The tramway project is slated to officially launch in November this year.
Lufthansa also said that the airlines within its group would continue to avoid Iraqi airspace on transit flights.
The freighter business of Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad will operate twice weekly services to the Russian capital from August 13.
Headquartered in Delhi, the carrier will take delivery of its first plane, an Airbus A320-200, in September
Frequent flyer programmes, with their rich customer data, have become a currency of their own.
The car maker delivered 1,185 cars in the Middle East during the first half of the year.
Paul Gregorowitsch joins Oman Air after a stint as a management board member in German carrier Air Berlin.
The fire was quickly put out and all 349 passengers and 19 crew safely disembarked at the airport.
The plane crashed into the Azad residential block on Mina 6 Boulevard due to an engine shutdown, Iran’s official news agency reported.
Etihad’s flights to Basra and Baghdad will continue to operate as normal, the carrier said.
Etihad has set out its “roadmap” to return the troubled Italian carrier to profit by 2017.
Del Torchio, previously the CEO of motorcycle maker Ducati, was recruited last year to help bring the struggling flagship carrier back to profit.
The airline said its second quarter net profit amounted to Dhs173 million ($47.1 million), up from Dhs76 million in the corresponding period in 2013.
In addition to Etihad’s investment, which will pay for a 49 per cent stake in the Italian carrier, shareholders also agreed to a 300 million euro capital hike.
Emirates was the chief noisemaker at the recently concluded Farnborough International Airshow, confirming its ambition to be a long haul leader.
The deal foresees Etihad taking a 49 per cent stake in Alitalia and investing 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the airline over the next three years.
The Dubai-based carrier will add a second daily service to Morocco from September.
The growth in passenger traffic was mainly due to the temporary shift of almost 600 flights from Dubai International during the runway upgrade project.
The Dubai-based airline said it will continue to operate flights to Basra and Baghdad.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, that has killed 932 people so far, could be one of the biggest challenges this year for some airlines, said IATA.
The incident, which led to the closure of the northern England airport for 25 minutes, briefly sparked fears of a terrorism attack.
New services to the ‘windy city’ provide Emirates with new destination and transfer opportunities
The aircraft maker said it had delivered 352 planes between January and July, including 16 A380 superjumbo aircraft.
The low-cost carrier will fly to Tehran from August 11 and Mashhad from August 10.
The new concourse will be connected to an existing terminal by an automated train.
The Ebola outbreak, which began in Guinea and has spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, has killed more than 700.
As global aviation body IATA puts responsibility for airspace risk assessment on governments, analysts say urgent action is needed.
Lufthansa’s second-quarter operating profit was $480.9 million, far below the average forecast.
Rolls-Royce alarmed markets in February by announcing there would be a pause in profit growth in 2014, thanks to declining U.S. and European military budgets.
The global aviation industry has called for controls on the design, manufacture and deployment of anti-aircraft weapons following the MH17 tragedy.