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09-Mar-2010
Bahrain Airport Company welcomes a new era in aviation history, with its management and operation of the Bahrain International Airport, effective from 1st March 2010.
03-Mar-2010
Over 130% increase in no. of Japanese Companies in Dubai Airport FZ - Nasser Al Madani, Assistant Director General
01-Mar-2010
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) welcomes the arrival of Ariana Afghan Airlines, the national carrier of Afghanistan, to Al Ain International Airport with the weekly return service, from Kabul to Al Ain, now operating on Friday's offering both business and economy class products.
17-Feb-2010
King Abdulaziz International Airport implements the liquids and gels ban launching an Awareness Campaign for the benefit of travelers on international flights
17-Feb-2010
Aviation experts from the world’s premier airports were today welcomed to the Abu Dhabi Peer Review Programme by the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC).
11-Feb-2010
Airport International Group (AIG), the consortium of companies responsible for the rehabilitation, expansion of operation of Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), organized a comprehensive tour of the airport's facilities for the representatives of local media.
09-Feb-2010
Al Bateen Executive Airport the ‘perfect’ base as AJA seeks to extend leadership in VIP aviation services
03-Feb-2010
Sharjah International Airport, the third largest airport in the United Arab Emirates, today announced the deployment of the world's first Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) kiosks with an Arabic interface.
01-Feb-2010
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) released its full year traffic figures for Abu Dhabi International Airport today, with passenger numbers showing a solid 7.3% growth rate throughout 2009 reaching 9.7 million for the year. Abu Dhabi International Airport is one of the few aviation hubs in the world to have achieved a healthy growth, while it has considerably outperformed the negative global average (-3.0%).
01-Feb-2010
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Etihad Guests, the award-winning loyalty programme from Etihad Airways, has announced an exciting new partnership with Bangkok Airways, enhancing the benefits already available to all its half-a-million-plus members by allowing them to earn Etihad Guest Miles when flying with Bangkok Airways.
12-Jan-2010
In a move aimed at regulating relationships with partnering airlines and providing a higher level of service at Bahrain International Airport, is reviewing current aeronautical contracts offered to airline companies and studying a new scheme to be introduced in lieu of them by Q3 2010.
06-Jan-2010
Airport expansion and order backlogs drive growth in Middle East ground handling & maintenance companies, notes Frost & Sullivan
05-Jan-2010
In a year that posed many challenges for the global airport retail sector, Dubai Duty Free has bucked the trend by announcing record annual sales of Dhs4.1 billion (US$1.140 billion) for 2009, representing a 3.76% increase over the previous year.
10-Dec-2009
The first Test-Flight at Enfidha Zine El Abidine Ben Ali International Airport took place Friday, December 4 at 20H25.
08-Dec-2009
Svenska Rotor Maskiner (SRM), a subsidiary of Opcon AB (STO:OPCO), the energy and environmental technology Group, has won a breakthrough order for core components to Cavotec MSL’s PCAir, a completely new pre-conditioned air system for cooling aircraft.
04-Dec-2009
Home will now be a lot closer for the Midlands’ Iraqi community, following the launch of a new direct service to the north of the country from Birmingham Airport.
04-Dec-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Emirates Airlines announced today that it will be operating flights to and from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol from Dubai effective 1 May 2010.
26-Nov-2009
The Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, as represented by the Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), has selected for their turn-key project, airport systems innovator Cavotec to supply and integrate a range of environmentally friendly ground service equipment for remote aircraft aprons at Bahrain International Airport, in a deal worth approximately EUR 30 million.
17-Nov-2009
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) commenced new full ground handling contracts at Paris Orly at the beginning of November for Royal Air Maroc, Air Caraïbes, Air Mali, Air Burkina and Mauritania Airways.
04-Nov-2009
ADPI, a subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris, signed a contract on 2 November with the Iraqi Ministry of Transport to carry out the development studies for a new international airport that will be built between the cities of Kerbala, Najaf and Babylon, south of Baghdad, in Iraq.
