Category Archives: Commercial Aviation

Gulf carriers featured high in the rankings for top on-time performers among the world’s airlines in tables published by Cirium recently. In the top 10 listing for ‘Global Airlines’ Qatar Airways finished third with 85.11% . Saudia was 9th with 81.29% of on-time arrivals. Colombia’s Avianca was top with 86.73%. But Oman Air appeared toRead More

Emirates is ramping up its operations in Seoul with three additional weekly flights starting 19 February 2024. Emirates’ additional services will increase the capacity on flights between Dubai and Seoul by more than 1,000 additional seats per week, helping to alleviate the suppressed demand for international travel to one of the most popular East AsianRead More

flynas reported record results for its performance in 2023 compared to the previous year 2022. The airline took delivery of 19 new aircraft during 2023, upscaling fleet size to 64 aircraft, an increase of more than 35%, which enabled it to move forward with implementing its strategic plan for growth and expansion under the sloganRead More

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) says the ‘Dubai Global Framework’ for sustainable aviation fuel represents a strong push at reducing carbon emissions in the aviation sector. It sets the international aviation community on the right path to achieve net-zero emissions by the year 2050. This was stated by Maryam Al Balooshi, UAE Lead NegotiatorRead More

Emirates has launched its Premium Economy offering in Brazil, with a media tour of one of its enhanced four-class A380 aircraft. The event kicked off at Guarulhos Airport, Terminal 3, after which guests were given a guided tour of the brand new product, as well as the enhanced interior across all cabin classes on boardRead More

Air India has successfully migrated to a cloud-only IT infrastructure, having closed its historic data centres located in Mumbai and New Delhi. This makes Air India one of the first major global airlines to have moved all computational workloads exclusively to the cloud. The move brings remarkable technological agility and scalability to Air India, enablingRead More

Air India and Sabre have signed an enhanced distribution deal that builds upon their partnership announced in April 2023. Under the agreement, travel agencies in India will have access to Air India’s expansive domestic content through the Sabre Global Distribution System (GDS) from 1 January 2024, offering Indian travel buyers an expanded portfolio of faresRead More

Kuwait Airways has commenced flights to Barcelona with three flights per week on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. CEO of Kuwait Airways, Captain Ahmed Mohammed Alkreebani, said: “Today we are pleased to celebrate the launch of Kuwait Airways’ first flight to the Spanish city of Barcelona, which is one of the most important travel destinations inRead More

The inaugural flights touched down at Sphinx International Airport (SPX) and Poznań Airport (POZ) and were met with a water cannon salute and a warm welcome by airport officials, becoming the first carrier from the UAE to operate direct flights to these airports. With the start of flights to Cairo and Poznań, flydubai grows itsRead More