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Estonian Air. SAS already owns
the Finnish carrier Air Botnia
and holds a 47% share of
Latvian carrier AirBaltic.
"Estonian Air will continue to
operate as an independent air
line," says SAS.
Air Arabia plans rapid expansion
Gulf low-fares start-up Air Arabia
will begin flying at the end of
October with two leased Airbus
A320s, and has ambitious expan
sion plans as it brings budget se...
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 ...e has
recently been implemented to
extend the design life from
55,000 cycles to 80,000 cycles.
The first modified aircraft is back
in service with Air Wisconsin.
EXPANSION ALAN GEORGE / LONDON
Air Arabia beats forecasts
and looks to triple its fleet
Middle East's first budget carrier surpasses expectations and sets sights higher
After a successful first year of opera
tions, Air Arabia -...
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 ...vestigation and the Department of Aviation.
He was critical of CASA's performance in his most recent role as chairman of
the Aviation Safety Forum, particularly over civil aviation safety reforms.
Air Arabia takes flight
STA RT- U P The Gulf's first low-cost airline, Air Arabia, launched services
from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, last week. Air Arabia's first flight was to
Bahrain, and it ...
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 ...k
ing to increase services to India,
which it already serves through
Delhi three times a week, while
Dubai is among new destinations
being studied for 2005.
LAUNCH
New UAE carriers Etihad and
Air Arabia begin operations
The United Arab Emirates has gained two more carriers with the
launch of its Abu Dhabi-based national airline Etihad Airways and
low-cost concern Air Arabia. Etihad Airw...
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 ...t and balance and perfor
mance calculations; and the
display of flight plates on
portable computers.
START-UP DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW / LONDON
UAE's third airline cleared
for take-off at Sharjah
Air Arabia planned as national carrier but network and aircraft fleet yet to be finalised
Plans to create a third national air
line for the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) have moved forward after a
Sh...
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 ...200 TOTAL 1,250 (307)
Africa Total 37 (15)
Air Memphis
Egyptair
Lotus Air
Nouvelair Tunisie
South African Airways
Tunis Air
1
12
2
10
(15)
12
Asia, Australasia & Mid EastTotal 253 (66)
Air Arabia 3(2)
Air Calin
Air China
Air Deccan
Air Macau
Air New Zealand
Airblue
All Nippon Airways
Asiana Airlines
Bangkok Airways
China Eastern Airlines
China Southern Airlines
Dragonair...
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 ...everal destinations,
including London, Damascus and
Beirut. It has ambitious plans to
grow its fleet and network. While
Etihad is a full service airline, two
new low-cost carriers - Menajet
and Air Arabia - have begun opera-
Emirates will receive a a new aircraft every month for the next decade
tions from the emirate of Sharjah,
whose airport is best known for
cargo operations.
Emirates ...
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 ...Electric braking systems chosen
11 Flash probe reveals crew confusion.
FAA aims to restore credibility
12 Airbus reveals its EFB interface.
AvCraft "flat wrong" as it cuts 328Jet
predictions
14 Air Arabia beats forecasts.
Eurolink 2000+ programme gathers
pace with deliveries
17 BMI to redouble Heathrow efforts.
A310-300 freighter marks THY
debut with services to Europe
Defence
19 Host...
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 ...g the region's flag carriers seems
inevitable, for now, Gulf Air, Emirates and
Qatar Airways are bullish about growth.
Several start-up airlines have also declared
their hand, including Sharjah's Air Arabia
and Abu Dhabi's Etihad, both from the
United Arab Emirates, and Menajet, a low-
cost carrier owned by Bahraini and Saudi
investors. One of Emirates' just-delivered
A340-500s will be on ...
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 ...UMBER 4900 VOLUME 164 16-22 SEPTEMBER 2003
This week
NEWS
Headlines
6 Lockheed Martin recruits UK MFTS
competition partners.
Air Arabia plans rapid expansion
7 US plans DIRCM sales to Middle
East as Israel funds Flight Guard.
Learjet 45s return to flight
8 Regional jet orders set to unlock
Chinese market.
SAS may hast...
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 ...Cover story
"The region was unaffected by the
11 September attacks, and an Iraqi war
will not have a major effect," says Qatar
Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker.
Emirates chief director (air...
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 ...itioning itself "as a premium air
line as such" but has no plans to op
erate a low-cost subsidiary to com
pete with Gulf Air's Abu Dhabi-
based low-fare operation Gulf Trav
eller or Sharjah-based Air Arabia.
CARGO NICHOLAS IONIDES / JEJU
IAI in line for conversion contract for 747-400s
Korean Air (KAL) is planning to
have up to seven Boeing 747-400
passenger aircraft converted into
freig...
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 ...ctober, for
mer Easyjet director Keith
McMann was recruited to help
implement Menajet's low-fare
strategy.
Although MenaJet will become
the region's second low-cost carrier
after Sharjah-based Air Arabia,
some remain unconvinced that
the budget market will work in
the Middle East: "This area isn't
ready to take low-cost carriers,"
says Qatar Airways chief executive
Akbar Al Baker.
Ci...
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 ...stian Marchand
Fleet 2 x ATR 42-300
Destinations (domestic scheduled) Fort de France, Pointe-a-
Pitre, Saint Martin
Dean Mills
Atichart Athakravisunthorn
Banchar Patrasuwan
Pratheep Boonprasom
AIR ARABIA [G9] (ABY)
Sharjah International Airport, PO Box 132, Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 6 508 8888 Fax +971 6 558 0008
Email info@airarabia.com Website www.airarabia.com
Services ...
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 ...emains our tar
get...but increasing fuel costs and
new entrants are having an impact
on our yield, but not capacity".
Several new Gulf airlines have
started recently, including low-cost
carrier Air Arabia and Abu Dhabi
long-haul airline Etihad Airways.
Meanwhile, Gulf Air's rapidly
expanding local rivals Qatar
Airways and Emirates are showing
no let-up. Qatar Airways will
launch servic...
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 ...MAY 12, 1927
THE ROHRBACH "ROCCO" FLYING-BOAT
New German Commercial Machine with Two Rolls-Royce " Condor " Engines
DR. ROHRBACH, the famous German aircraft designer, has
named his latest type of flyi...
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TH-57 SeaRanger
OH-58 Kiowa
BELL BOEING
V-22 Osprey
BOEING
B-52 Stratofortress
KC-135 Stratotanker
E-3 Sentry
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E6 Mercury
E-8 Joint STARS
CH-46 Sea Knight
CH-47 Chinook...
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MIKOYAN
MiG-21 Rshbed
MiG-29 Fulcrum
Poland AF
Germany AF
Malaysia AF
NORTHROP GRUMMAN (including VOUGHT)
A-6 Intruder
EA-6 Prowler
A-7 Corsair II
B 2 Spirit
E-2 Haw...
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Patience appears to be the
order of the day in the Gulf
region, with Dubai '95 having
an air of deja vu. Many of the
local states profess to have a
plethora of requirements, but
manu...
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(translation) "McDonnell Douglas thanks the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tor buying our MD-90
and MD-11 aircraft for Saudi Arabian Airlines!'
MCDOIS...
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