03-Nov-2009
Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, has recently signed agreements to supply ground support equipment to several commercial and military airports around the world. The total amount of these orders comes to approximately EUR 4.1 million.
28-Oct-2009
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will conduct a full scale emergency response exercise at Al Bateen Executive Airport today, in accordance with Civil Aviation Regulations issued by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), and in compliance with standards and recommendations as stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
26-Oct-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Emirates is extending its seating capacity out of Manchester in the UK - but not with aircraft - with sumptuous leather armchairs in its newest dedicated airport lounge.
19-Oct-2009
Airports to share technical, commercial and environmental best practices CHICAGO Today, officials from the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing O’Hare International and Abu Dhabi International Airports as “sister airports.”
15-Sep-2009
25% of visitors to airport logging on, 65 free touch screen walk-up kiosks available.
08-Sep-2009
Airport International Group (AIG), the Jordanian company responsible for developing and operating Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), announced a host of new commercial services and facilities, following a series of recent proposal calls.
07-Sep-2009
Four year old Jazeera Airways announced today that one out of every four take offs at Kuwait International Airport is a Jazeera Airways aircraft taking off and one of every four passengers traveling to or from Kuwait has chosen Jazeera Airways as their preferred airline, essentially taking over the airport as the largest operator.
02-Sep-2009
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is to open a new premium lounge at London Heathrow airport as part of the airline’s flights moving from Terminal Three to Terminal Four on 30 September 2009.
31-Aug-2009
With a target of 40 million passengers by 2012 and preparations underway for the final World Championship Formula One race of the 2009 season, the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is simplifying check-in by installing SITA’s CUSS (common use self-service) kiosks at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
28-Aug-2009
27-Aug-2009 Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, is to launch a twice weekly service from its hub at Abu Dhabi airport to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
20-Aug-2009
19-Aug-2009 Dubai Airports started off the second half of 2009 on a positive note, with Dubai International registering a 12.6 per cent increase in passenger traffic in July. It is the highest monthly growth-rate recorded since May 2008 (13.8 per cent) and the second consecutive month of double-digit growth in passenger traffic this year following the 10.3 per cent rise recorded in June.
20-Aug-2009
18-Aug-2009 Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today that its 300-room three-star Centro Hotel at Sharjah Airport will finish construction by April 2010. The concrete structure for all the four floors of the hotel has been completed and the hotel is anticipated to be completed below budget, highlighting the project’s operational efficiency.
18-Aug-2009
Cairo International Airport has joined the front rank of world airports with the recent opening of its massive new passenger facility, Terminal 3. Designed to handle a maximum of 14 million passengers a year, Cairo Terminal 3 is the new home of 27 international and domestic airlines carrying 11,000 passengers each day on some 200 scheduled flights.
17-Aug-2009
Shell Markets Middle East Limited (Shell) announced recently the renewal of the aviation fuel concession agreement at Dubai International Airport signed with the Dubai Airports.
07-Aug-2009
The Company is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract of SGD 17 million to design and build the Baggage Handling System (“BHS”) for Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. This is the second project awarded to us after our successful completion of another project in the existing terminal
07-Aug-2009
Weekly flights emanate from Willow Run Air Base in Ypsilanti, MI
04-Aug-2009
Starting today, Air Arabia Maroc will be operating weekly flights on Monday, Thursday and Saturday from Schiphol to Casablanca. This service will also fly on Tuesdays from 24 August. From next winter season at the end of October, Casablanca will be accessible from Schiphol seven days a week. The aircraft type to be used for these flights is the Airbus A320.
03-Aug-2009
Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) which manages and operates the airport and car park facilities at Muscat International Airport has recently upgraded its car park system at the cost of R.O. 134,000. The upgrade was completed in three car park locations numbered one, two and three.
31-Jul-2009
Airport International Group (AIG), the Jordanian company responsible for rehabilitation, expansion and operation of the Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), has announced traffic performance for the first half of 2009.
31-Jul-2009
All airline members of the oneworld® alliance serving Barcelona's El Prat airport are to transfer their operations into its new Terminal 1 with effect from 9 September.
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