All Middle East articles – Page 99
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AnalysisINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Offshore Oil & Gas Support Fleet sees stabilization
The three years since the significant reduction in oil prices which began in July 2014 have been a challenging time for the oil and gas industry and also the helicopter operators which support them. It has proved to be the most severe downturn experienced for many years. The period has ...
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Gulf traffic flow accommodating Qatar rift: Emirates' Clark
While the Gulf political crisis centred on Qatar is continuing, Emirates Airline president Tim Clark believes traffic flows have stabilised to accommodate the situation.
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Flexibility can counter long-haul budget threat: Emirates' Clark
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark believes long-haul carriers need to brace for an inevitable threat from low-cost competition, but argues that the Middle Eastern airline has flexibility to counter the challenge.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Commercial orders suffer post-Paris hangover
Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier delivered 16 of their new narrowbody aircraft in July, figures from Flight Fleets Analyzer show.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GAMA's half yearly shipments show modest uptick
Fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft manufacturers made modest shipment gains over the first six months of 2017, with a 2.7% climb marking the sector’s first year-on-year increase since 2014.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Top 100 aerospace companies grow more profitable
Last year proved highly profitable for most of the world's biggest aerospace companies. Despite near-stagnant revenues, the industry's largest 100 businesses significantly boosted returns, with profits soaring more than 17% in dollar terms over the previous financial year, and operating margins averaging 9.3%.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Qantas's Singapore-London redux tightens Asia focus
Qantas’s reversion to operating its Sydney-London services via Singapore says much more about its Asian ambitions than its legacy focus on flying to Europe.
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Qantas to drop Dubai under renewed Emirates pact
Qantas will switch its Sydney-Dubai-London flights will return to operate via Singapore under a new from 25 March 2018 under a renewed partnership with Emirates.
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Jazeera A320 damaged during in-flight object collision
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways has yet to confirm the nature of the object involved in a collision with one of its Airbus A320s operating from Riyadh.
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PICTURE: First El Al 787 arrives in Tel Aviv
Israeli flag-carrier El Al's first Boeing 787 has arrived at the airline's main base at Tel Aviv Ben-Gurion airport.
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DAE concludes AWAS buy
Middle Eastern lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has completed its acquisition of lessor AWAS.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Air Berlin filing piles pressure on Etihad equity model
News that Etihad's partner Air Berlin has followed stablemate Alitalia into a formal restructuring process – on top of the Gulf carrier's own exit from holdings in Darwin Airline and, before that, Aer Lingus – leaves its European investment strategy in a state of disarray.
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Pressured Qatar easing visa rules for 80 states
Qatari authorities have lifted visa requirements for citizens of 80 countries, as the Gulf state continues to be pressured by a blockade from a number of other Arab nations.
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Qatar Airways recruiting for 747-8F crews
Qatar Airways has confirmed that it is to introduce Boeing 747-8 freighters to its fleet, after embarking on a recruitment drive for cockpit crew.
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Opinion
OPINION: Concerns set in amid the surge of liquidity
All appears well in aviation financing: liquidity is rife and bank margins the tightest in years.
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UAE insists airspace not open to Qatari flights
United Arab Emirates authorities are denying that the Gulf state has opened its airspace to Qatari aircraft, following a NOTAM route amendment.
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Qatar flights granted access to UAE corridor
Qatar Airways flights have been granted limited access to United Arab Emirates airspace in order to ease operations over the Gulf.
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Emirates 777 crash probe identifies weather-data improvements
Investigators probing the Emirates Boeing 777-300 crash at Dubai have identified safety improvements in respect of weather data passed to the cockpit crew before the accident.
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UK lifts electronics restrictions on Jordanian hub
Prohibitions on electronic devices on UK-bound services from Jordan have been lifted, following a review by UK authorities.
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Qatar drops plans to buy up to 10% of American
Qatar Airways has dropped plans to buy a 10% stake in American Airlines, following continued opposition by the US carrier.