All Middle East articles – Page 100
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Dubai World Central passenger numbers up by a third
Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum airport has recorded a 35% increase in passenger numbers in the first half of the year.
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PICTURE: First El Al 787 emerges in full colours
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has shown off its first Boeing 787 twinjet, after the aircraft was painted in the airline's colour scheme.
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Boeing raises forecast for global pilot demand
Boeing has raised its forecast on the demand for pilots in the next two decades.
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ANALYSIS: Air accident reports issued January-June 2017
A little more than a year after the 19 May 2016 loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 over the Mediterranean Sea, Egyptian authorities have offered no data beyond some basic facts that came to light in the first few weeks.
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ANALYSIS: Airline safety record continues to improve
This year’s first six months have again smashed the record for safe airline performance worldwide. What other commercial transport mode can claim that in the first half of 2017 – globally – there have been only six fatal accidents, and the total death toll was 16?
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AAR wins 737 Max component support deal from Flydubai
Flydubai has extended its partnership with US maintenance specialist AAR to cover a fleet of on-order Boeing 737 Max jets.
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Emirates and Flydubai to combine network operations
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is entering a broad partnership with low-cost operator Flydubai, which will include a codeshare and optimisation of the airlines' networks.
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Emirates to try again with all-A380 Moscow route
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to switch its Moscow operation to an all-Airbus A380 route later this year.
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American to end Etihad and Qatar codeshares
American Airlines will end its codeshare agreements with Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways in March 2018, as US mainline carriers' dispute over open skies with the Gulf continues.
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A350-1000 passes UAE hot-weather tests
Airbus has completed the hot-weather testing of its A350-1000 in the United Arab Emirates.
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ANALYSIS: The potential power of an Emirates-Flydubai merger
News that Emirates and Flydubai are working on closer collaboration – with "nothing off the table" – raises the distinct possibility that the two businesses could merge to create an even more powerful mega-carrier in the Gulf region.
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Qatar Airways cancels four A350-900s
Qatar Airways has cancelled four Airbus A350-900s which the Middle Eastern carrier had on order.
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Former CIT executive launches risk advisory firm
A new advisory firm has been launched by Jennifer Villa Tennity, previously CIT Aerospace's chief risk officer.
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Qatar Airways latest to be freed from US electronics ban
Qatar Airways has been cleared to allow passenger carriage of electronic devices in the cabin of its US-bound flights.
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PICTURES: A350-1000 commences hot-weather testing
Hot-weather testing of the Airbus A350-1000 is underway in the United Arab Emirates after one of the three flight-test airframes arrived in Al Ain.
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Electronics ban lifted from Emirates flights
Emirates services to the USA are no longer affected by a ban on electronic devices, after the US-imposed restriction was eased.
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Saudia latest carrier to indicate easing of US electronics ban
Middle Eastern carrier Saudia is expecting the electronics ban on its US flights to be lifted in mid-July.
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Eviation plans 2018 first flight for Alice electric business aircraft
Israeli start-up Eviation Aircraft has begun manufacturing the first conforming prototype of its all-electric business and commuter aircraft, and plans to fly the nine-passenger type, dubbed Alice, in late 2018.
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Qatar Airways speeds Prague and Sohar launch
Qatar Airways has brought forward plans to start new routes to Oman and the Czech Republic to next month.