All airlines operating from Beirut must limit passengers departing on direct or indirect flights to Belarus to Belarusian citizens, Lebanese citizens holding visas or residency permits for Belarus, and "Arabs and foreigners having residency permits in Belarus". Lebanon said the measures were effective immediately until further notice.

Emirates is to start daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv on December 6, the airline announced, in the latest sign of deepening relations since the UAE and Israel normalized ties in September last year. The Dubai-based carrier, one of the largest in the world, said the new service would...

A key aim of the initiative was to understand how organised crime attempts to move illicit assets, such as the flows of cash and gold.

Emirates has cancelled flights to Khartoum after reports emerged of a military coup in Sudan.

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has announced that the average aviation activity in the country rose from 1,238 flights at the end of 2020 to 1,538 flights in September 2021, an increase of some 24.5 percent.

Before the pandemic, around 75 percent of the tourist traffic between Brazil and the Middle East were to and from the UAE, and new direct flights from the UAE to Brazil’s Amazon and the Northeast regions are expected to reattain that traffic.

Brazil's tourism minister has said the country is planning to attract about a million tourists from the Middle East in the next three years by launching more direct flights from the UAE to the Amazon and the northeast regions. Before the pandemic, around 75 percent of the tourist traffic between...

Tropical Cyclone Shaheen bore down on Oman on Sunday, killing at least three people, and authorities urged residents to evacuate coastal areas and delayed flights to and from the capital, Muscat. The UAE assured the readiness of all state agencies to monitor weather conditions and follow up on the latest...

The Jordanian government has agreed to resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus as of 3 October after a 10-year hiatus as a result of the Syrian civil war.

Emirates will restart flights to Saudi Arabia and St. Petersburg in Russia with demand for travel rising as the Covid pandemic restrictions ease in many parts of the world.

Emirates said it had last year set up a humanitarian airbridge with Lebanon, dedicating flights to deliver much needed emergency relief supplies,

Bahrain has announced that it is “allowing flights to make use of Bahrain’s transit facilities” amid the evacuations of Afghanistan.

The United Arab Emirates has cancelled all flights to Afghanistan, after Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul was overrun by thousands of residents desperate to flee the capital.

Taliban on Sunday took control of capital Kabul as Afghan forces, trained for years and equipped by the US and others at a cost of billions of dollars, melted away. President Ashraf Ghani wrote in a Facebook post that he had left the country to avoid clashes with the Taliban...

Etihad extends suspension of passenger travel from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka from Aug 2 to Aug 7.

The Russian embassy in Egypt announced that flights will resume in August, some six years after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Sinai.

In a meeting with EgyptAir officials, the country’s civil aviation minister stressed for promoting the airline’s sales in light of the pandemic’s impact on global travel The airline, to begin with, will fly to destinations in Ghana and South Sudan, and then spread the network to other nations in the...

The move comes seven weeks after the oil-rich kingdom permitted fully immunised citizens to travel abroad The UAE  is a key leisure destination for Saudis. Saudi Arabia has suspended flights to the UAE, Ethiopia and Vietnam, including the neighbouring United Arab Emirates, to protect against "a mutated strain of the...

A notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued by the UAE civil aviation authority informed the airlines of suspension of flight services to and from 14 countries including India till July 21 in view of the Covid second wave. In India, the expats have been affected badly following the suspension of regular...

  Qatar Airways said with the two new routes, the carrier will operate over 100 weekly flights to 27 destinations in Africa The carrier's chief executive, Akbar Al Baker said the move would support the growth of tourism and economies in Zimbabwe and Zambia     Come August, Qatar Airways...

Arab News quoted the research company on Monday that Occupancy stood at 42.8% The growth is due to easing of travel restrictions and return of international flights Owing to the easing of travel restrictions and return of international flights to the city, Riyadh’s hotel industry is showing signs of cheer...

The airline launches a promotional campaign that will be available until June 18  

Russia had suspended the service after its plane crashed in Egypt, killing all the 224 passengers on board The plane had been taking Russian holiday makers home from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg in 2015 Nearly six years after a Russian plane with 224 passengers on board crashed over the...

The airport kicked out London Heathrow from the top spot

Since the launch of their codeshare flights, Emirates, flydubai have flown 500,000 passengers Both the airlines have implemented extensive biosafety measures   Emirates and flydubai will reintroduce flights for travelers across their combined network which is expected to fly to 168 destinations by the end of May. Since the revival of...

The airline will also increase its flights to Milan  Travelers must also take a Rapid Antigen swab test on arrival in Italy From next month travelers with a negative Covid test result can hop on to an Emirates plane and fly to Venice as the airline looks to make the...