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Qatar Airways up to twice daily at Berlin Airport
Qatar Airways is increasing the number of flights on its long-haul route from Berlin Airport (BER) to Doha and is now flying up to eleven times a week to the Qatari capital. The route is offered twice a day from BER on up to four days a week. Important destinations and markets in Asia, Australia and Africa are… read more
Emirates to reintroduce direct Airbus A380 services to Auckland and Kuala Lumpur from December
The airline currently operates to both cities with a linked Boeing 777-300ER service, which makes a stop in Kuala Lumpur before continuing on to Auckland. The start of A380 flights will see both cities delinked and served with direct services to and from Dubai. The latest update to the airline’s schedule will offer customers greater leve… read more
American Airlines announces agreement to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft
American Airlines and Boom Supersonic announced the airline’s agreement to purchase up to 20 Overture aircraft, with an option for an additional 40. American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. Overture is expected to carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft.
Boom Supersoni… read more
Air Arabia reports solid first half 2022 net profit of AED 451 million
Air Arabia (PJSC), the Middle East & North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier operator, reported a strong first half (January to June) 2022 as recovery in demand for air travel continued.
Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED 451 million for the first six months ending June 30, 2022, compared to AED 44 million … read more
Ethiopian Airlines gets fifth freedom rights to fly passengers between Geneva and Manchester
From next winter, Ethiopian Airlines will operate a route from Addis Ababa to Manchester via Geneva by Boeing 787-9. As part of the route, the airline was granted the right to carry fifth freedom passengers between Geneva and Manchester.
Before the pandemic, Ethiopian flew from Addis Ababa to Manchester via Brussels. After a … read more
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi To Make Russia Return
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is to restart flights to Moscow for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Flights between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) will resume on Oct. 3… read more
Russia cuts up Western planes to hoard spare parts
Some modern aircraft are too sophisticated to be repairable with other parts. Russia thus begins to sacrifice planes to be able to keep other machines alive. Ultimately, Western sanctions will hurt the Russian aviation.
Sanctions are beginning to show their effects. With the war in Ukraine, the West banned its aircraft manufa… read more
Dusit International brings 'hybrid hospitality' to Nairobi's affluent Westlands neighbourhood
Dusit International, one of Thailand's leading hotel and property development companies, has continued its global expansion with the opening of a unique hybrid property in Nairobi – Dusit Princess Hotel Residences – which features 100 spacious deluxe hotel rooms and apartments in the city's prime Westlands neighbourhood, just 40 mi… read more
British Airways suspends ticket sales on short-haul flights from/to London Heathrow
British Airways, which is struggling to keep up with the resumption of traffic and has already reduced its flight schedule due to staff shortages, has suspended ticket sales until at least 16 August for its short-haul flights to London’s Heathrow airport.
This includes giving more options to customers already holding a ticket who find them… read more
1.2 million Travel & Tourism jobs across the EU will remain unfilled unless urgent action is taken
The challenging summer labour shortfall has been revealed by WTTC in its latest analysis of the sector and calls for urgent action to address this critical issue. In 2020, when the pandemic was at its peak, the Travel & Tourism sector across the EU suffered the loss of almost 1.7 million jobs.
In 2021, when governments began to ea… read more
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