Middle East & Africa

Flight operations at Dubai International Airport were temporarily halted after a four-seater aircraft crashed close to the airport on Thursday evening. The two year-old Diamond DA62 airplane, registered in the UK as … [read more]

Low-cost airline SalamAir will start a daily service between Muscat and Kuwait City in June 2019. SalamAir will compete with Kuwait Airways and Oman Air on the new route. Kuwait Airways operates … [read more]

Ethiopian Airlines has selected Marseille as its latest destination in Europe. The new service between Addis Ababa and the second largest city in France, with a one hour stop in Milan Malpensa, … [read more]

Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet is set to take over aircraft, employees and other assets from former Jet Airways, which suspended operations last week. Just a few days ago, SpiceJet applied to the … [read more]

Air Mauritius has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. The national carrier of the Republic of Mauritius becomes the first airline to operate both the A330neo and A350 jets. The airline’s … [read more]

Emirates has announced that it will start first scheduled Airbus A380 operations between Dubai and Riyadh in April 2019. The capital of Saudi Arabia will be the 51st destination to be served … [read more]

United Airlines plans to launch the first non-stop service between the United States and Cape Town, South Africa, subject to government approval. The airline intends to operate three weekly flights from New … [read more]

Air Arabia has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321LR aircraft, the long-range version of the A321neo. This aircraft is registered as A6-ATA and was ordered as part of a leasing agreement with … [read more]