All Middle East articles – Page 122
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NewsEmirates Academy orders $40 million of trainers
Emirates Flight Training Academy is to acquire 27 aircraft from Cirrus and Embraer in a deal valued at nearly $40 million.
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Big deals by Gulf trio unlikely at Dubai
This year's Dubai air show, which kicks off on 8 November, almost certainly won't bring a repeat of the orders bonanza that characterised 2013's instalment, with the big-three carriers now bedding in new aircraft and assessing the next steps in their fleet strategies.
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Flynas returns to Abu Dhabi with Riyadh flights
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas is to add flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi next month as part of revamped codeshare partnership with UAE carrier Etihad Airways.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The crucial decisions facing Airbus over A350 and A380
As Airbus begins assembly of its largest twinjet to date, the A350-1000, it faces a crucial decision about whether to add an even bigger version to its armoury to enable it to go head to head with the Boeing 777-9X.
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MetroJet A321 crashes in Sinai while en route to St Petersburg
An Airbus A321 operated by Russian carrier MetroJet that disappeared from radar earlier today while en route to St Petersburg has crashed in central Sinai, the Egyptian government has confirmed.
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A320neo doubtful for Dubai and no decision yet on CSeries
Airbus looks unlikely to bring the A320neo to next month's Dubai air show, while Bombardier is set to make a final decision imminently on whether a CSeries can be spared to participate.
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Germany temporarily approves Etihad-Air Berlin codeshares
Germany's transport ministry has granted temporary approval for 31 disputed codeshares between Air Berlin and shareholder Etihad Airways, but is demanding that the two carriers adapt their co-operation.
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Opinion
OPINION: Decisive action needed to resolve US-Gulf open-skies row
As the row between the US majors and the Gulf carriers rumbles on, it is still unclear how it will end.
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Oman Air signs for 20 737 Max jets
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has signed for 20 additional Boeing 737s, according to the airframer’s latest backlog data.
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Qatar Airways accuses European rivals of meddling in US dispute
Qatar Airways believes that rival European network carriers have been encouraging their US partners to complain about the Gulf carriers in the current spat over open skies.
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Qatar to show four aircraft in Dubai but no big orders planned
Qatar Airways plans to exhibit four aircraft at next month's Dubai air show, but the signs are it will not be making any major order announcements.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith
The contrast between Flydubai's unpreposessing home next to Dubai International's Terminal 2 and Emirates' palatial headquarters on the "business" side of the airport – all plate-glass windows, vast atrium and upmarket retail mall – says all you need to know about the sibling airlines' relationship. Both buildings make a statement: ...
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China Southern to launch three new international services
China Southern Airlines plans to launch three new international services in the coming weeks.
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NewsSaudis seek nine more Sikorsky Black Hawks
Saudi Arabia could purchase up to nine Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk combat helicopters under a $495 million foreign military sale package approved by the US State Department this week.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Etihad and Alitalia undaunted by rebuilding task
Few would have underestimated the task Etihad boss James Hogan took on by adding Alitalia to the Gulf carrier's expanding fold of equity partners.
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NewsQatar interested in A350 stretch: Al Baker
Qatar Airways would be interested in buying a stretched A350-1000 derivative should Airbus decide to build one, but only if it offers enough of a step over the rival Boeing 777-9X.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines in bloom despite mixed market messages
Global airlines should consider themselves extremely lucky right now, as their feelings of general good health and optimism, do not span all industries, particularly those in the emerging markets.
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SpiceJet to launch two new Dubai services
SpiceJet will launch services from Amritsar and Kozhikode to Dubai, starting from 15 November.
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Empire Aviation plots international expansion with San Marino AOC
Dubai business aviation services provider Empire Aviation (EAG) is expanding its international focus following its award, in early September, of an air operator’s certificate (AOC) from the San Marino Civil Aviation Authority.
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ROUTES: Mahan Air to launch Copenhagen service
Iranian carrier Mahan Air is to launch flights from Tehran to the Danish capital Copenhagen next March.