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Emirates to add a new route to Phuket, Thailand on December 10
Emirates Airline (Dubai) nas announced new daily services to Phuket, Thailand. Phuket, the largest island in Thailand located in the Andaman Sea, will from December 10, become Emirates’second...
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Ethiopian Airlines to introduce Kuala Lumpur on October 31
Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) will extend the Addis Ababa-Bangkok route to Kuala Lumpur on October 31. The route will be operated with Boeing 767-300 ERs, three days a week, per Airline Route....
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Qatar Airways puts its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner into revenue service to Dubai
Qatar Airways (Doha) yesterday (November 20) entered its first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner into revenue service on the short Doha-Dubai route. The company issued the following statement: Qatar Airways on...
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Emirates to add Phuket on December 10
Emirates Airline (Dubai) is adding new passenger and belly cargo service to Phuket, Thailand. Phuket will become the second Thai gateway that connects it to international trade opportunities across...
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Qatar Airways arrives in Belgrade, will bring the 787 Dreamliner to London on...
Qatar Airways (Doha) on November 21 launched scheduled flights to Serbia, its latest entry into Eastern Europe and the airline’s 11th new route of the year. The carrier inaugurated the first of three...
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Emirates arrives in Lyon, France, expands its Airbus A380 cities
Emirates Airline (Dubai) on December 5 touched down in Lyon, celebrating the airline’s third destination in France and fourth new European destination since the start of 2012. Serviced by an Airbus...
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Qatar Airways and Gulf Air win domestic rights in Saudi Arabia
Qatar Airways (Doha) and Gulf Air (Abu Dhabi) have been selected to operate domestic flights in Saudi Arabia as well as international flights to and from this neighboring country. Both airlines will...
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Gulf Air announces a restructuring plan to cut loses
Gulf Air (Bahrain) has announced a new restructuring plan. The changes include a realignment of its network (it has already closed eight routes), a simplified fleet (it is unspecified which types will...
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Qatar Airways continues its agressive expansion, starts the use of synthetic...
Qatar Airways (Doha) on January 7 launched its first new route of 2013 with the introduction of scheduled services to Gassim in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Doha – Gassim route is being operated...
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Emirates supports the Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Emirates Airline (Dubai) is supporting the United Arab Emirates’ bid for Dubai as the location of the 2020 Exposition (World’s Fair). Dubai is competing against Ayutthaya (Thailand), Izmir (Turkey),...
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Iraqi Airways adds its first two Airbus A320s
Iraqi Airways (Baghdad) on January 15, 2013 added its first two Airbus A320s. The pictured A320-214 YI-ARA (msn 5115) and YI-ARB (msn 5290) have joined the mainly Boeing fleet. Copyright Photo: Paul...
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Iran Aseman Airlines keeps the Boeing 727 alive as a passenger airliner
Iran Aseman Airlines (Tehran) continues to operate the Boeing 727 as both a passenger aircraft and as a freighter, one of the last operators of the venerable trijet. The airline started operations in...
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Emirates sees a new Boeing 777X version to be available in 6-9 months
Emirates Airline (Dubai) expects a new version of the very successful Boeing 777 to be available to airline customers in six to nine months according to this report by Reuters. Emirates has stated it...
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PIA’s Boeing 737-33A AP-BEH makes a wheels-up landing at Muscat today
PIA-Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi) had an incident today at Muscat, Oman. Boeing 737-33A AP-BEH (msn 25504) operating flight PK 259 from Sialkot, Pakistan to Muscat suffered a rough landing...
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Bahrain Air declares bankruptcy and shuts down
Bahrain Air (Bahrain) has suddenly ceased all operations. The airline declared voluntary bankruptcy and filed for liquidation on February 12, 2013. The airline operated a few days over five years and...
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Emirates is coming to Clark International Airport in the Philippines
Emirates Airline (Dubai) announced it will begin daily, non-stop flights to Clark International Airport, the airline’s second destination in the Philippines starting on October 1. Emirates has been...
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Emirates launches a new route to Algiers
Emirates Airline (Dubai) on March 1 launched daily nonstop service from Dubai to Houari Boumediene Airport in Algriers. It is the 22nd gateway for Emirates in Africa and the airline’s 130th...
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Boeing is confident the 787 will be flying “within weeks” with a fortified...
Boeing (Chicago) believes the grounded 787 could be flying “within weeks” with a fortified power pack that would eliminate the possibility of a battery fire according to this report by Reuters and...
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Air India Express to be one of the first airlines to open the new Hamad...
Air India Express (Kochi) will be one of 10 airlines that will open the new Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar on April 1 according to The Times of India. The opening will be a soft opening to...
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TAROM to restore Bucharest-Dublin service on May 1 after 12 years
TAROM (Romanian Air Transport) (Bucharest) is set to restore service (three roundtrips per week) on the Bucharest-Dublin route on May 1 after 12 years according to Airline Route. The restored route...
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