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A San Francisco-bound Boeing Co 777 operated by Japan Airlines Co turned back to Tokyo on Monday after its crew detected a leak in the hydraulic system that controls its flaps, the carrier said.

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Emirates is marking 20 years of service to Muscat, having carried nearly 2.4 million passengers on the route since flights began on July1, 1993.

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Russian state-controlled airline Aeroflot sees no benefits from its membership in the SkyTeam alliance, but a decision to leave the group is not for management to take, a source close to its board told Reuters.

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Posts best H1 rally since 2001 on higher orders, weak currency

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Abu Dhabi International Airport’s Al Dhabi Lounge has been voted the best premium airport lounge in Africa and the Middle East in 2013 by customers of the world’s largest independent airport lounge access programme, Priority Pass.

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UAE commands 20 per cent of the air charter business in the Middle East, according to Private Jet Charter (PJC), one of the world’s largest independent private jet charter brokers.

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Dubai International, the world’s second busiest airport for international passengers, racked up another month of double-digit growth in May, with an 18.9 per cent increase in passenger numbers, according to a traffic report issued by the operator, Dubai Airports, on Wednesday.

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Dubai International, the world’s second busiest airport for international passengers, racked up another month of double-digit growth in May, with an 18.9 per cent increase in passenger numbers, according to a traffic report issued by the operator, Dubai Airports, on Wednesday.

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Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of three new Boeing and Airbus wide-body freighters, bringing the carrier’s expanding fleet to nine aircraft, and heralding a massive 62 per cent increase in tonnage uplift capability.

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