Business | Aviation
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Monday Feb 9
Kuwait committee recommends rejecting bids for $4.8b airport expansion
Kuwait’s Al Watan newspaper quoted ministry sources as saying the lowest bid exceeded the estimated cost of the project by 39%
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Monday Feb 9
Saudi Arabia’s flynas aims for profit on lower costs, higher demand
Over 68 million passengers passed through Saudi Arabia’s 28 airports in 2013, up 5.2% from 2012
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Sunday Feb 8
UAE residents fear long-haul flights
Flight captain shares tips for overcoming fears
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Sunday Feb 8
Dubai’s drone industry to take off within five years
Drones can help in the medical field, search and rescue, and delivery of time-critical services
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Friday Feb 6
Jet Airways reports 30 million rupees profit in Q3
Results end seven consecutive quarters of losses
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Friday Feb 6
US airlines urge government to modify some air treaties
Emirates President Tim Clark said the airline had never received financial subsidies
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Friday Feb 6
Middle East carriers post strongest annual passenger traffic growth in 2014
Region’s capacity rose 11.9 per cent and load factor climbed to 78.1 per cent
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Friday Feb 6
India's domestic air passenger traffic up 12.5%
Air transport group reports that India's domestic passenger traffic increased by 12.5% in December, 14.2% in November, and 16.3% in October
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Thursday Feb 5
Gulf Air to resume Baghdad flights
Services to Baghdad were suspended last month after a shooting incident involving flydubai
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Wednesday Feb 4
Middle East contributes 29% of global freight tonne kilometres expansion
Middle Eastern carriers expand 11% in 2014
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Tuesday Feb 3
Etihad completes Alitalia frequent flyer acquisition
Etihad has acquired 75 per cent of Alitalia Loyalty for €112.5 million
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Tuesday Feb 3
Air Seychelles, Etihad expand codeshare agreement
Air Seychelles will add its flight code on 21 weekly Etihad Airways services between Mumbai and Abu Dhabi
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Monday Feb 2
Swiss regulator to meet Etihad Regional board
Etihad Regional would be too financially dependent on Etihad Airways, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation says
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Monday Feb 2
Etihad carries 14.8m passengers in 2014
The Abu Dhabi airline registered a 23% year-on-year passenger growth
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Monday Feb 2
Ryanair raises profit forecast
No-frills Irish airline posted net profit of €49m thanks to falling fuel costs, higher passenger growth
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Monday Feb 2
US storms disrupt UAE flights to Chicago
Etihad and Emirates passengers affected by snow blanketing parts of the Midwest
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Monday Feb 2
UAE places 12th on DHL global connectedness index
Gulf nation is the most connected in the Middle East and North Africa and 12th most connected out of 140 countries surveyed
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Monday Feb 2
Over 2,000 flights cancelled as blizzard seen affecting 65m across 18 US states
Many of the flights were arriving at and departing from Chicago
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Monday Feb 2
Etihad Airways carried 14.8m passengers in 2014
Flag-carrier posts 23-percent rise in number of passengers
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Saturday Jan 31
Etihad Airways appoints first Emirati woman as airport manager
Fatima joined Etihad Airways in 2009
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Saturday Jan 31
Dubai World Central unveils plans for Dh120m aerospace supply chain facilities
The project is being designed and developed by DWC
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Friday Jan 30
Japan’s biggest airlines foresee smooth annual earnings
A drop in oil prices — rates have fallen by about half since the summer — is good news for airlines
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Friday Jan 30
Qatar Airways takes 10% stake in BA-owner IAG
The move represents something of a turn for Qatar Airways, as Baker has publicly criticised European carriers
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Thursday Jan 29
Turkey, Lebanon restart Baghdad flights
At least seven airlines suspended flights to Baghdad following the shooting incident
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Wednesday Jan 28
Emirates announces two new A380 destinations in Europe
The addition of Dusseldorf and Madrid brings the total number of European gateways served by A380a to 13
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BlackBerry users continue to hang up
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Mass-market hydrogen fuel cell cars unveiled
The electric-car infighting has opened up a huge division over the future of zero-emission cars
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For India, a $50b oil windfall won’t be enough
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