Kuwait’s ALAFCO orders 20 Boeing 737 Max 8s worth $2.2bn

The company said it already had unfilled orders for 20 737 Max aeroplanes

Dubai’s Emirates urges passengers to arrive early ahead of Eid holiday

The carrier said 106,000 travellers would pass through Dubai International’s Terminal 3 during the Eid period

Oman Air increases flight frequency to Qatar

The carrier’s services and routes remain unaffected by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain’s decision to close air links and airspace to Qatar

Qatar push to reopen neighbours’ skies to flights left unresolved

Qatar had asked the ICAO to intervene after its national carrier was denied access to its neighbours’ airspace

flydubai to begin flights to Kilimanjaro, up frequency to Zanzibar

The relaunched service will mark flydubai’s third location in Tanzania

Dubai’s Emirates fined and barred from route expansion in China

The move is related to two incidents on April 17 and May 18

UN agency to assess airspace closure against Qatar

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar a week ago

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways to drop San Francisco route from October

The flight was already reduced from a daily service to three times a week

Dubai’s Emirates considers equipping staff with AR goggles to improve service

“We could enhance customer service tremendously,” the airline’s chief digital officer said

Dubai’s Emirates SkyCargo begins weekly flights to Luxembourg

The first Boeing 777 freighter from Dubai World Central arrived in Luxembourg yesterday

Saudi’s Flynas tries to poach Qatar Airways staff

The Saudi low cost carrier said it wanted personnel including pilots and sales, security and maintenance staff

Saudi, UAE, Bahrain say airspace closure due to threats after Qatar Airways comments

Al Baker had appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization to declare the airspace closure as illegal

Qatar Airways profit up 21.7% amid uncertainty surrounding Gulf operations

The state-owned carrier has been hard hit by the closing of air links and airspace by its Gulf neighbours

Bahrain’s Gulf Air confirms CEO resignation

No replacement has been announced for Maher Salman Al Musallam

UAE closes its airspace to planes from Doha, blocks Qatari websites

The website of Qatar Airways has now been blocked in the UAE

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Aviation Group ends JV talks with TUI AG

The potential joint venture involved the leisure operations of Air Berlin Group and TUIfly

Dubai’s new smart scheme will allow travellers to use smartphones as passports

The initiative, called Emirates Smart Wallet, is meant to further streamline travel movement at the Dubai airport

Emirates has no current plans to buy additional A380s

An earlier report claimed that the airline was in talks over a deal for 20 A380s

US might expand laptop ban to 71 airports

The US restrictions imposed in March currently cover about 350 flights a week originating from 10 airports

Qatar Airways CEO says ‘business as usual’ as GCC rift widens

The airline is organising chartered flights to Doha from Jeddah via Muscat and Kuwait

Qatar Airways ordered to shut down its UAE offices

The move follows a similar order issued by Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Wednesday

GCC rift: What kind of an impact are regional airlines facing?

Qatar Airways faces the biggest impact among regional carriers

Qatar Airways arranges charter flight from Jeddah to Doha via Kuwait

Flight KU1782 will depart from Jeddah at 7.15pm local time on June 7

Emirates considers flydubai tie-up, order deferrals as profit woes continue – report

President Sir Tim Clark said a convergence of operations with flydubai made sense

Qataris banned from Qantas flights to Dubai

The UAE has said that Qatari nationals will not be allowed to enter the country or cross its points of entry

Qatar Airways arranges charter flights through Oman Air from Jeddah

Three charter flights will depart from Jeddah on Tuesday, flying to Doha via Muscat

Abu Dhabi’s Royal Jet suspends flights to and from Qatar

All the major UAE airlines including Emirates, Etihad, flydubai and Air Arabia have suspended flights to and from Doha

Saudi, Bahrain shut down Qatar Airways offices, revoke licence

All Qatari planes have been banned from landing in Saudi, UAE and Bahrain airports

Dubai’s Emirates to use BMW cars for business class chauffeur service

Emirates’ new fleet in the UAE features BMW 520i Touring cars

Middle East airlines forecast to post 63.6% drop in 2017 profit – IATA

The US laptop ban is taking a toll on some key routes, says IATA