All Emirates Airline articles – Page 4
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NewsEmirates to offer GX Aviation broadband on A350 fleet
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to offer Inmarsat’s GX Aviation high-speed broadband connectivity on its Airbus A350 fleet, which it expects to enter service next year. Emirates says the A350s will be the first aircraft in its fleet to use the GX satellite network. The Dubai-based carrier has 50 A350s ...
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NewsUnited and Emirates file codeshare request with US government
United Airlines and Emirates Airline have applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for approval to put their airline codes on each other’s flights as per an agreement the two carriers reached last year.
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NewsEmirates starts returning reconfigured A380s to service
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has returned to service the first Airbus A380 to undergo an extensive interior retrofit, which will be applied to 67 of the type. The initial airframe (A6-EVM) has been re-introduced to the route from Dubai to London Heathrow. Emirates says the aircraft has been “completely refurbished” ...
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PodcastAirline Business Podcast: Standout stories from 2022
Graham and Lewis discuss some of the most interesting developments from the past 12 months
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Airline BusinessHow far through recovery are Middle East airlines?
Middle East carriers are well on the way to restoring pre-pandemic activities following the lifting of Covid restrictions
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: rest of world Q3 2022
Key data from the most-recent earnings period – the fourth quarter of 2022 – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsEmirates expects return to full-year profit after strong first half
Emirates Group had returned 73 Airbus A380s to service, along with its entire Boeing 777 fleet, by the end of the first half – a period in which it generated a net profit of Dhs4.2 billion ($1.1 billion). The financial performance contrasts with the Dhs5.7 billion net loss from the ...
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NewsEmirates and Gulf Air firm codeshare plan
Middle Eastern carriers Emirates and Gulf Air are set to launch their codeshare next month after formalising the agreement during the Bahrain air show today.
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NewsAACO chief: Future Israeli ties possible if momentum for peace reaches regional level
Arab Air Carriers Organization secretary general Abdul Wahab Teffaha is not ruling out possible future ties with Israeli entities, if the recent momentum of improved Arab-Israeli relationships eventually leads to recognition at a higher regional level. Normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and a number of Arab countries have been achieved ...
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Airline BusinessAirline partnership activity intensifies
In January, we posed the question: ‘If 2022 is not the year for new airline partnerships, when will be?’ It seemed logical that the Covid-19 crisis would prompt wounded carriers to see greater value in shoring up their market positions and/or expanding networks via closer relationships with other operators. And ...
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PodcastAirline Business Podcast: Winter worries, Emirates-United tie-up, Frontier and Blue Air
Graham and Lewis discuss the transition from a positive summer period in terms of demand and - in some cases - profits to an uncertain winter, with a long list of challenges clouding the 2023 outlook.
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NewsUnited views Flydubai deal as crucial to broader pact with Emirates
United Airlines’ new codeshare deal with Emirates Airline includes a related agreement with Flydubai that United views as particularly valuable in expanding its international reach.
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Airline BusinessUnited and Emirates strike broad partnership that will ‘terrify’ competitors
United Airlines and Emirates Airline have put aside a contentious trade dispute in launching a new partnership they say will dramatically expand their international presence to the detriment of competitors.
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NewsUnited to fly non-stop to Dubai, partner with Emirates
United Airlines and Emirates Airline will partner on flights between the USA and the Middle East beginning next year.
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Airline BusinessWar, not pandemic, creates ‘new normal’ for airline industry
While many of the adjustments made by airlines during the Covid-19 crisis would once have been unthinkable, the industry that is emerging from the pandemic looks quite a lot like the 2019 one. War, on the other hand, is forcing some fundamental rethinks
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Airline BusinessWizz Air helps to kick-start Saudi Arabia’s aviation powerhouse ambitions
Kingdom will welcome low-cost services from European operator as part of effort to create huge commercial aviation hub
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NewsEmirates details in-flight entertainment system chosen for A350 fleet
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to fit its upcoming fleet of 50 Airbus A350s with a Thales in-flight entertainment system. The Dubai-based airline says it has chosen the Thales Avant Up system for the twinjets, deliveries of which are set to commence in 2024. Emirates says the system features 4K ...
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NewsAir Canada seeks Emirates codeshare to access India: CEO
Air Canada’s plans for a deeper relationship with Emirates Airline include expanded service to India, the company’s chief executive has indicated.
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NewsEmirates to resume some Nigeria flights after partial release of blocked funds
Emirates will resume some of its Nigeria services from 11 September, after the country’s central bank released a portion of blocked airline revenue from ticket sales. Emirates said in mid-August that it was suspending services to the country from 1 September because of what it called “our ongoing challenges in ...
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NewsEmirates broadens premium-economy A380 reach as 70% of fleet returns to service
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is aiming to have 85 of its 118 Airbus A380s, over 70%, back in operation by the end of this year, as it prepares to operate the type with a premium-economy cabin on additional routes. The airline is intending to retrofit 67 A380s with the premium-economy ...