Middle East – Page 51
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NewsGulf Air and IAI seal maintenance pact after Bahrain-Israel tie-up
Normalisation of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel has led to a new maintenance agreement under which Gulf Air aircraft will undergo line maintenance from Israel Aerospace Industries. IAI states that its Aviation Group will offer a “comprehensive technical response” to all Gulf Air aircraft landing at Tel Aviv’s Ben ...
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NewsDoha tests Typhoon pilots in Epic Skies IV deployment
Six Eurofighter Typhoons from a joint UK/Qatar training squadron commenced a two-week exercise in Doha on 29 November.
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NewsEmirates wins Decade of Airline Excellence Award for Middle East region
Recipient of the Decade of Airline Excellence Award for the Middle East region, sponsored by Collins Aerospace.
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NewsIsrair bidders enhance offers in battle to acquire leisure carrier
At least three of the prospective bidders for Israeli leisure airline Israir have submitted enhanced offers to acquire the carrier. The trustee overseeing the divestment of Israir from its parent IDB had set a 30 November deadline for best and final bids. Dor Alon Energy has put forward options including ...
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NewsIndian carrier SpiceJet makes belated Ras Al Khaimah debut
SpiceJet has carried out its first service to Ras Al Khaimah airport a year after the Indian low-cost carrier identified the emirate as its first international hub.
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NewsEmbraer to allow ERJ-145 operators to install HEPA filters
Embraer has issued a service bulletin allowing operators of its 50-seat ERJ-145 regional jet to install high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, with the first kits to be delivered by next month. The Brazilian airframer, which took five and a half months to develop the kit, adds that it is completing ...
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NewsAirport slots board requests summer 2021 relief from 80:20 rule
Airports, airlines and slot coordinators have joined forces to call for some relief on slot rules during the northern hemisphere’s summer 2021 season.
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NewsEl Al obtains further deferral for final 787 delivery
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has obtained an agreement to extend the period for taking delivery of its final Boeing 787, pushing the date back to the end of March next year. The airline has 15 787s in its fleet and had already been granted a delivery deferral for the last ...
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NewsEl Al names Nashville energy firm director as new chief executive
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has named Avigal Soreq as its new chief executive, succeeding Gonen Usishkin who will step down at the end of January next year. Soreq is the chief operating officer of Delek US Holdings, an energy firm based just south of Nashville, Tennessee, and specialising in assets ...
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NewsIsrair sale trustee expresses concerns over Fortissimo bid
Israeli leisure carrier Israir’s trustee has expressed several concerns to the latest bidder for the airline, investment fund Fortissimo Capital, over its acquisition proposal. Fortissimo emerged as a bidder on 24 November but the airline’s trustee has sought an urgent meeting with the company to discuss problems with the bid. ...
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NewsCovid impact sees China shoot up global airline connectivity ranking
The latest air connectivity ranking from IATA shows how China’s large domestic airline market – and the country’s apparent success in controlling the spread of Covid-19 – has boosted its fortunes versus other markets.
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NewsIATA puts faith in sustainable aviation fuels
IATA is urging governments to promote sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a critical tool to enabling the industry to halve its CO2 emissions against 2005 levels by 2050.
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NewsEl Al survival remains in balance as losses top $400m
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has unveiled a pre-tax loss of $148 million for the third quarter alone, after revenues for the period sank by 94% to less than $40 million. El Al’s performance under the weight of the pandemic crisis brings its overall pre-tax losses for the first nine months ...
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NewsNo one-size-fits-all answer to testing airline passengers: WHO chief
The testing of international travellers for Covid-19 must not take resources away from higher-priority areas and should be tailored to each country’s need, in the view of World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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NewsGovernments beware: Walsh promises ‘different style’ as IATA leader
Former IAG chief Willie Walsh has promised a “different style” of leadership when he takes over from Alexandre de Juniac as the director general of IATA in April 2021 – particularly when it comes to working with governments.
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News‘When the house is on fire, you don’t pontificate’: IATA chief
IATA is working full-out to secure further government financial support for struggling airlines, alongside the introduction of Covid-19 testing regimes to reopen borders, Alexandre de Juniac explained in his final AGM as IATA director general today.
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NewsIATA deepens airline net loss forecast for 2020 to $118bn
IATA now expects the global airline industry to record a net loss of $118 billion in 2020, some $34 billion deeper than the figure it projected in June.
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Airline BusinessA year in headlines: IATA grapples with airline industry’s gravest crisis
In this timeline, we recall some of industry body’s key moments from an unprecedented period for airlines and the wider travel sector
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NewsIsrael’s El Al to open Dubai flights before year-end
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is to open services to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the latest development between the two countries’ air services following normalisation of diplomatic relations. El Al states that it will offer 14 weekly flights to Dubai from Tel Aviv, beginning on 13 December. It will ...
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NewsFlexibility on airport slots should be extended to summer 2021: IATA
The suspension of the 80:20 ‘use it or lose it’ rule on slots should be extended into the 2021 summer season and possibly beyond, in the view of IATA’s head of worldwide airport slots Lara Maughan.