Reading Time: < 1 minute Dubai Airports will soon reject all bags that do not have flat surfaces to stop “jams that can shut down sections of our system,” according to a statement realeased by the company. Effective 8 March, all bags without at least one flat surface will be rejected at airport check in counters. The jamming introduce a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Upgrading the aircraft type to the double-decker A380 on its daily non-stop service connecting Dubai and Auckland was one of the key reasons for a successful first year on the route, the world’s longest A380 flight, says Emirates. Emirates celebrated 12 months on the non-stop route, flown firstly with a 266-seat Boeing 777-200LR and then, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A flight from Dublin to Abu Dhabi had to be diverted to military airbase due to a security threat onboard the aircraft. The Etihad Airways flight EY042 was diverted to Al Minhad Air Base outside of Dubai following a security alert. Passengers underwent security screening, as did all luggage on board. The aircraft was also […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The inauguration of the VIP Terminal at Dubai South marks an important chapter in the aviation history of the city. The largest purpose-built facility of its kind in the world, the terminal is set to create a niche in business aviation sector, offering VIP customers a seamless travel experience, coupled with time and cost efficiencies […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates expects a busy start to 2017, as travellers return from the holiday season. Close to 250,000 passengers are expected to pass through Emirates’ Concourses and Terminal 3 in the first three days of the year, according to the latest booking figures. The busiest day for the airline is expected to be on Monday 2 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates Airline, which saw a steep drop in profit its latest financials, is deferring delivery of six Airbus A380s from 2017 to 2018 and postponing delivery of another six A380s from 2018 to 2019. Airbus announced the delivery deferrals in a press release Dec. 27, saying that agreements had been reached between Emirates and Rolls-Royce […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates today launched the world’s shortest scheduled A380 service, flying a distance of 379 kilometres with a total travel time of 1 hour and 20 minutes from Dubai to Doha, and 1 hour 10 minutes on the return journey. The A380 flight touched down this morning at Hamad International Airport, taxiing in to a water […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes SaudiGulf Airlines – the first of the new airlines to have been awarded the licence to operate domestic routes in Saudi Arabia – has finally begun its operations with flights from its base in Damman to Riyadh. The first flight yesterday followed a special commemoration at the Damman Airport. Tariq Bin Abdelhadi Al Qahtani, chairman […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Estonia-based Magnetic MRO has signed a cooperation with logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel to offer a mutual engine stand management and logistics support solution to their MRO, OEM, airline and leasing customers. The deal will see both firms’ offerings being combined: Magnetic MRO’s EngineStands24.com and Kuehne + Nagel’s KN EngineChain solution, which they said will […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi today faced short breaks in operation following two separate incidents – one involving an Etihad flight, the other a drone incursion Abu Dhabi Airports confirmed that at 12.06 pm Etihad flight EY450 bound for Sydney, returned to Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) due to a technical issue. The ADAC […]