PARIS: Israel’s neighbors closed airspace and airline crews skirted an escalating conflict, with many seeking diversions, after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday.A spokesperson for tracking service FlightRadar24 said flights diverted “anywhere they could,” and a snapshot of traffic in the region showed flights spreading in wide arcs to the…
New Delhi: Aviation safety regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has placed Spicejet under ‘enhanced surveillance’ with immediate effect. A senior DGCA official said that based on reports of cancellation of flights and financial stress being experienced by Spicejet Airlines, a special audit of Spicejet engineering facilities was conducted on the August 7 and…
Muscat: Oman Airports has announced changes to its passenger boarding system (PBS) at Muscat International Airport, effective August 4th. Passengers must now report to the electronic boarding gates at least 40 minutes before their flight departure time, and access to boarding gates will be restricted after the 40-minute mark. Check-in procedures remain unchanged and will…
RIYADH: Saudi low-cost airline flynas has signed a deal to purchase 160 Airbus aircraft, doubling the volume of its orders to 280 planes. The “landmark agreement,” signed at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow, includes an order of 30 wide-body A330neo aircraft and 130 narrow-body A320 family aircraft, the carrier said in a statement. This falls…
Emirates’ boss expects the first of its 205 Boeing 777X aircraft to enter into service by 2026, extending delays on the long-anticipated programme, after the wide-body aircraft attains full certification at the end of 2025. Boeing will face heightened regulatory scrutiny of its new wide-body jet and must ensure it gets it right, Tim Clark,…
Abu Dhabi: , The Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, on Friday marked the resumption of its first flight to Basra in Iraq from Sharjah International Airport. The new route connects Sharjah and Basra with a frequency of four weekly flights. Basra is Air Arabia’s fourth direct route to Iraq…
atar Executive, Qatar Airways’ charter division, has become the first carrier to offer the ultra-modern Gulfstream G700 for private charters. Qatar Executive, a corporate jet subsidiary of Qatar Airways, is now the exclusive carrier to offer the ultra-modern Gulfstream G700 for private charters. It has received two new G700 aircrafts to its fleet and is…
RIYADH: Saudia Group has signed an order for an additional 105 A320neo family planes, marking the largest aircraft deal with Airbus in the Kingdom’s history. The $19 billion deal, announced at the Future Aviation Forum in Riyadh by Ibrahim Al-Omar, the director general of the group, includes A320neo and A321neo models. These aircraft will be…
Qatar sent 60 tonnes of aid to flood-hit Afghanistan, providing food, blankets, and necessities for 8,000 people, while Qatar Charity plans future interventions following devastating floods that have killed over 50 people. Qatar sent an additional 60 tonnes of aid to flood-hit Afghanistan on Saturday as the country faced new flash floods that have killed more than…
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has confirmed to the Iranian national TV that one of the copters of the president’s convoy had a hard landing, and announced that search and rescue efforts are underway to find out President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter. “Various rescue groups are moving towards the site, but due to the fog and…
