• Passenger air traffic has surpassed pre-pandemic levels: ICAO

    Montreal, Canada--The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) projected that passenger air traffic levels will be around 2 percent higher In the first quarter of 2024 than in 2019, with airlines expected to sustain their operating profitability seen in 2023. Demand this year is forecast to be around 3 percent above...
  • Passports officers to ease travel for Ramadan at Dammam airport and causeway

    DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA – With the increase in passenger traffic during Ramadan, the General Directorate of Passports is ramping up efforts to handle the increased number of arrivals at King Fahd Causeway and King Fahd International Airport here. The directorate's officers in Dammam are utilizing modern technology to expedite procedures...
  • Ford to pay US$365m in US tariff fraud case

    It will settle a civil suit linked to the disguising of imported vans.
  • Passenger traffic at Sharjah airport jumps to 15.3 million in 2023

    Sharjah, UAE--The number of passengers travelling through Sharjah airport reached 15.3 million in 2023, as compared to 13.1 million in 2022, marking over 17.4 percent growth, according to Sharjah Airport Authority. The air traffic witnessed an increase of 12 percent with over 98,000 flight movements in 2023 as compared to...
  • Abu Dhabi International Airport records 29.3% jump in Q3 passenger traffic

    Abu Dhabi, UAE--Abu Dhabi International Airport has posted a 29.3 percent jump in passenger traffic for the third quarter of 2023 to a healthy figure of 5,951,025. The passenger traffic recorded the increase at Abu Dhabi International Airport between 1st July and 30th September, an increase of 29.3%, compared to...
  • 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 Kuwait International Airport in 2023 to reach 15.5 million, compared to 14.46 passengers last year. Director of air transports at DGCA Abdullah Al-Rajhi said in a press statement on Sunday...
  • Passenger traffic at Dubai airport jumps 50% to 41.6m in H1

    Surpassing pre-pandemic levels, more than 40 million passenger visits were recorded at Dubai international airport in the first half of the year, a 50 percent jump. According to its operator, the airport, busiest for international passengers before Covid-19, the passenger traffic went well past the number recorded in the first...
  • Qatar’s Hamad International Airport passenger traffic soars 44.5% in Q1

    Doha, Qatar— More than ten million passengers traveled through Qatar’s Hamad International Airport in the first quarter of the current year, marking a 44.5 percent jump. The airport, according to Qatar News Agency, received 3.56 million passengers in the month of January, followed by 3.24 million in February, and 3.5...
  • Ship carrying civilians evacuated from Sudan arrives in Saudi Arabia

    A boat carrying Saudi citizens and other nationals rescued from battle-scarred Sudan arrived in Jeddah, Saudi state television said, in the first announced evacuation of civilians since fighting began. "The first evacuation vessel from Sudan has arrived, carrying 50 (Saudi) citizens and a number of nationals from friendly countries," the...
  • Air Arabia 2022 net profit $326m

    FY'22 turnover rose to $1.4 billion, up 65 percent YoY.
  • SAL Saudi Arabia, Menzies sign MoU

    The MoU is aimed at improving services at kingdom's airports.
  • Tanzanian aircraft with 49 people on board plunges into a lake

    Dar es Salaam, Tanzania— A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before landing in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, adding that rescue efforts were under way. "There was an accident involving a Precision Air plane which... crashed into...
  • SAR passenger numbers rise

    More than 2.3m passengers used Saudi Railways in H1.
  • Staff shortages and strikes threaten pandemic recovery for airlines

    Desperate to put the coronavirus pandemic behind them, airlines will hold talks on Sunday ahead of a potential summer of chaos with shortages and strikes that could threaten their recovery. While trade is roaring back to life, representatives from the aviation sector meeting for three days in Qatar have a...
  • Saudi Arabia Railways opens tickets for train to strategic Al Qurayyat

    Saudi Arabia Railways "SAR" has opened online booking of tickets for train services via the North Train to and from Al-Qurayyat Passenger Station. This is a part of its final preparations to operate the passenger train station in Al-Qurayyat. The services to Al-Qurayyat starts on March 31, 2022, with a...
  • P&O Ferries suspends passenger and freight ships, denies bankruptcy

    DP World-owned P&O Ferries on Thursday suspended its passenger and freight ships but denied the group was heading into bankruptcy. P&O Ferries operates four routes serving Britain, France, Ireland and the Netherlands. “P&O Ferries is not going into liquidation,” the company said in a statement. “We have asked all ships...
  • Etihad Rail and FAB sign pact

    The bank will arrange finances worth $541m for passenger transport.
  • QAIA saw passenger traffic grow 161% in January

    Passenger and aircraft movement and air cargo traffic at QAIA remained far lower than pre-pandemic levels.
  • No suspension of flights, says Iraq’s civil aviation authority

    "There is no suspension of flights in accordance with the instructions and directives", an official confirmed.
  • Qatar and Iraq discuss cooperation in transportation sector

    Minister of Transport Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, and Minister of Transport of the Republic of Iraq Nasser Hussein Bandar Al Shibli, visited Doha Metro project where they were briefed on the operations of the metro stations, and also about the components of the project from officials at the Qatar...