During the first six months of the year, global passenger traffic demand witnessed single-digit growth while Middle Eastern carriers continued double-digit growth.
During the first six months of the year, global passenger traffic demand witnessed single-digit growth while Middle Eastern carriers continued double-digit growth.
The Middle East's largest airline said it will suspend flights to the Kurdish regional capital starting August 12 for “operational reasons.
The number of commercial aircraft using Iranian airspace is up by more than a quarter because of insecurity in Iraq and the region, an official said.
Pankaj Srivastava, director (Commercial) and a board member of Air India, said the airline will pull out all stops to utilise the opportunities and face the challenges that arise from the deal with the Star Alliance.
Flydubai on Sunday announced its foray into Iran with the launch of two destinations — Tehran and Mashhad.
Shaikh Ahmed went on to say, “We are confident about the airport handling over 70 million passengers in 2014 which will bring us further closer to becoming the world’s number one airport for international passengers,” he said.
The carrier, which took delivery of three new Boeing 737-800s in July, has grown its fleet to 39 aircraft with more than 100 new Boeing aircraft on order.
Since March, there have been more than 1,300 cases of Ebola and 729 deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organisation.
Ice now offers Audio Description soundtracks on 16 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films including Frozen, Saving Mr. Banks, Cars 2, Monsters University , Marvel’s The Avengers, and others.
A statement says Emirates is taking precautionary measures and is currently working on alternative routing plans for flights using Iraqi airspace.