The UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia also ranked favourably in the Agility Index for their infrastructure and transport links.
The budget carrier will fly to Urumqi thrice a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, from February 1 this year.
The airline ordered 44 Airbus A320s in 2007 and 29 of those hade been delivered by November 2014, according to Airbus data.
Tim Clark says airline industry will reap the benefits of lower oil prices in 2015.
The global aviation sector’s growth trajectory remains intact despite headwinds.
The carrier will sell aircraft from Sahaab Aircraft Leasing to a joint venture between South Africa’s Investec Bank and Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises.
The first of the Doha carrier’s 80 A350s has entered service to Frankfurt
The official, however, did not specify the total number of airports in the Kingdom that will be privatised.
Doha carrier wastes no time in ramping up operations of new widebody aircraft
Australia’s Qantas tops the list, which also includes UAE carriers Emirates and Etihad.
Used in military planes for decades, ejectable recorders separate from the tail during a crash and float, while emitting a satellite distress signal.
The facility will now be operational for Etihad’s early morning flights, EY103 to New York JFK and EY183 to San Francisco.
The airline is expecting to begin operations in the Kingdom in the next six to 18 months.
ICAO wants to develop a global system to improve plane tracking and ensure accident sites are found quickly.
The upgraded service will increase Emirates’ capacity from Manchester by 13 per cent, the airline said.
Normal operations are expected to resume by later on Thursday afternoon, the spokesman said.
Middle Eastern air cargo carriers also saw a 17.1 per cent increase in capacity in November, IATA said.
The company declined to comment on exactly how much the cut would be or when it would be implemented.
Qatar’s 283-seat aircraft was officially unveiled to international media and dignatories in Doha today.
The Gulf airline also purchased rights for four additional planes, bringing the combined value of the deal to $2.46 billion when exercised.
The UAE was the third largest market for Rolls-Royce after the US and mainland China in 2014, while Saudi Arabia was fifth.
The airline will also review the amount of time its flights can be on the tarmac with passengers on board, following reports of passengers being held on a plane for nearly 12 hours.
The new plan aims to reduce the total expenditure of the airline by more than OMR100 million over the next three years.
Petra Airlines will be rebranded as Air Arabia Jordan and the UAE carrier will establish a hub at Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport.
Passengers said that they were asked to wait in the plane because Abu Dhabi International was too crowded with travellers from other stranded flights.
The airport was closed for a little more than an hour from 2.30am local time on Saturday, Etihad said.
Pilots who have flown the Indonesia to Singapore route say it’s not unusual for delays to requests to increase altitude to avoid bad weather.
Seven bodies have been recovered from the sea, some fully clothed, which could indicate the Airbus A320-200 was intact when it hit the water.
Passenger traffic related to Russia and other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States plunged 18.2 per cent from a year earlier in November, Dubai Airports said.
The Indonesian Navy spotted objects suspected to be an emergency door and underwater objects resembling a plane, a senior official said.