since its Islamic Revolution in 1979

Investigators start analysis of damaged EgyptAir black boxes

Sources said it would require “lots of time and effort” to fix the black box recorders

Abu Dhabi to levy Dhs 35 airport fee

The fee will be imposed on passengers from July

Emirates to deploy A380 on Moscow route

The Dubai airline will upgrade one of its two daily flights to Moscow from December 1

Etihad Flight College adds new trainer aircraft to fleet

Etihad Flight College will be the world’s first flight school to use the Phenom 100E in the initial phase of training