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Etihad Airways expands codeshare partnership with S7 Airlines

Etihad Airways is expanding its codeshare partnership with S7 Airlines to cover eight additional destinations from the Russian carrier's Moscow hub. Effective January 16, 2016, Etihad Airways will place its EY code on S7 Airlines’ domestic services between Moscow and Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi. Under this revised a...

KLM introduces the Dreamliner to Dubai

KLM has launched its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Dubai, with the arrival of the first flight at Dubai International Airport, from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on December 17. Dubai is the second UAE destination served by the Dreamliner following the launch of the inaugural flight to Abu Dhabi, last month – the first KLM route to be served by the new aircraft. KLM now operates a...

Star Wars takes flight with Emirates airline

The world is going crazy over the latest Star Wars movie and Emirates airline was quick to join the frenzy with a unique package for passengers. Starting next month, the first six of the Star Wars films will be available on the carrier’s in-flight entertainment system. “With a total run time of over 13 hours, customers could watch all six films at one go on so...

Emirates boosts services to Egypt

Emirates is launching three new weekly flights between Dubai and Cairo, commencing on 1st January 2016. The new service will supplement the current twice daily Boeing 777-300ER flights, taking the total number of flights serving Cairo to 17 each week. The additional flights will boost the number of connection options that Emirates offers to passengers heading into or from Egypt’s capital...

Abu Dhabi’s Midfield Terminal on time to arrive by National Day 2017

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) is targeting a December 2017 opening date for its new Midfield Terminal building, a key component of the company’s expansion, as traffic is on track to double over the next decade. The new terminal is a prestige project for the Government-owned Adac and is a linchpin of Abu Dhabi’s broader plans to increase tourist traffic as part of the Vision 2030...

Etihad adds weekly services to Philippines

Etihad Airways will add three new weekly services between Abu Dhabi and Manila from 1 May 2016, offering a total of 17 return flights per week. Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, said the new services would enable Etihad Airways to offer guests more choice when travelling between the Philippines and the UAE. “The Abu Dhabi-Manila route is on...

Jeppesen and Emirates team to optimize crew management

Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, has teamed with Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, to optimize crew planning operations. Emirates has now fully entered Jeppesen Crew Rostering services into its operations, which was introduced to improve efficiency and lower costs related to crew management functions, while respecting crew preferences. Jeppesen Crew Roste...

Etihad Airways moves to make 787 Dreamliner its flagship long-haul aircraft

Etihad Airways will deploy the Dreamliner on five routes next year as the Boeing 787 gradually becomes the Abu Dhabi carrier’s flagship long-haul aircraft. Etihad expects to receive 66 Dreamliners over the coming years. The 787-9 Dreamliner is Boeing’s high-tech fuel-efficient aircraft. Etihad received its first one last December. Starting from May next year, Etihad will deplo...

Dubai International, passenger number grows by 4.4% in October, 2015

Passenger traffic at Dubai International, rose 4.4 per cent in October, according to a traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger numbers in October totalled 6,250,810, compared to 5,989,007 recorded in October of last year. Year to date traffic rose 11.2 per cent to 64,947,687 compared to 58,411,554 recorded during the same period last year. Aircraft movements rose to 34,91...

Avinode Marketplace to list Etihad Airways' The Residence

Avinode has welcomed its first private aviation space on a commercial airline, Etihad Airways' The Residence to the Avinode Marketplace. The Residence, available on the A380 fleet, will be sold through Chapman Freeborn and listed on the Avinode Marketplace for an initial six-month period. The listing will show scheduled flights where The Residence is available, as a potential e...

Emirates announces three new A380 superjumbo routes for 2016

Emirates said it would deploy its Airbus A380 to more destinations across its network in 2016. The Dubai carrier said Birmingham (BHX), Prague (PRG) and Taipei (TPE) have been added to its list of A380 destinations. It means Emirates is the only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service from each of these destinations. Emirates’ daily Birmingham flight will be up-gauged to an A380 be...

Airbus mulls A380 revamp ‘in cold blood’ as Emirates pushes case

Airbus Group said it’s still pondering whether to upgrade the A380 superjumbo to help end a sales drought, with production rates for the double-decker set to dip below 30 planes this year as output is slowed to help manage a dwindling backlog. Chief executive Tom Enders said that commercial-aircraft head Fabrice Bregier is “working on the business case” for an A380 revamp with...