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Nearly 35,000 Emirates flights were operated to 130 destinations this summer, carrying more than 10 million passengers. The airline also ramped up operations to serve customer demand during this busy period. This included reinstating daily services to London Stansted, and expanding flights to 33 cities on popular routes across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In addition, the airline is also being expanded to popular vacation spots like the Seychelles, Maldives, Mexico and Miami. Emirates added Tel Aviv to its global network in June, and in July it added a third daily flight to London Gatwick to serve Heathrow passengers.…

The first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) offering services in the Middle East and North Africa, Air Arabia has announced that it will launch direct flights from Sharjah to Milan, the capital city of Italy. From December 7, 2022, four weekly direct flights will connect Sharjah International Airport with Milan Bergamo Airport. Air Arabia’s growing network from Sharjah now includes Milan, allowing the airline’s customers in the UAE and beyond to travel to Italy with a renowned value-driven product. Booking direct flights between Sharjah and Milan is now available on Air Arabia’s website, through its call center, or through travel…

A380 flights will be reintroduced to Perth from 1st December as part of Emirates’ service ramp-up to Australia. As a result of the upgrade, Emirates will have close to 500 seats available on every flight between its hub Dubai and Perth. The EK420 flight from Dubai departs at 02:45, arriving in Perth at 17:20, while the EK421 flight departs from Perth at 22:20, arriving in Dubai at 05:25 the following morning. From Dubai to Perth, the A380 will replace the existing Boeing 777-300ER service. Emirates has flown nearly 6 million passengers between Perth and its Dubai hub since August 2002,…

An agreement has been signed between Malaysia Airlines and aircraft leasing company Avolon to replace its ageing fleet of A330 widebody jets with 20 Airbus A330neos. According to the carrier, 10 of the planes will be acquired from Airbus and then leased directly from Avolon, with the remaining 10 being purchased from Airbus. A Rolls-Royce engine will power the planes, which will be delivered between 2024 and 2028, according to the airline. Despite a prolonged downturn, the A330neo fleet upgrade comes amid signs of a recovery in widebody demand. International air traffic is recovering from pandemic lows as airlines renew…

In the coming winter, Etihad Airways will offer an additional daily service between the UAE and Manila. As of 30th October, there will be a second daily flight between Abu Dhabi and Manila. This will provide guests with a total of 14 flights a week between the two cities. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, one of the world’s most modern and fuel-efficient airplanes, will operate both daily frequencies. Etihad will offer 450,000 seats annually between Abu Dhabi and Manila with the double-daily flights, representing a 75 percent increase in capacity over last year. As a result of the increased frequency, the…

Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) has signed a consultancy agreement with Lufthansa Consulting (LCG) to provide business optimization and process improvement consulting services. With the objective of improving efficiency and achieving operational excellence, LCG will conduct a comprehensive study of BAS’s current operating model in order to assist BAS in transforming. As a result of the new partnership with LCG, BAS will be able to transform the operations of the company by adopting a more efficient and streamlined method of operation, which is aligned with the company’s long-term strategic objective of achieving operational excellence.

In addition to reintroducing double-daily flights, Emirates has announced plans to increase frequencies to Mauritius starting October 1, 2022. Additional evening frequencies will operate until 31st January, 2023, in response to increased travel demand to and from Mauritius. A third daily flight will increase seat capacity to and from Mauritius by approximately 35 percent, meeting the surge in demand and helping the tourism industry during one of the busiest travel seasons of the year. The added frequency supplements the existing double-daily Airbus A380 services and will also provide customers with more flexibility when planning their trip to Mauritius with the…

As Indian Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, India is experiencing the democratization of civil aviation for the first time in the country’s history. Mr Scindia said at the flagging-off function of Akasa Air today that the democratization of civil aviation in India is the result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision, where the common man can even afford to travel on airlines for the first time. The Civil Aviation sector in India has undergone an unprecedented transformation over the past eight years in terms of accessibility, availability, affordability and inclusion. This transformation was not possible during the previous Congress…

As the capital’s first low-cost carrier, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi celebrated its second successful year of operations on the 14th of July, 2022, having flown more than 800,000 passengers on some 7,600 flights. Over the past two years, the carrier’s fleet has grown from two Airbus A320s at launch to eight brand-new aircraft as of today, with more aircraft expected by year’s end. As a result of its launch during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the carrier has not only contributed to the enhancement of confidence in flight, but has also contributed to the growth of Abu Dhabi’s growing…

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air travel recovery accelerated heading into the busy summer travel season in the Northern Hemisphere. Compared to May 2021, the total traffic in May 2022 was up 83 percent, largely because of a strong recovery in international traffic. At present, global traffic is at 68.7 percent of what it was pre-crisis. There was a 325.8 percent increase in international traffic compared to May 2021. Travel restrictions have been loosened in most parts of Asia, which has accelerated the recovery of global travel. International revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) reached 64.1% of May 2019…