CEO: Qatar Airways could grow to 255 routes depending on aircraft deliveries
Qatar Airways could expand its number of destinations to more than 255 from 170 currently under plans for rapid growth, but its ability to do so depends on the delivery…
Emirates A380 replaces B777 on Casablanca route
Morocco will once more welcome Emirates’ flagship Airbus A380 on April 15, 2023, when it lands at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport (CMN). To commemorate the event, Emirates’ newest Museum…
Qatar Airways resumes service to Birmingham prior to the 2023 British Grand Prix.
Following a suspension of service during the pandemic, Qatar Airways has stated that it will once again offer flights from Doha International Airport (DIA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX). Three days…
Turkish Technic provides aircraft maintenance service to Emirates Airlines
One of the world’s biggest aircraft maintenance-repair service suppliers, Turkish Technic and Emirates, the United Arab Emirates-based airline company which has the world’s largest Boeing 777 fleet, has signed an…
Emirates Adds Flights to Toronto After Canada and the UAE Sign Expanded Air Services Agreement
Only days after Canada and the United Arab Emirates signed an enhanced air services agreement, Emirates said on Friday that it would add more flights to its Dubai to Toronto…
Private jet flight attendants sue ex-Lebanon MP for alleged rape, sexual assault
Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is facing a lawsuit filed by two private jet flight attendants who claim that they were sexually assaulted aboard his private plane. CNN reported…
Protests ground flights at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport
Following the declaration of a countrywide strike by Israel’s national trade union center, the Histadrut, Tel Aviv Ben Gurin International Airport (TLV) has suspended all outbound flights from the airport.…
USAF retaliates after Iran kamikaze drone strikes base in Syria
The United States has conducted airstrikes on Iran-backed groups in Syria after being targeted by an Iranian kamikaze drone strike. On March 23, 2023, a coalition base in Hasakah, northeast…
Etihad picks up more airline partners and resumes other interline agreements
In addition to reestablishing interline ties with Biman Bangladesh, Air Seychelles (HM), and ITA Airways, Etihad Airways has started reciprocal interline partnerships with three new airline partners: Philippine Airlines (PAL),…
Saudi’s Riyadh Air looking to order more aircraft ‘soon’
Tony Douglas, chief executive of Saudi’s new airline Riyadh Air, told Bloomberg that the airline is aiming to order more aircraft. This is after its initial commitment for thirty-nine B787-9s…