The Indonesia AirAsia plane disappeared after its pilot failed to get permission to fly higher to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday.
Airbus A320-200 flights are designed to be used intensively on short routes and are favoured by the low-cost airlines that run such routes.
Rescue aircraft searching for the plane, missing for more than 12 hours, have returned to base, officials said.
The new order will help Kuwait Airways expand its operations through the launch of new routes.
The deal is expected to give Etihad greater access to the fourth largest travel market in Europe.
The upgrade will allow the airport to handle wide body aircraft such as the A380 and the Boeing 787.
The additional service will increase passenger and cargo capacity to and from Birmingham by 42 per cent, the airline said.
The new service is scheduled to begin from August 1 2015, the airline said in a statement.
Doha carrier poised to receive Airbus’ latest model which will fly to Frankfurt from January
Ghaith Al Ghaith describes how flydubai became the Middle East’s largest short-haul airline in just five years.
The Dubai-based carrier is preparing for its ‘busiest’ week of 2014.
Emirates set to be first airline to fly the A380 to Perth next summer
The collision is at least the second such recent incident involving vessels passing through the Suez Canal.
The Abu Dhabi-based airline is expanding its US network as it looks to tap into the growing business and trade links between the US and the UAE.
PostNet provides courier, printing and copying services, plus stationery and mailboxes, and has 287 stores in South Africa.
The handover of Airbus’ first mainly carbon-composite jet was originally scheduled for December 13.
The low-cost carrier is launching new routes to Zagreb, Sarajevo and Sofia.
Airbus’ finance director aired the possibility of cancelling the world’s largest airliner project due to poor sales.
The two airlines will share services on 49 routes, more than double the previous number, state-owned SAA said in a statement today.
The electric-powered hop-in-hop-off system, slated to begin operations in early 2015, will run for seven kilometers.
ICD is already the majority shareholder of DAE, holding 55 per cent.
The new Airbus A350 was scheduled for delivery on Saturday, December 13.
The industry’s net profit is expected to rise to $25 billion in 2015, from an estimated $19.9 billion in 2014.
The 6,000 square metre terminal is scheduled to be completed in Q4 2015 and will host major operators such as Jet Aviation, XJet and Jetex.
Initially launching as a twice-weekly service, a third service will be introduced in January.
The three-times-weekly service will begin operating from November 2015.
The private jet operator aims to operate a fleet of 20 aircraft by 2020.
The facility, situated in Dubai World Central, is scheduled to be completed by 2015, the company said.
The company aims to create at least 600 jobs when it opens a second plant in 2017.
The aircraft descended from 39,000 to 10,000 feet in five minutes before landing safely in Perth.