Flydubai is launching four-times-weekly service to Asmara, the capital of the northeastern African nation of Eritrea, on October 25. The service will represent the first direct link between Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates, according to the airline.
Read moreAir Canada has decided to launch non-stop service between Toronto and Dubai, beginning on November 3, 2015. The airline will operate the route three times a week, using Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
Read moreEmirates is replacing Boeing 777-300ERs with Airbus A380s on its routes from Dubai to San Francisco and Houston, from December 1 and December 3 respectively.
Read moreDallas/Fort Worth will become the 28th international destination to which Emirates operates the aircraft. It will join New York JFK and Los Angeles International Airport as U.S. destinations that Emirates serves with Airbus A380 superjumbos.
Read moreTim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, finalized the contract documents for the 50-aircraft Airbus A380 order during a visit to Airbus’ headquarters in Toulouse. Clark’s visit to Toulouse came as Emirates accepted two new A380s (the 43rd and 44th delivered to the airline) on the same day, from Airbus’ A380 completion center at Finkenwerder Airfield in Hamburg.
Read moreAccording to Boeing, Flyubai’s new 737-family commitment, which the manufacturer values at $11.4 billion at list prices (including orders and purchase rights), represents the largest-ever Boeing purchase of Boeing single-aisle jets in the Middle East.
Read moreThe deal takes Emirates’ total firm orderbook for the Airbus A380 to 140 aircraft. To date, Emirates has taken delivery of 39 of the superjumbos, so its November 17 order increases its outstanding orderbook for the A380 to 101 aircraft.
Read moreThe Boeing 787-8 departed Paine Field in Everett, Washington on the evening of October 2 for a 6,540-nautical mile non-stop flight to Royal Brunei Airlines’ base at Brunei International Airport, which serves the country’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan.
Read moreThe aircraft is the first of four new Airbus A330-300 widebodies being leased by Cebu Pacific from New York-based lessor CIT Group and will be used to launch the carrier’s new long-haul, low-fare operations.
Read moreEmirates is introducing the Airbus A380 superjumbo on its service between Dubai and Los Angeles on December 2, replacing the Boeing 777-300ER which the carrier currently uses for the service.
Read moreThe new route, which will represent the airline’s only transatlantic service, will provide an important connection between the U.S. and Europe and will allow Emirates to capitalize on the significant traffic flow between these cities, according to the airline.
Read moreThe JW Marriott Marquis Dubai has marked its opening by being awarded the title of the world’s tallest hotel from the Guinness Book of World Records. Reaching 1,164 feet in height, the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai is 85.3 feet shorter than New York City’s Empire State Building.
Read moreWashington Dulles International Airport is the seventh gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the carrier’s Dubai-Washington service is the 12th new route to join the airline’s international network in 2012.
Read moreThe 10-year partnership will go beyond codesharing to include integrated network collaboration with coordinated pricing, sales and scheduling. Qantas will launch daily A380 services from both Sydney and Melbourne to London via Dubai. Together Emirates and Qantas will offer 98 weekly services between Australia and Dubai.
Read moreHaving been the first airline to offer an Airbus A380 service to the U.S., Emirates operating flights to New York JFK with the superjumbo from August 2008, the Dubai-based carrier will replace a Boeing 777-300ER with an A380 on its other daily Dubai-JFK flight from January 1, 2013.
Read moreEmirates Airline has announced it will begin daily service from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport on September 12. Dubai-based Emirates will operate Boeing 777-300ERs on its route to Washington Dulles.
Read moreSingapore Airlines is adjusting service frequencies to various destinations during its northern summer operating season from March 25 to October 27, in order to match capacity to prevailing demand for travel.
Read moreUnited Airlines plans to launch daily service between its Washington Dulles hub and Qatar’s capital Doha, via Dubai, on May 1, 2012.
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