The aircraft, carrying about 100 Americans from Afghanistan, was diverted to Iran because of issues with its flight plan.
Transport consultancy Consultrans said it had been awarded a 10-month contract to conduct the study.
Globally, passenger traffic demand was up 5.3 per cent in July compared to the same period last year, IATA said.
Etihad clinched a deal last month to buy 49 per cent of lossmaking Alitalia for 1.76 billion euros.
An investment in Qantas does is not in line with the airline’s strategy, Emirates’ COO Thierry Antinori said.
Emirates is the world’s largest operator of the A380 with 51 currently flying and has a further 89 of the planes on order.
Dubai International cut back flights by about 26 per cent for 80 days from May 1 as both its runways were upgraded.
The budget airline announced that it will begin services to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda.
The carrier is set to receive the first delivery of the new widebody aircraft in the fourth quarter of this year.
The company, one of the more profitable assets of debt-laden Dubai World, posted a first-half net profit of $332 million.
Etihad CEO James Hogan says he supports the need for “absolute clarity” regarding its 33.3 per cent stake in Swiss carrier Darwin.
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation said that Darwin, rebranded as Etihad Regional, has until Sept. 30 to make changes to the agreement.
The one-km-long diversion, expected to last for a month, will be the final one ahead of the Dubai Tram launch in November.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said the move was taken after “updated assessment of risk” and a lack of airlines wishing to fly in the airspace.
The low-cost carrier will operate three flights per week from its new hub in Ras Al Khaimah to Chittagong from September 2.
The first phase of the project is expected to boost the airport’s capacity from 13 to 30 million annual passengers.
The Oman Railway Company has pre-qualified 18 consortiums to undertake its national railway project.
Doha airline will serve capital Asmara twice weekly from December
The decline in traffic was mainly due to the upgrade work at Dubai International Airport that lasted for 80 days, the UAE’s aviation authority said.
Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International airport is expected to be higher still in the second half of this year, an official said.
The new equine service, called SkyStables, is being rolled-out across Etihad Cargo’s network of 44 freighter destinations.
The airline will add four flights to Tehran and Muscat each and two flights to Islamabad.
The Dubai-based carrier is the world’s largest operator of Airbus’ A380 jets.
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.