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Emirates at ITB Berlin: We plan to meet Dhs 2 billion earnings target

March 14- President of Dubai based Emirates Airlines, Tim Clark, said on Tuesday the airline expects to meet its full year earnings target of Dh2 billion. Clark said “We’ve had a very good year.” Clark spoke about the airline’s financial results and expansion plans at the ITB Berlin, the world’s largest travel fair which ended on March 13. He confirmed that Emirates Airline, the biggest customer for the Airbus…

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Oman Air at ITB Berlin: Profit the main goal

March 13- Oman Air will focus on profit, not fleet size, in 2010, said its Chief Executive, Peter Hill, at the ITB Berlin on Friday. “The focus is now on being self-supporting, paying back government funding and showing that you can run a profitable airline, even if it is a government-owned one, in that region,” he added. Oman Air posted a loss of $109 million in 2008 and will publish its results for 2009…

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Emirates adds another A380 to London Heathrow route

March 13- Emirates Airline will add one more A380 to its London Heathrow routes from July 1, 2010, it was learnt. The A380 will be deployed on EK 003, which departs Dubai at 1415hrs and arrives in London Heathrow at 1840hrs. The double-decker aircraft which has been custom-made for Emirates includes onboard lounges, showers and spas. Speaking on the occasion, Salem Obaidalla, Emirates Senior Vice President,…

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Etihad increases number of Australian destinations

March 13- Etihad Airways has increased the number of Australian destinations by expanding its codeshare agreement with Qantas. As per the agreement, the two-letter ‘EY’ code is now placed on flights from Sydney to Ayers Rock (Uluru), Alice Springs, Canberra, Hobart and Melbourne and flights from Brisbane to Cairns. The new routes include flights between Sydney and Brisbane, Sydney and Cairns, Sydney and…

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ME airlines expected to lose $400 million this year

March 12- The air travel industry in the Middle East expects to suffer losses of $400 million this year, as there has been low yields on long flights, thus reducing the profit margin, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday. The IATA also said that the price of fuel will keep increasing and the average oil price will rise from $75 to $79 per barrel, a $ 17 per barrel rise on the $62…

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Qatar Airways: Flights to Brazil and Argentina coming soon

March 12- Qatar Airway will soon start its services to the South American countries of Brazil and Argentina, announced Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Akbar Al Baker, on the opening day of ITB Berlin, the world's largest travel and tourism show being held in the German capital. Qatar will start flights to Sao Paulo in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina later this year. The two cities are an addition to…

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No first-class cabins in Abu Dhabi flights: Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airline’s new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, to be launched for flights to Abu Dhabi later this month, will not have first-class cabins, said Desmond Lim, Abu Dhabi Manager, Singapore Airlines. The airline is one of the many international carriers that have removed business class from its aircrafts. Lim added that the business-class and economy set-up for the A330-300 would allow the airline to better…

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Emirates: Expansion Will Not Hurt Air Canada

Emirates Airlines said its expansion plans in Canada will not hurt the country’s airlines or airports, as charged by chief executive of Air Canada. The Dubai based carrier maintains that by increasing its three-day-a-week Dubai to Toronto service, Emirates will “offer a boon for the Canadian economy by growing a key market and region of the world that is currently under serviced.” The airline said reasonable…

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Iraq purchases 10 Dreamliners

Iraq has signed an agreement to buy 10 787 Dreamliners from Boeing on behalf of Iraq Airway. News of the contract appeared on the Boeing website this week although the contract was signed in December last year. The aircraft are worth a total of $1.7bn at list prices, but after standard discounts the Iraqi deal is probably worth $1.1bn.

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Wataniya Airways celebrates first anniversary of Beirut service

Kuwait’s premium airline, Wataniya Airways, is celebrating the first anniversary of its Beirut service, sources told journalists on Wednesday. “We are delighted to celebrate the first anniversary of Wataniya Airways flights to Beirut. Our route has served Lebanese people living in Kuwait who travel on a regular basis, as well as thousands of Kuwaiti travellers who have a special relationship with Beirut and have…

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Singapore Airlines Will Not Add New GCC Routes

Singapore Airlines (SIA), one of the world’s biggest premier airlines, ruled out adding new destinations and increasing the frequencies of routes in the GCC region. Richard Lee, Gulf General Manager for SIA, explained “In the Gulf, at this point of time, we are more into a consolidation phase as we have just emerged from a very tough half year in 2009.” Lee talked about SIA’s plans on the sidelines of a…

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Emirates considers recruiting 2,000 crew members as part of expansion plans

Emirates, Dubai’s flagship carrier, announced on Tuesday that it would employ around 2,000 crew members by the end of 2010 to facilitate its route expansion this year. The airline has already hired around 660 cabin crew members and over 60 pilots since March 2009. Currently, Emirates has 11,000 crew members working for the airline. The airline has also expanded its fleet from 131 to 145 since March 2009 and has…

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Flights to Abu Dhabi will be upgraded: Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines will upgrade all its existing flights to Abu Dhabi from March 29, sources said on Tuesday. The Airbus A330-300 will replace Boeing 777 in all of Singapore Airline’s daily services. Passengers will be provided with personal iPod and iPhone connections as well as extra legroom. Meanwhile, the airline will also start its services to Jeddah and Kuwait via Abu Dhabi from March 28. “The…

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Tunisair sponsors trip for travel agencies in Syria

Tunisia’s national airline, , has arranged for a 10-day trip for Tunisian travel agencies to attend a tourism promotion workshop in Damascus, Syria. The workshop that kicked off on March 6 was arranged with a view to boost tourism between both countries. Speaking on the occasion, Saadallah Agha El Kaala, the Syrian Tourism Minister, said his ministry is conducting surveys to broaden tourism on the whole along…

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Emirates announces flights to Senegal

Emirates on Monday announced the launch of flights to Senegal, making it the airline’s 106th worldwide destination. Dakar, Senegal, is Emirates third African destination, the other two being Durban and Luanda that were launched in 2009. The service to Senegal will start from September 1 this year with five flights a week. Speaking on the occasion, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive,…

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Gulf Air gets two Embraer jets

Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national airline, received two jets from Brazilian company Embraer as per the lease agreement signed by both sides at the Bahrain International Air Show last year. The two jets are configured in a dual-class layout, featuring seven seats in business class and 60 in economy.

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Kuwait Airways a step closer to public share sale

March 6- Kuwait’s largely unprofitable airline, Kuwait Airways, is getting closer to being closed as the Kuwait Investment Authority has set up a company to hold its assets, said the airline Chairman Hamad Al Falah. The company has one done to complete the privatisation process and the new company will be named Kuwait Airways Co. Kuwait Airways has not made any profit since the Iraqi invasion in 1990. Thus, it…

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Afghan airline to start Kabul-Doha service

The Afghan international airline, Safi Airways, will start its Kabul-Doha service from March 13, it was learnt. The route has been fixed with the support of Qatar Airways and will fly thrice a week from Kabul to Doha. Thomas J. Bommer, Director Sales & Marketing, Safi Airways states there are about 7,000 Afghan citizens currently living in Qatar that will benefit from the service. “We know that there is great…

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