Oman’s SalamAir begins flights to Pakistan

Salamair also plans to launch flights to Taif and increase flights to Madinah during Ramadan

Dubai’s two airports likely to welcome 100 million passengers in 2017

Dubai International welcomed 83.6 million passengers last year

Dubai closes $3bn of financing for airports expansion

The funds will be used to expand the Dubai International and Dubai World Central airports

Dubai’s Emirates to launch third daily service to Brisbane

The direct service will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR

Emirates airline posts 82% drop in annual profit 

Emirates said revenues were hit by the weakening of all major currencies against the dollar

US likely to expand airline laptop ban to Europe

In March, the US announced laptop restrictions on flights from 10 airports including in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar

Construction work begins on Kuwait’s new $4.3bn airport terminal

The terminal will have the capacity to handle 25 million passengers per year

Bomb threat causes panic on Saudi airliner flynas’ flight heading to Cairo

An apparently mentally unstable 61-year old man was subdued by security staff

Emirates plane grounded in India after bird strike

The bird strike reportedly took place when the aircraft was landing at the Kolkata airport

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad agreed to repay Alitalia’s portion of two bonds

Etihad and its partner airlines issued the bonds worth a combined $1.2bn in 2015 and 2016

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Aviation Group appoints interim CEO and CFO

James Hogan, the current president and group CEO, will be leaving on July 1

Emirates cuts New York flights to twice daily in June

The reductions follow cuts to five of Emirates’ 12 US destinations

Air Arabia’s first quarter profit drops 12.6%

The Sharjah-based airline made a net profit of Dhs97.1m

Qatar Airways signs FIFA sponsorship deal until 2022 World Cup

The 2022 World Cup will be hosted in Qatar

Indian airline IndiGo begins flights to Doha

The carrier has launched daily direct flights to Doha from Delhi and Mumbai

Etihad-backed Air Serbia stops flights to Abu Dhabi in latest equity partner restructuring

The carrier said it would be readjusting to focus on short haul routes in Europe

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad announces fourth daily service to India’s Kozhikode

The new route takes Etihad’s weekly service total to Kerala to 63

Saudi Airlines starts sale of $500m medical business

The sale process could be completed by the third quarter

Etihad says will no longer invest in Italy’s Alitalia

Etihad took a 49 per cent stake in Alitalia in 2014

Saudi awards Jeddah airport contract to Singapore’s Changi

The contract runs for up to 20 years

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad appoints new MD for Hala group

Gavin Halliday will replace Darren Peisley, the acting managing director of Hala Group

Emirates to fly all A380 to Melbourne as Qantas drops Melbourne-Dubai-London route

Emirates will operate its third daily Melbourne flight with an A380 from March 2018

Dubai’s Emirates to fly only A380 jets to Spain

The airline, which already flies a double daily A380 service to Barcelona, will also operate a double daily A380 service to Madrid

Qatar Airways to add fifth daily non-stop flight from Doha to Bangkok

The new service will begin from June 1, 2017

New supersonic jets could soon cut Dubai-New York flight time by almost half

US-based company Boom plans to begin supersonic passenger jets in the 2020s

Etihad-backed Alitalia readies for special administration after rescue plan rejected

Workers on Monday rejected a plan to cut jobs and salaries

Emirates chairman signals US expansion plans on hold after travel curbs

Emirates said last week it was cutting flights on five US routes

Passenger traffic at Dubai International airport up 7.4% in Q1

About 22.5 million passengers used the airport during the first quarter

Flydubai to increase flights to Russia after UAE visa changes

Russian visitors to Dubai rose 106 per cent in the first three months of 2017

Big three US carriers ‘swindle’ their customers – Qatar Airways CEO

Akbar Al Baker says not worried about Trump administration siding with the three US airlines