Carrier demands for better fuel efficiency is rewiring aircraft interiors, writes Kim Choate, director of Mass Transportation for SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business.
The airline has confirmed that the A380 flight made a safe landing at the Dubai Airport.
Flights will be subject to increased safety and security requirements, the regulator said.
The airline’s turnaround strategy includes stripping costs, freezing capacity and slashing 5,000 jobs.
He was responding to allegations made by the three largest U.S. airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines.
The UAE currently comprises around 20 per cent of Airbus’ Middle East market, an official confirmed.
State-owned DAE purchased aviation services firm StandardAero from the Carlyle Group in 2007.
Sources said the deal could close by the end of the first quarter.
An industry veteran gives his insights into the little discussed aviation leasing market.
Emirates’ Tim Clark, Qatar Airways Akbar Al Baker and US-UAE Business Council President Danny Sebright are among those who responded to the comments.
The airline will fly four times per week to Doha, bringing the total number of destinations from its Ras Al Khaimah hub to nine.
All flights had been suspended at Ataturk Airport and Turkish Airlines said it cancelled 200 flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Abrar Khan claimed the airline refused to compensate him after losing his luggage en-route to Dubai.
The service will begin from June 1, and raise superjumbo capacity between Dubai and Milan.
Dubai plans to launch an Advance Passenger Information System which will raise the security and cut screening time at airports.
The carrier made a net profit of Dhs64.6 million ($17.59 million) in the last quarter of 2014.
GE Aviation is using 3D printing to build the next generation of fuel-efficient, long haul engines.
US airlines are stepping up efforts to persuade the American government to alter or terminate the Open Skies pacts.
The recruitment will increase the size of the group’s workforce by six per cent by March 2016.
Combined cargo volumes at Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International rose to 3.13 million tonnes last year from 2.65 million tonnes in 2013.
In November, the project’s tender committee said a consortium of Kharafi National and Turkey’s Limak Holding had submitted the lowest bid for the contract.
The airline carried 6.5 million passengers in 2014, almost double the 3.3 million which it carried in 2013.
The airline’s total revenue for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2015 rose nine per cent to reach $875 million.
Figures from Airbus show that 47 per cent of its aircraft deals in the ME in the first 11 months of 2014 were funded by local banks.
Double decker sleep pods and bicycle seats are just some of the ideas floating around for the future of aircraft seating.
The region saw an 11.3 per cent growth in air freight traffic during the month of December, IATA said.
MilleMiglia is Italy’s largest frequent flyer programme, with 4.6 million existing members and more than 20,000 new members a month.
The airline is “in the final stages of deliberations” about whether to withdraw the three daily services, a source said.
The airline said that it transported around 74 per cent of the 19.9 million passengers who travelled through Abu Dhabi International Airport last year.
CEO claims new widebody aircraft provides clear reduction in operating costs and carbon emissions