The UAE withdrew its visa waiver for Canadian citizens more than two years ago amid a dispute over landing rights.
The airport retailer recorded sales of Dhs1.6 billion in the first three months of the year.
Dubai’s second airport will operate five runways and have a capacity of 160 million passengers a year.
Emirates President Tim Clark highlighted the importance of Dubai as a trading hub at last night’s gala dinner.
The Abu Dhabi carrier will also open a $6.8 million premium lounge this week in Terminal A at Dulles Airport for first and business class passengers
The Dubai airline’s long-term strategy “embraces opportunity,” states Emirates president Tim Clark.
The tandem flight is believed to be the first time two commercial A380s have flown together in formation.
Egypt’s second biggest airport was closed on Sunday after police officers staged a protest on the runway to demand better pay.
Oman Air said its revenues jumped 21 per cent last year on the back of rising traffic through the country’s main airport.
The closure will not affect air traffic as the airport has seen a dramatic reduction in flights, said the civil aviation minister.
Dubai International Airport is now second only to London Heathrow after passenger traffic rose 13 per cent to 10.6 million in the first two months of 2013.
Etihad airline may become a strategic partner of Belgrade’s loss-making JAT Airways.
The deal has just received conditional approval from Australia’s regulatory body.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the airlines had to maintain at least their pre-alliance capacity on routes between Australia and New Zealand
A joint venture between Taylor Woodrow and Abu Dhabi contractor Fibrex will work on the airport’s expansion.
The emirate’s airport handled 5.1 million passengers in February.
As part of the deal, the airline will have promotional rights to branding and digital elements of the tennis tournament.
The International Air Transport Association expects the industry to make a net profit of $10.6 billion this year.
The new capacity raises its Iraq network to five destinations and frequencies to 20 weekly services
A country’s global aviation reach is at the top of its bragging rights, with these airports seeing more passengers than any others.
New airport aims to boost business development along eastern and southern coasts and take pressure off Colombo
Etihad’s 40 per cent stake in the airline a year ago has produced a financial turnaround
But no timeframe has yet been given as to when Dreamliners will return to service globally, and the FAA has warned additional testing may be necessary.
Workers are demanding better safety conditions after a worker died in an accident on Monday.
Special service marks island’s 45th anniversary of independence – and serves as a capacity-raising hint from the airline
Emirates has hired six banks to arrange a potential dollar-denominated, benchmark sukuk sale.
New route provides some competition for Emirates and follows recent codeshare agreement with Etihad
Latest capacity increase means the airline’s services have grown more than five-fold since it first flew to Perth in 2002
Chicago schedules amended to three-a-week and Chengdu is put on hold