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Saudi grants 72-hour deadline for citizens to return to the country

Saudi also extended travel bans to 14 countries, including UAE, Oman and European nations

Dubai’s Emirates to operate special flights to Saudi from March 12-15

Only Saudi nationals will be allowed to travel on the special flights from Dubai to Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam

Video: Khalid Al Ameri shows how RTA disinfects metros in Dubai

There are reportedly around 650,000 daily metro users in Dubai

Update: Dubai’s Emirates to waive change penalties for all bookings made until March 31

The policy covers all existing destinations across the Emirates network

Saudi extends travel bans to 14 countries, including Oman, European nations

The recent travel ban covers Oman, Germany, France, Turkey and Spain

Etihad, Air Arabia offer flexible booking options

Customers will only need to pay the fare difference, if any, at the time of rebooking their flights

Etihad flights that landed in Saudi on Monday had to return with all non-Saudi nationals

The kingdom temporarily suspended flights to and from nine countries, including the UAE, on Monday

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to launch new service to Vienna

The route will be operated using a two-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Dubai’s DXB and DWC airports shut down smart gates

At Dubai airport, every traveller will go through unobtrusive thermal screenings

Video, pictures: Dubai’s Emirates intensifies aircraft cleaning process

The airline has implemented a complete disinfection of all cabins as a precaution against the Covid-19 outbreak

Passenger airline industry could lose up to $113bn due to coronavirus – IATA

Airline share prices have fallen nearly 25 per cent since the outbreak began

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Etihad Airways annual loss narrows to less than $1bn

Revenues for 2019 slid about 5 per cent to $5.6bn

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Emirates app crosses 20 million download mark

While it is already available on the Google Play and Apple Store, it was recently added to the Huawei AppGallery too

Flydubai returns to profit in 2019, but says Max grounding ‘significantly impacted’ growth

The airline reported a 2.6 per cent drop in revenues, while passenger numbers fell by 12.7 per cent

Update: Abu Dhabi’s Etihad asks cabin crew to take paid leave

A spokesperson for the airline added that changes in demand for travel brought about by Covid-19 coronavirus has resulted in this decision

Coronavirus impact: Emirates makes operational changes, steps up aircraft cleaning

The airline, which has been forced to cancel some flights, confirmed that it was offering staff the option of taking unpaid leave

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi to launch in H2 2020

The low-cost carrier will focus on establishing routes to markets in which Wizz Air has existing, high growth operations

Dubai’s Emirates offers leave to staff as virus saps demand for travel

Emirates halted most flights to China and suspended operations to Iran

Airlines send in world’s strongest disinfectants to fight the coronavirus

As the Covid-19 continues to spread, airlines have stepped up normal cleaning procedures to limit the risk of contamination

UAE temporarily bans use of ID cards for airport immigration clearance

The UAE has also suspended ferry services with Iran until further notice

Emirates says travellers from over 20 countries will not be allowed to fly to Saudi

All those with Umrah visas will also not be permitted to travel to the kingdom

Boeing dangles funds for Max simulator time ahead of return

Boeing has repeatedly missed targets for re-certifying the Max, grounded since March after two fatal crashes

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Dubai International Boat Show to showcase its biggest yacht ever

The superyacht will feature a helicopter deck, swimming pool and two bespoke guest tenders too

Dubai’s RTA, UK-based BeemCar partner to develop skypods

The Dubai Self-Driving Transport Strategy aims at diverting 25 per cent of total mobility journeys in the emirate to autonomous transit means by 2030

Dubai’s RTA launches real-time bus updates on Google Maps

Dubai will be the first city in the Middle East to use open data in public transport

RTA, Careem launch bike rental service in Dubai

Careem will operate 1,750 bicycles and install 175 stations during the first two years, later increasing them to a total of 3,500 bicycles and 350 stations over the next five years

Explainer: How is the GCC’s ride-sharing industry evolving?

Global ride-sharing app Uber is looking to expand its presence in the region, says Tino Abdellatif Waked, general manager at Uber MENA

Dubai’s W Motors, maker of $3.4m supercar, seeks funds to go electric

W Motors has hired investment bank Guggenheim Partners to help raise as much as $100m

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Etihad to operate daily flights from Al Ain to Jeddah during Ramadan

The airline will operate the flights from May 14 – 23, to meet increased demand during the busy religious travel period

Dubai’s Emirates cancels flights to Lagos on weather concerns

Due to low visibility and poor weather, flights were cancelled on February 17-18