Middle East – Page 20
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NewsEmirates restarts Stansted flights as it nears 75% of pre-crisis UK capacity
Emirates has resumed flights to London Stansted airport, bringing to three the number London gateways again served by the Middle Eastern carrier. Long an operator into London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports, Emirates added Stansted flights in mid-2018, only for the route to be dropped in March 2020 when the pandemic ...
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NewsDynCorp receives $56m contract to maintain Saudi army aircraft
The Texas-based contractor will provide the Royal Saudi Land Forces’ Aviation Command with support and aircraft maintenance services.
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NewsEtihad claims transformation ‘paying off’ as it swings to first-half profit
Etihad Airways claims that its profitable performance in the first half of 2022 shows that its years-long transformation effort is beginning to produce results. The six-month operating profit of $296 million comes with the Abu Dhabi carrier more than four years into a major restructuring programme, under which it has ...
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NewsBAE Systems nears first Typhoon deliveries to Qatar
BAE Systems is on course to deliver Qatar’s first Eurofighter Typhoons before year-end, with flight-test activities ongoing at its Warton final assembly site in Lancashire.
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In depthHow airline safety ranked in first half of 2022
The first six months of 2022 involved more fatal airline accidents and resulting fatalities worldwide than during the same period in each of the two previous years, but amid increased flight activity.
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NewsQatar orders 25 Boeing 737 Max 10, plus 25 options
Qatar Airways has ordered 25 Boeing 737 Max 10 and taken options to purchase a further 25 of the jets, throwing more momentum behind the largest variant of the narrowbody family.
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NewsQatar Airways rejigging Doha hub bank structure to free capacity for World Cup
Qatar Airways will cut back – or even cancel – services to more than 30 destinations during the period of the World Cup football tournament in Doha this year, in order to provide sufficient capacity for other operators. The aviation plan for the World Cup, which will take place in ...
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NewsQatar single-aisle renewal path complicated by A321neo and 737 Max uncertainty
Qatar Airways’ single-aisle fleet modernisation remains in limbo after group chief executive Akbar Al Baker confirmed that a tentative Boeing 737 Max order had lapsed, and the situation with Airbus – which cancelled the airline’s A321neo agreement – remains unresolved. Speaking during a briefing at the Farnborough air show, Al ...
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NewsBAE, Embraer join forces to offer C-390 to Saudi Arabia
Embraer has partnered with BAE Systems to promote its C-390 transport to potential customers in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia as their initial sales target.
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NewsSaudi carrier Flynas becomes first customer for kingdom’s new lessor
Newly-established Saudi Arabian lessor AviLease has identified budget carrier Flynas as it first customer, to which it will supply 12 Airbus A320neos. AviLease has been set up by the Saudi sovereign Public Investment Fund. The company has hosted a formal launch event in London during the Farnborough air show. AviLease ...
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NewsEmirates chief says industry will need to ‘tough out’ operational issues until 2023
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark expects the operational issues being seen in some markets to persist into 2023.
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NewsSaudi Arabia opens airspace to all civil airlines including Israeli carriers
Saudi Arabian authorities have chosen to open the kingdom’s airspace to all civil carriers, including operators conducting services to and from Israel. The decision is a crucial step forward in the efforts to broaden Israeli-Arab links following the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020. This agreement resulted in normalisation ...
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NewsElbit to supply self-protection suite for Netherlands’ new VIP transport
Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract to provide self-protection equipment for use on the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s incoming Gulfstream G650 VIP transport.
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NewsRafael to reveal Ice Breaker multi-domain missile
Rafael is unveiling an air-launched version of its recently introduced Sea Breaker precision-guided anti-ship missile, called Ice Breaker, at the Farnborough air show. Source: Rafael An artist’s impression of the new missile The 700kg (1,540lb) weapon, which has a range of 162nm (300km), is suitable for light-attack ...
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In depthAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: July 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsSaudi waste-to-fuel plant developer seeks UK price-stabilisation mechanism
Saudi Arabian engineering firm Alfanar is seeking price-protection measures from the UK government as it commits to developing two more sustainable aviation fuel plants in the country. Alfanar is already advancing with an initial £1 billion project – the ‘Lighthouse Green Fuels’ scheme in Teesside, in the north-east – which ...
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NewsEl Al resolves pilot dispute with new operations and salary pact
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has reached an agreement with its pilots aimed at settling a dispute over salaries which has caused disruption to the airline’s operations for several weeks. El Al says the agreement – signed by its pilot committee as well as the trade union centre Histadrut – will ...
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In depthAlliances see fresh horizons in post-pandemic environment
New airline members, a rail partnership and the roll-out of new digital applications illustrate how the role and activities of Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance have continued to evolve since the Covid crisis
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NewsSaudi Arabian sovereign fund establishes new aircraft leasing company
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is to branch into aircraft management and leasing, through the establishment of a lessor branded ‘AviLease’. The Public Investment Fund, which has some $620 billion in assets under management, already supports a diverse number of sectors – such as finance, mining, transport and construction – ...
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PodcastAirline Business Podcast: IATA AGM talking points and A380 return
Graham and Lewis consider the main talking points from the recent IATA AGM in Doha, at which the association outlined an improved economic outlook for the industry. At the same time as better news on Covid restrictions being dropped, however, executives also acknowledged a new set of headwinds. They also ...