Used in military planes for decades, ejectable recorders separate from the tail during a crash and float, while emitting a satellite distress signal.
The facility will now be operational for Etihad’s early morning flights, EY103 to New York JFK and EY183 to San Francisco.
The airline is expecting to begin operations in the Kingdom in the next six to 18 months.
ICAO wants to develop a global system to improve plane tracking and ensure accident sites are found quickly.
The upgraded service will increase Emirates’ capacity from Manchester by 13 per cent, the airline said.
Middle Eastern air cargo carriers also saw a 17.1 per cent increase in capacity in November, IATA said.
Qatar’s 283-seat aircraft was officially unveiled to international media and dignatories in Doha today.
The Gulf airline also purchased rights for four additional planes, bringing the combined value of the deal to $2.46 billion when exercised.
The airline will also review the amount of time its flights can be on the tarmac with passengers on board, following reports of passengers being held on a plane for nearly 12 hours.
The new plan aims to reduce the total expenditure of the airline by more than OMR100 million over the next three years.
Petra Airlines will be rebranded as Air Arabia Jordan and the UAE carrier will establish a hub at Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport.
Passengers said that they were asked to wait in the plane because Abu Dhabi International was too crowded with travellers from other stranded flights.
The airport was closed for a little more than an hour from 2.30am local time on Saturday, Etihad said.
Pilots who have flown the Indonesia to Singapore route say it’s not unusual for delays to requests to increase altitude to avoid bad weather.
Seven bodies have been recovered from the sea, some fully clothed, which could indicate the Airbus A320-200 was intact when it hit the water.
Passenger traffic related to Russia and other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States plunged 18.2 per cent from a year earlier in November, Dubai Airports said.
The Indonesian Navy spotted objects suspected to be an emergency door and underwater objects resembling a plane, a senior official said.
U.S. assistance could include air, surface or underwater detection capabilities, said Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary.
The Indonesian search team suspects the plane is under water with no signal detected from the emergency local transmitter yet.
After a two-hour closure, all diverted flights have proceeded to Abu Dhabi and delayed outbound flights have begun departing, a statement said.
Etihad Airways diverted 15 inbound flights to five other airports in the region including Dubai World Central and Muscat.
The Indonesia AirAsia plane disappeared after its pilot failed to get permission to fly higher to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday.
Airbus A320-200 flights are designed to be used intensively on short routes and are favoured by the low-cost airlines that run such routes.
Rescue aircraft searching for the plane, missing for more than 12 hours, have returned to base, officials said.
The new order will help Kuwait Airways expand its operations through the launch of new routes.
The deal is expected to give Etihad greater access to the fourth largest travel market in Europe.
The upgrade will allow the airport to handle wide body aircraft such as the A380 and the Boeing 787.
The additional service will increase passenger and cargo capacity to and from Birmingham by 42 per cent, the airline said.
The new service is scheduled to begin from August 1 2015, the airline said in a statement.
Doha carrier poised to receive Airbus’ latest model which will fly to Frankfurt from January