DUBAI-based airline flydubai has announced Monday that it will boost its services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 12 new flights per week. An additional daily flight to Riyadh Airport (RUH) and five flights a week to Hofuf Airport (HOF) will start from 16 March 2019.

Commenting on the increase of flights to Saudi Arabia Hamad Obaidalla, Chief Commercial Officer at flydubai, said: «Saudi Arabia remains an important market for flydubai and we are delighted to be able to increase our services to the Kingdom"...

The Middle East defence and security services industry is expected to grow to become a $96 billion (Dh354bn) market by 2029, according to US plane maker Boeing, which forecasts continued year-on-year growth in its regional defence business amid ongoing political tensions.

“We are seeing increased demand from the Middle East and expect this to keep growing in the years ahead, as we expand our capabilities with new platforms to serve our customers"...

(AETOS Wire)-- On December 4, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated a complete MQ-9B mission without the use of a Launch and Recovery Element (LRE) Ground Control Station (GCS).

Specifically, preflight checks were conducted through engine start using only the Expeditionary Command & Control (XC2) portable laptop, and subsequently, the aircraft was successfully handed over to"...

RIYADH — The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced that all passengers, in the event of loss of luggage, may claim compensation from the air carrier as stipulated in the Executive Regulations for Customers Protection.

The Executive Regulations includes compensation for damage, loss, or delay of baggage with a minimum of 350 units and not to exceed 1,131 units. The value of the unit varies according to the IMF Monetary Standard. The unit is converted to the equivalent of the Saudi riyal,"...

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 6: The Directorate- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a decision which obliges all travel agencies which are authorized to sell tickets on behalf of airlines, not to change or modify the prices they advertise in line with the prices announced by the companies, reports Al-Jarida daily.

The decision, a copy of which has been obtained by the daily, cannot in any way be less than the price of a flight ticket than the price"...

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Global aviation bodies like Centre for Aviation (CAPA), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Mobility and Transport of European Commission have slammed airspace blocked imposed on Qatar by neighbouring countries.
Delivering a speech on the first day of the CAPA Qatar Aviation, Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit in Doha, IATA Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said the blocking of airspace for Qatari Airways flights by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain was a blatant"...

Turkish Airlines has announced plans to launch direct flights between Sharjah and its Istanbul hub.

With existing services from Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport and Abu Dhabi International Airport, Turkish Airlines’ new Sharjah route marks its fourth destination into the UAE.

Flights from Sharjah International Airport will be operated"...

(WAM) -- The first 'Global Investment in Aviation Summit' concluded Tuesday, 29 January in Dubai InterContinental Festival City Hotel in the presence of aviation industry and key officials.

The summit and exhibition began with a pre-event workshop on Airport and Aircraft financing and was officially inaugurated by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), in the presence"...

British Airways parent IAG abandoned an eight-month pursuit of Norwegian Air, leaving the indebted discount airline reeling as it faces a cash crunch during the slow winter season.

IAG “does not intend” to make a further bid and will be selling a 3.9 percent stake in due course, it said Thursday. Norwegian slumped as much as 26 per cent, the most ever, while IAG reversed earlier declines to trade higher.

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