The Indian carrier will also resume services to Kuwait and Bahrain from Kochi in its winter schedule.
The Abu Dhabi-based carrier bought over $10 million worth of Virgin shares to raise its stake from 5.1 per cent last month.
With the GCC expected to spend $79 billion in the next 10 years on railways, metro and tram projects, this development is being heralded as a transport revolution.
RAK Airport sees influx of European and Russian tourists.
Bahrain’s flag carrier will restart routes into both countries from next month.
Bahrain’s flag carrier will begin a new daily flight to Dubai and several new flights across the subcontinent.
A mix of US, British and Qatari firms will all manage the various lines and stations as part of the planned $36 billion system.
The Dubai-based airline will begin operating flights to Tripoli from October 29.
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Qatar Airways has entered an interline agreement with Canada’s short-haul carrier, Porter Airlines.
The UAE’s largest low-cost airline saw gains from under-served routes last quarter.
Saudi’s transport system may be overhauled with 30,000 monitored taxis.
Carriers in the region saw passenger demand increase by over 18 per cent year-on-year in June, says IATA.
Emirates’ chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum clarified that the deal will not include a revenue-sharing agreement.
The port operator said that it handled 28.2 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container units) in the first half of the year.
Under the million-dollar contract, Siemens will supply 19 trams, technology and equipment to Qatar Foundation.
Dubai’s flagship carrier is closer to a tie-up with the Australian airline, sending Qantas shares up eight per cent.
The logistics firm said weakness in Egypt and investment costs in new African operations weighed on its results.
Taxis in the Kingdom will be been banned from picking up passengers on the streets, the transport ministry has said.
Seven consortia including Qatar Airways and Bahrain’s airlines are hoping to qualify for a new licence in the Kingdom.
The Australian government has permitted Etihad to increase its stake in Virgin Australia up to 10 per cent.
The low-cost airline carried 1.3 million passengers during the second quarter of 2012, up 15 per cent from Q2 2011.
Carriers in the region face a huge supply-gap of pilots and technicians unless they recruit drastically.
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Lending to the shipping industry is facing stormy waters amid a difficult global backdrop.
First half revenues for Abu Dhabi’s airline are up 30 per cent as passenger numbers soar to almost five million.
Qatar Airways is keen to launch an airline in the Kingdom, but is worried about excessive fuel charges.