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Delta Appoints Senior Vice President for Europe, Middle East and Africa

DUBAI, UAE: 24 March 2010 – Delta Air Lines [NYSE:DAL] has promoted Perry Cantarutti to the newly created position of senior vice president – Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in Paris, Cantarutti will have accountability for all of Delta’s Europe, Middle East and Africa commercial activities, including maximizing the long-term growth opportunities for Delta’s joint venture agreement with Air France KLM –…

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Kingfisher launches Dubai routes

M arch 28- India’s Kingfisher Airlines has announced that its Dubai-Mumbai and Dubai-Delhi routes will be launched from April 24. Kingfisher already flies daily on the Dubai-Bangalore route. With the addition of the two new daily services, the carrier will operate 21 flights a week between the UAE and India.

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Oman Air to offer 12,000 seats in summer tourism campaign

Oman Air, the national carrier of Oman and Oman’s Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with top hotels are launching a summer tourism campaign in Europe called ‘Now is the Time’. The campaign aims to attract more tourists to Oman by offering them incentives such as week-long accommodation and return flight packages to Oman during the summer. The hotels include IHG Group, Shangri-la, Radisson Blu, Grand Hyatt,…

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Airbus delivery to be on time: Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways has not been told of any delays regarding the delivery of the Airbus A350 and believes Boeing has "got its act together", Chief Executive of the carrier, Akbar Al-Baker said on Thursday. Qatar Airways, said Al-Baker, is interested in an upgraded version of the Airbus A320 single-aisle jet that may be launched soon and is still examining the new C series from Canada's bombardier. Qatar Airways…

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Gulf Air shows improved performance

Gulf Air presented to its board of directors a report of significantly improved performance in 2010 on Thursday, also the diamond jubilee of the airline. On the occasion, the board of directors wished Gulf Air, its staff and management many prosperous and successful years ahead. The members promised their full support and guidance to the airline's new strategy aimed at making the airline an efficient and…

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Lufthsana to resume flights to Iraq soon

Lufthansa will resume flights to Iraq on April 25 after a 20-year-long gap. The flight will start from Frankfurt and go to the city of Erbil in northern Iraq. There will be four flights per week on this new route. The Airbus A319 will ply on this four-and-a-half hour long route. With the resumption of flights to Iraq, Lufthansa is continuing to expand its route network in the Middle East and will then offer 100…

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British Airways: 70pc Of Long Haul Flights Will Operate During Strike

British Airways (BA) issued a statement on Wednesday saying it plans to operate 70 percent of its long haul flights during the next phase of the strike action by its cabin crew, scheduled to start on Saturday, March 27th, and continue until Tuesday, March 30th. The strike action was initiated in protest of proposed changes in pay and working conditions by BA management. BA explained in a statement that an…

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Air Arabia Approves Distribution Of 10pc Cash Dividend

Air Arabia, the first and biggest low cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, announced its general assembly has approved the distribution of a 10pc cash dividend of the company’s share of capital. Air Arabia chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammad Al-Thani said “We are glad to share Air Arabia’s success with our shareholders by distributing a 10 percent cash dividend of the company’s share capital for…

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Jet Airways To Start Flights To Damman

Jet Airways announced on Wednesday it will begin daily flights to the southern Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram to Damman on March 28th as part of its expansion plans in the region. Afzal Azam Baig, general manager of Jet Airways for Saudi Arabia, said “The launch of the new route means that Jet Airways will operate its third daily service from a Saudi city to India.” Flight number 9W 566 will take off from…

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Emirates to stay in Dubai till 2022

Emirates Airline will not move its operations to Al Maktoum International Airport till 2022 or more, said Tim Clark, the airline’s president. According to Clark, the carrier is reconsidering its move from Dubai International Airport. “We have refocused here [at Dubai International],” Clark said. “With a certain amount of investment here, you can get a lot more out of this airport,” he added. The airline had…

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Emirates to Launch flights to Amsterdam on May 1

Emirates Airlines’ Dubai-Amsterdam route will be inaugurated on May 1, said a statement issued by the carrier. Emirates said it will start the daily service with a Boeing 777 aircraft and will be the only airline offering a first-class cabin on this route. EK flight 145 will leave Dubai daily at 0825 hrs and arrive in Amsterdam at 1330 hrs. From Amsterdam, EK 146 will leave at 1530 hrs, arriving in Dubai at…

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Air China To Expand In Middle East

The Chinese national carrier, Air China, plans to increase its Middle East presence with new routes and more frequencies, according to an airline official. Wang Zhiyong, General Manager-UAE, for Air China said “The Middle East is the quickest developing area in terms of air traffic and it makes sense to expand our network in the region.” The airline currently flies four times a week from its hub in Beijing to…

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Royal Jordanian Expands Fleet

Royal Jordanian Airlines will get two new Airbus A330s on May 21, for use on its London and Far East destinations. Hussein Dabbas, President and CEO of Royal Jordanian, said the aircraft will fill an important gap in its current fleet of 20 aircraft, especially since delivery of 11 Boeing 787 Dreamliners have been delayed by two years, until 2013. The new Airbus A330 aircraft will fly four times a week to…

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Air Arabia’s priorities mixed up

Some governments in the Arab world put a higher priority on expanding their aircraft fleets than looking at more important issues, said Air Arabia CEO Adel Ali. Talking to journalists on Tuesday, Ali said that increasing competition in the region will force several low-cost carriers to go bust. “Obviously the legacy carriers will not close down because they are owned by governments. So probably instead of…

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Yemen Airways Launchs Online Booking

Yemen Airways has announced that the airline’s passengers can now avail an online booking facility. The service on www.yemenia.com will make booking flights easier for domestic and international passengers. "This is an exciting time for our airline. Being able to provide self-service booking to our passengers is great progress. It makes the booking process easier and also will also save us significant costs.…

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British Airways Cancels London Routes To Bahrain, Dubai

British Airways (BA) cancelled its flights from London to Bahrain and Dubai because of a strike action by its cabin crew. The airline said in a statement “The daily flight on the London-Bahrain Doha route has been cancelled on March 22, 23, and 24.” BA confirmed it cancelled one of three daily flights scheduled to fly between London and Dubai on March 22, 23 and 24. The flight schedules for Jeddah, Riyadh,…

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Saudi Air inks deal with French catering company

March 22- Saudi Airlines has signed a deal with an affiliate of French investment bank Calyon to advise on an initial public offering of its catering company, it was learnt on Sunday. The airline, one of the Middle East's largest carriers, launched a gradual privatization of its catering, cargo, maintenance, ground services and aviation services units to pave the way for a flotation of a stake in its core…

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UAE, Slovak sign open skies deal

March 22 -UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the directorate general of Civil Aviation and Water Transport of the Slovak Republic have signed an open skies deal, it was learnt on Sunday. As per the agreement, any number of designated airlines from both parties will be given the right to perform scheduled air services in each country. It will allow unrestricted frequencies, capacity and types…

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