Flying high: Exclusive interview with Emirates president Sir Tim Clark

Long-serving president Sir Tim Clark reveals the plans in place to take the company to even greater heights

Flydubai continues Russia push

Despite the slowdown in the Russian economy, flydubai is bullish about its long-term prospects in the country

United Airlines to stop flying to Dubai, blames oversupply

The American airline will cancel the Washington DC- Dubai route from end-January 2016

Iran’s aviation industry poised for take off ahead of sanction lift

Boeing and Airbus may be rubbing their hands at the prospect of a revitalised Iranian airline industry but Gulf airlines are happy scooping up business in the interim as the world

The business of private jets

Despite some challenges, the outlook for the Middle Eastern private aviation market remains robust

Emirates launches Dubai service to Yinchuan and Zhengzhou

The airline will offer flights to the two cities on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

Etihad Airways’ passenger numbers grow by 17% in 2015

The airline carried around 17.4 million passengers last year

Canadian planemaker Bombardier says CS100 aircraft testing almost 100% complete

The company said it is on track to have the aircraft certified this year with Transport Canada

Air Canada begins new direct service between Toronto and Dubai

The thrice-weekly service will be operated on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

GE opens new aviation tech centre in Dubai as part of industrial internet push

The new centre began operations three weeks ago and will work on developing localised digital solutions for airlines

Etihad expands Saudi network through codeshare partner flynas

Saudi carrier flynas will begin a new five-times-per-week service between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi from December 16

Emirates, flydubai stop flying over Sinai peninsula after Russian plane crash

The crash on Saturday killed all the 224 people on board

Abu Dhabi airport passenger traffic up 18% in nine months of 2015

The airport saw the steepest growth in passenger traffic from the US routes, with a 44 per cent surge in travellers

Delta cancels Dubai-Atlanta flights as subsidy row heats up

The cancellation of the service will be effective from February 11, 2016, the airline said

Dubai airport passenger traffic up 8.2% in September

The airport’s traffic during the first nine months of 2015 rose 12 per cent to around 58.7 million passengers

Kuwait Airways says looking for partners as expansion phase begins

The airline’s CEO said agreements with partners could go beyond code shares

Qatar Airways to expand its cargo trade – CEO

The airline is planning to have a second cargo terminal in Doha

Etihad Airways CEO sees more legal action in Air Berlin code-share dispute

The German government has said it will revoke approval for code-sharing by Etihad and Air Berlin on a number of routes which it says are not covered by the current bilateral air services deal

Emirates to operate one-off A380 flight to Sao Paulo

The flight will mark Emirates’ eighth year of operations in Brazil

Emirates signs codeshare deal with Alaska Airlines

The codeshare agreement will help passengers connect easily to 49 US cities

Etihad to launch daily A380 services to Melbourne from 2016

Deploying the A380 will increase the total number of two-way seats on the route by 26 per cent to over 11,500 per week

Flydubai begins operations from Dubai World Central

The carrier will offer flights to destinations such as Amman, Beirut, Chittagong, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat from DWC

Saudi carrier flynas in talks to purchase four new aircraft – CEO

The airline currently has about 26 aircraft in its fleet with the average age of eight and half years

Timeline: Dubai’s Emirates completes 30 years

The fast growing Dubai airline began with a capital of $10m and two leased aircraft

Germany approves Etihad-Air Berlin code shares until Jan 15

Etihad owns 29.2 per cent of loss-making Air Berlin, which is currently working on a new restructuring plan

Kuwait plans new terminal as stop-gap for delayed airport expansion

The new terminal will lift capacity at Kuwait International Airport to 10 million passengers a year

France nears 2.5 bn euros of defence deals with Kuwait

The deal for 24 Caracal heavy helicopters has been in the works since June, when French officials said it had been provisionally agreed

Kuwait Airways expects to make a profit in two to three years

Kuwait’s government has approved plans to privatise the airline

Bahrain’s Gulf Air in final talks to buy 50 aircraft -CFO

Gulf Air said negotiations with manufacturers were expected to finish by the first quarter of 2016

UAE, Germany plan talks over Air Berlin-Etihad code share

Air Berlin and Etihad are still awaiting approval for this winter’s flight schedule