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Dubai’s Emirates to resume daily Luanda service

Emirates cut flights and ended a deal with Angola’s carrier last year due to issues repatriating funds

Flydubai offers passengers home check-in and baggage collection

Prices for home baggage collection and check-in start at Dhs110 for one bag

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to introduce Boeing 787-9 on Cairo route

Etihad expanded a codeshare partnership with Egypt Air in April

Dubai’s Emirates offers discounted summer fares to the Philippines

The lower fares are valid from June to August 2018

Dynamic test runs begin on Riyadh Metro project

The metro is scheduled to begin operations in 2019

Emirates starts flights to London Stansted

The airline now operates 10 daily flights to three different London airports

Dubai’s Emirates announces third daily flight to Moscow

Dubai has witnessed a surge in Russian visitors since the UAE eased visa restrictions last year

Dubai’s Emirates mulls windowless planes in the future

The airline has unveiled a new first class suite that features virtual windows

Qatar Airways CEO apologises after saying his airline “has to be led by a man”

It is not the first time the Qatar Airways CEO has attracted controversy for his comments regarding women

No plans for Emirates-Etihad merger anytime soon – Tim Clark

The decision on a merger is in the “hands of the shareholders”, says Emirates president

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to suspend New York service

Etihad is also suspending flights to Edinburgh and Perth on the same date

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to fly only A380s to Paris

The airline will deploy the jet on its second daily service to Paris from October 1

Emirates grounds 20 planes; facing ‘double whammy’ – Tim Clark

The airline has been hit by rising oil prices and the strengthening dollar

Bahrain’s Gulf Air to launch North American routes in 2023

The carrier currently codeshares for US destinations with American Airlines

Dubai’s Emirates to serve Osaka with A380, offers Santiago discounts

The airline will begin flying to Santiago from July 5

Oman plans Saudi road link through world’s largest desert

The Empty Quarter is the worlds largest uninterrupted sand mass

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to start Barcelona flights

Etihad has recently been suspending routes as part of a wider review

Dubai improvement works to cut congestion on Sheikh Zayed Road

The project will reduce congestion between the first and second interchanges by 15 per cent

New smart gates opened at Dubai airport’s Terminal 2 to cut queues

The smart gates will allow passengers to pass through immigration in between seven to 10 seconds

Dubai’s Emirates begins direct Newark service

The route is the first new addition by a UAE carrier since an aviation deal last month to resolve claims of unfair competition from US airlines

Middle East airlines to see traffic rise as demand restores on US routes

The US had enacted its controversial laptop ban during this period last year

Dubai’s Emirates eyes 2020 premium economy launch

The carrier is said to be looking to introduce the product on a new generation of A380s

Dubai Aerospace sells 16 aircraft worth $900m

DAE is in talks to buy a near-record total of 400 jetliners from Airbus and Boeing

Jeddah’s new airport welcomes first commercial flight

The airport’s soft launch comes despite the GACA cancelling a concession to manage the facility earlier this year

Dubai opens 70 free parking spaces for electric vehicles

The spaces come as part of a series of incentives for green vehicles announced in September

Uber in talks to resume Abu Dhabi services as Careem reduces fares

Uber suspended its services in the UAE capital in 2016

Saudi offers free tickets on Haramain line ahead of launch

The 450km line, linking the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, was expected to open at the start of this year

Dubai’s Emirates announces Airbus A380 flights to Hamburg

Emirates said the superjumbo would increase capacity on the route by more than 22 per cent

Dubai International Airport welcomes 0.1% fewer passengers in April

The slight decrease came after the airport received just 1.1 per cent more passengers in the first quarter

UAE denies hijacking of Flydubai plane

Online reports indicated a passenger armed with a knife had attempted to storm the plane’s cockpit