Dubai’s Emirates announces $15.1bn order for Boeing 787s

The first planes will be delivered by 2022

Airbus, Boeing close in on Dubai deals worth $30bn

Both manufacturers are expected to announce big deals at the Dubai Airshow

Dubai’s Emirates partners with Mercedes for new first class suite

The carrier has revamped the interior of its new Boeing 777ERs

Dubai’s Emirates reports 111% increase in first half profit

The airline’s profit slumped 75 per cent in the first half of last year

Emirates flight training academy receives first Embraer Phenom 100EV

The academy is one of the launch customers for the new Phenom aircraft

Emirates, flydubai announce new codeshare routes

The two airlines confirmed they would be expanding ties earlier this year

Emirates to introduce new Boeing 777 first class cabin next month

The new first class cabin will feature six private suites, compared to eight earlier

Muscat airport maintenance sees morning flights rescheduled until March

Emirates has cancelled its early morning service for the duration of the work

Emirates to resume services to Nigeria’s Abuja

The airline will also reinstate its second daily service to Lagos

Emirates aims to place A380 order at Dubai airshow

The Dubai airline is the world’s biggest customer of the A380

Flydubai begins flights to Montenegro, three Russian cities

The airline has launched flights to Makhachkala and Voronezh in Russia and resumed services to Ufa

Etihad to suspend Dallas/Fort Worth route as American cancels codeshare deal

The Abu Dhabi airline said the route will become “commercially unsustainable” from March 25, 2018

Emirates unveils aircraft with new Expo 2020 Dubai livery

Emirates said 40 aircraft from its fleet – including Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s – will have Expo 2020 decals

Dubai’s Emirates to operate extra flights to London over Christmas

Some A380 services will also be made two-class only during the Christmas period

Bahrain’s Gulf Air to now offer holiday packages

The airline is working in partnership with online travel booking company Ezeego1.com

Dubai’s Emirates to fly daily to Algiers

The carrier will increase its six flights a week to seven from December

Saudi Arabian Airlines resumes flying to Iraq after 27 years

There have been no flights between Saudi and Iraq since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990

Abu Dhabi’s new Midfield terminal now 86 per cent complete

The terminal was originally scheduled to open in July this year

Emirates to operate one-off A380 to Bahrain

The special flight will be operated on December 15, one day ahead of Bahrain’s National Day

Emirates and flydubai could operate from single terminal at Dubai airport

Emirates exclusively uses Terminal 3 while flydubai flies out of Terminal 2

Additional screening for US-bound flights from Dubai

Passengers travelling to the US will face stricter security measures from Thursday, Emirates confirmed

Dubai airport handles over seven million passengers in Sept

For the nine months ended September 30, passenger traffic rose to 66.57 million passengers

Flydubai to fly to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport

The new service will add to Flydubai’s existing daily flights to the Russian capital’s Vnukovo International Airport

Dubai’s Emirates to establish experimental aviation lab

The area will host industry summits starting this year to identify and resolve key challenges facing the industry

Germany’s Air Berlin demands at least $11.8m from Etihad – report

Air Berlin filed for bankruptcy in August after Etihad refused to provide any further funding

UAE to implement region’s largest airspace restructuring

The UAE Airspace Restructuring Project (ARP) will be completed on December 7

Emirates to receive its 100th A380 aircraft in November

The airline is the world’s largest A380 operator

Etihad launches trial for hand-baggage only deal fare

The cheaper fare is valid for bookings between October 18 to December 18 to Kuwait and Bahrain

Dubai Aerospace plans sukuk issue by mid-2018

The Dubai government-controlled company is one of the world’s largest aircraft lessors

Oman Air CEO Paul Gregorowitsch resigns

Gregorowitsch was appointed as the airline’s CEO in August 2014