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Baku

Azerbaijan Airlines upgrades fleet on Dubai-Baku route

The Baku-based airline operates daily flights to Dubai

Emirates

Dubai’s Emirates takes off to Tel Aviv, marks airline’s first passenger flight to Israel

Emirates flight EK931 departed with 335 passengers

Etihad Rail: Agreement signed for passenger trains worth Dhs1.2bn

As part of the agreement, Spanish company CAF will design, manufacture, supply and maintain passenger trains for the Etihad Rail project

DXB passengers

Dubai’s DXB to welcome 2.4 million passengers from June 24 until July 4

July 2 is expected to be the busiest day, with daily passenger traffic to surpass 235,000

northern runway

Dubai International’s northern runway reopens after upgrade

The first flights were welcomed onto the upgraded runway on the afternoon of June 22

flydubai network

Three million passengers are expected to travel across flydubai’s network this summer

An average of 8,500 monthly departures are scheduled across flydubai’s network from July to September

Emirates statement on operations at London Heathrow

Dubai’s Emirates to operate additional flights for Hajj season

The airline will be deploying 31 additional flights to Jeddah and double daily flights to Medina from June 23 until July 20

Emirates Mexico

Dubai’s Emirates ramps up frequencies to Mexico with daily service

The Dubai-Barcelona-Mexico route is operated with a two-class Emirates Boeing 777-200LR

Emirates UAE

Emirates expects over 550,000 passengers to fly out from UAE in June, July

The carrier will be operating close to 80 per cent of its pre-pandemic capacity, or over one million weekly seats this summer

RTA

Dubai’s RTA digital platforms revenue hit Dhs3.5bn in 2021

The number of registered users on the digital service platforms exceeded two million, with almost one million of them being active users

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Group reports highest net profit in 25-year history

The group recorded a net profit of $1.54bn during the fiscal year 2021/22

Gulf Air to start direct flights to Ras Al Khaimah airport

Bahrain’s Gulf Air begins services to Milan

The inaugural flight left Bahrain International Airport on June 1

home check-in service

Emirates’ first class customers to receive complimentary home check-in service

The service must be booked at least 24 hours prior to the flight’s departure time

Salik

Sheikh Mohammed issues law establishing Salik as public joint stock company

The Executive Council of Dubai is authorised to determine the percentage of shares that can be offered for subscription either through an IPO or private placement

Etihad seasonal routes

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad launches five seasonal routes for summer

Three seasonal services took off on the morning of June 15

delta world charter CEO Dmitriy Korshunov

Dubai-based Delta World Charter reports earnings of $26m in Q1 2022

In Q1 2022, Delta World Charter delivered one million kilograms worth of medical supplies from Asia to North America

Dubai Northern Runway

DXB’s Northern runway rehabilitation on track for completion

More than 1,000 vehicles and 3,000 people have been working around the clock at DXB – from May 9 – to ensure the runway reopens by June 22

Roxo by FedEX debuts in Dubai

FedEx SameDay Bot, Roxo, debuts in Dubai

The bot trials are being conducted at DSO under an agreement signed previously by FedEx, DIEZ and RTA, in line with Dubai’s self-driving strategy

Emirates

Dubai’s Emirates, South Africa’s Airlink activate codeshare partnership

Emirates currently offers double daily flights to Dubai from Johannesburg, daily flights to Dubai from Cape Town and five weekly flights to and from Durban

Flydubai

Flydubai to resume flights to Abha in Saudi Arabia

Flights will commence with a daily service, from Dubai International’s Terminal 2

dnata

Dubai’s dnata to invest $100m in green operations in next two years

Earlier this year, dnata committed to reducing its waste to landfill by 20 per cent by 2024

emirates

Luxury on a budget: Emirates begins booking for its premium economy

From June 1, 2022, the carrier has commenced premium economy bookings on routes to London, Paris and Sydney

Flydubai opens booking for Doha flights, fares start from Dhs948

Flydubai will offer up to 30 daily return flights between Dubai and Doha for the upcoming Fifa World Cup football in Qatar

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Abu Dhabi named world’s least ‘traffic congested’ capital city in 2021

Abu Dhabi recorded a 11 per cent congestion level, reflecting the impact of the Department of Municipalities and Transport traffic management plan

Meet the first Emirati female pilot to test AW609 tiltrotor

She piloted the revolutionary aircraft during her visit to the US helicopter headquarters of Leonardo, located in Philadelphia

Dubai-based ride sharing firm Swvl to slash headcount by a third

The reductions will focus on roles that have been automated by investments in engineering and product and support functions

Plane crashes in Nepal with 22 aboard, all bodies recovered

Of those on board, 13 were citizens of Nepal, while four others were Indians and two were Germans

Improvement project

Sheikh Hamdan opens Dubai-Al Ain road improvement project

The project will benefit 1.5 million people living or working around both sides of the road

Saudia qatar

Saudia to operate hundreds of extra flights during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

From November 21, the airline will operate 60 special daily flights for fans which will run from both Riyadh and Jeddah to Doha

Etihad Airways becomes first airline to participate in World Energy’s net-zero program

Etihad CEO says India sales higher, optimistic on China rebound

Etihad’s aircraft are flying 77 per cent full across the network, around 2 percentage points higher than the occupancy level in May 2019