Saudi GACA issues air carrier, airport classifications for December 2023
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued its monthly classification index for air transport service...
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flynas flies over 11m passengers in 2023, up 28 percent from 2022
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – flynas reported record results for its performance in 2023 compared to the previous year 2022, with...
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Qatar Airways posts record profit
The profit result was "200 percent above its highest annual historical profit".
- Qatar Airways, the Middle East's second biggest airline after Emirates, had reported in September last year an overall loss of $4.1 billion in the 2020-2021 financial year.
- The Qatari airline said it carried 18.5 million passengers in 2021-2022, an increase of 218 percent over the previous 12-month period.
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Qatar passenger traffic may surge by 105 percent in 2022: Report
The report of Qatar Aviation body is updated with the IATA Air Transport data (Airport-IS) related to schedule statistics until...
- Passenger traffic anticipates a surge ranging from +90 percent to +105 percent compared to the year 2021
- The report suggests that the number of flights at Hamad and Doha International Airports could reach about 28,000
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Iran, Venezuela ink 20-year deal on cooperation in Tehran
Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including energy, financial and...
- The deal inked by Iran and Venezuela include energy, financial and defense
- From July 18 direct flights would operate between Caracas and Tehran
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Dubai Airports to divert 60% of DXB’s waste from landfills
Dubai Airports new waste management program will prevent 60 percent of all waste from entering landfills by the middle of...
- A food waste management plan has been created jointly by Dubai Airports’ and its partner BEEAH Group
- The waste treatment plan is expected to compost over 2,000 tonnes of food waste annually across Dubai International premises
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Air Arabia Q1 profit at $79.24m
The profits were up 756% compared to $9.26 million in 2021.
- More than 2.4 million passengers flew with Air Arabia between January and March this year, across the carrier’s five hubs
- This marked an 86-percent increase compared to a total of 1.3 million passengers carried in the first quarter of last year
Emirates shares could be placed for IPO, says chairman
The flagship carrier’s chairman, Ahmed Al Maktoum was reported to have announced plans by Emirates to repay 15 billion dirhams...
- The chairman noted that the decision to sell shares to the public is up to the government of Dubai
- The potential IPO will be an extension of an ongoing share-sale spree of government-owned entities
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Companies envision taxis flying above jammed traffic
Companies such as Archer, Joby and Wisk are working on electric-powered aircraft that take off and land vertically like helicopters...
- Neighborhood parking garage rooftops or shopping mall lots could serve as departure or arrival pads for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
- Commuters would make it the rest of the way however they wish, even synching trips with car rideshare services such as Uber
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Nigerian airlines suspend flights over soaring fuel prices
The cost of fuel has soared worldwide since Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine in February and the West responded by...
- A customer will have to pay 120,000 naira ($289) for a one-hour flight as fuel price soared which is unaffordable for Nigerians, so Airlines decided to stop flying
- Aviation ministry urged airlines to "consider the multiplier effect of shutting down operations, on Nigerians and global travelers"
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Lufthansa cuts Q1 losses
German carrier set its sights on a record summer for traffic.
- The airline group's net loss over the first three months of 2022 came to 584 million euros ($620 million)
- The number of passengers on Lufthansa flights "more than quadrupled" in the first quarter to 13 million
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Eid holidays boost Gulf tourism as COVID curbs ease
From overseas to the domestic circuit, the tourism industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council is witnessing a welcome resurgence, especially...
- Gulf citizens are looking to spend Eid al-Fitr abroad after being compelled to stay home for the past two years
- This year’s Eid al-Fitr holiday witnessed high occupancy in the UAE hotel sector, driven by strong domestic tourism demand
Saudi GACA issues air carrier, airport classifications for December 2023
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued its monthly classification index for air transport service...
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Libya resumes flights to Italy after nearly 10 years of EU ban
Tripoli, Libya - A Rome-bound aircraft departed on Saturday from Libya's capital, restarting flights to Italy after a nearly decade-long suspension...
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$15m paid in compensation to passengers in 2021-22 in Saudi Arabia, says GACA
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said that national airlines in the Kingdom have issued...
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One pilot dead in helicopter crash off Dubai coast, another missing
The pilots of Bell 212 helicopter -- an Egyptian and a South African -- had been on a training flight...
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Kuwait Airport expects 13% rise in passenger numbers, says DGCA
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT - Kuwait's Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) expected that the total passenger traffic to and from...
- The total passenger traffic from Kuwait International Airport in the present summer season is expected to reach 5.75 million passengers.
- Kuwait Airport expects to operate 45,000 flights this season, an increase of 15 percent compared to last year.
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Agility posts Q2 earnings of $46m
Net profit was affected by higher interest rate.
- For the first six months of 2023, Agility’s net profit stood at US$95.5 million.
- There was an increase in debt for financing the firm’s acquisitions last year.
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Air Arabia Q2 profit $125m
The company’s turnover during the second quarter was $380m.
- The profit increased by 187 percent compared to AED160 million ($43.56m) net profit reported for the same period last year.
- The company’s turnover for the same period increased by 25 percent, as the strong demand for air travel continued.