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Emirates plans world’s longest non-stop flight with Panama service

The flight to Panama on a Boeing 777-200 LR jet will have a flight time of 17 hours and 35 minutes

Middle Eastern motorists replace vehicles more than twice as often as US drivers

Vehicles listed in the Middle East were on average 5.1 years old, according to Carmudi

Emirates to launch more A380 services on Singapore-Australia route

The airline said that it will upgrade its Dubai-Melbourne route via Singapore to an A380 from March 1, 2016

Emirates to upgrade all its London flights to A380

Following the upgrade, the airline will offer 70 A380 flights per week into the UK, more than any other country on the Emirates network

Air Arabia Q2 net profit falls 14%, beats forecasts

The Sharjah-based airline made a net profit of Dhs 146.2m in the three months to June 30

Emirates inks codeshare deal with Bangkok Airways, expands Southeast Asian network

The deal will add 14 more cities to Emirates’ network, allowing it to connect passengers to new tourist destinations in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar

Flydubai to start new passenger services from DWC

The airline will also continue its operations at Dubai International

Emirates launches A380 service to Madrid

The new service will add 2,900 seats per week between Dubai and Madrid, bringing the total number of weekly seats to and from Spain to over 22,000

Dubai Metro sees 88m riders in H1 2015

Dubai Metro’s red line saw 55.7 million travellers in H1 2015 while the green line saw 32.4m million riders

Abu Dhabi Airport crosses 2m passenger mark in July

The airport saw a 17.2 per cent growth in passenger numbers during the first half of 2015

Qatar Airways submits white paper to US govt on subsidies row

The airline alleges that the big three US carriers are also recipients of government subsidies and support

Flydubai: No small ambition

Six years after its launch, the low-cost carrier remains on an expansion spree and hopes to reach 100 destinations by 2016. Where is it heading?

Abu Dhabi airport passenger traffic up 17.2% in H1

Passenger numbers rose to 11.11 million from 9.48 million a year earlier

Dubai airport traffic rises 16.7% in June

Traffic rose to 5.91 million passengers from 5.07 million the same time last year

Qatar Airways, flydubai reject reports of interest in India’s SpiceJet

Qatar Airways said the only airline it is talking to regarding a stake purchase is low-cost carrier Indigo

Emirates to launch second daily service to Lisbon from Jan 2016

The new service will be operated by a Boeing 777-300 aircraft and follows strong demand on the route, the airline said

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways restarts flights to Egypt’s Assiut

Flights were stopped after Assiut’s airport closed for renovation in June 2014

Emirates to launch flights to Bamako in Mali

The service to Bamako will help Emirates improve its connectivity in Africa, the airline said

Austrian Airlines to cancel direct Dubai flights

The airline said it was stopping flights to Dubai due to over-capacity on the route

Emirates operates one-off A380 to Taiwan

Emirates is the first airline to land the A380 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

Emirates deploys one-off A380s to Qatar, Bahrain for Eid

The special A380 flights were at full capacity, supporting the traffic over the Eid holiday period from both countries

Etihad signs sponsorship deal with Saudi football club Al Ittihad

The Abu Dhabi-based carrier will serve as the preferred airline for the Jeddah-based club

Emirates to resume flights to Iraqi city of Erbil

The Dubai carrier said that it will follow a different flight path to Erbil in order to ensure the safety of its passengers and crew

Dubai’s Al Maktoum airport expansion to be done by Q1 2022

Al Maktoum International’s capacity is expected to reach 130 million in 2022 from its current capacity of five million passengers

Qantas becomes first airline to offer virtual reality headsets

The VR technology offers first class customers interactive content

British Airways to fly Dreamliner to Abu Dhabi and Muscat

British carrier will hope to lure Emiratis and Omanis onto its new First Class suites

Dnata to handle 20m passengers in Dubai airport this summer

The travel service firm is expecting to handle over 50,000 flights and 30 million bags in the months of June, July and August at Dubai airport

Emirates confirms halting ticket sales by travel agents in Greece

The airline’s sales office in Athens will remain open for bookings, it clarified

Tunneling work begins on mega Riyadh Metro project

The 176 km six-line driverless network is scheduled for completion in 2019

Emirates to launch services to Iranian city of Mashhad

The airline will soon begin a weekly service to Mashhad, its second destination in Iran