United Arab Emirates

flydubai has unveiled its inaugural service to Naples (NAP) and has become the first national carrier for the UAE to offer direct flights from Dubai. With up to five flights a week,…

Dubai Airports and Etihad Energy Services Company have announced the successful installation of a solar energy system comprising 15,000 photovoltaic panels at Dubai International’s…

Middle East and North Africa’s low-cost carrier (LCC), Air Arabia inaugurated its direct flight between Kuala Lumpur and Sharjah. The seven-hour flight between the two cities is the…

IndiGo has announced six new flights to the Middle East to enhance international connectivity. Effective from 25 July and 5 August, the airline will launch daily non-stop flights…

This summer, TRYP by Wyndham Dubai, collaborated with Chill En Paint to launch art classes providing visitors with a unique way to unwind and laugh with friends and family while giving…

Summer is here and Brits are planning for long haul travel.

The highly anticipated Waldorf Astoria Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has officially opened its doors, joining two other Waldorf Astoria properties in the UAE and…

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has increased frequency on its Dublin to Abu Dhabi route during the busy summer season. The carrier will fly to Abu…

UAE nationals continue to travel to Turkish cities in rising numbers. As per latest figures released by the Turkish Cultural and Tourism Office in Dubai, 13,296 Emiratis have visited…

In a bid to position itself as a family destination this summer, the UAE is offering a new fee waiver. Children accompanying their parents for tourism purposes to the UAE will be…

Almost half (47 per cent) of MENA nationals who visited Thailand during 2018 chose to travel during the green season in 2018. The green season, also described as the ‘rainy season’, runs…

Etihad has added capacity to several of its key Asian routes, adding larger aircraft onto its flights to Chengdu, Seoul and Shanghai. The carrier’s daily Abu Dhabi-Chengdu route has…

SpiceJet is set to increase its frequency on the Mumbai-Dubai route with a second daily non-stop flight, effective from 3 August. Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director, SpiceJet,…

Dubai-based aircraft lessor Novus Aviation Capital has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietjet Air for the financing and leasing of 10 aircraft over the next 18 months.…

UAE’s Etihad Airways celebrated the deployment of its first Airbus A380 ‘super jumbo’ on its scheduled daily services to Seoul, Korea. The occasion was marked in style with a spectacular…

Air Arabia has announced the launch of direct flights between Sharjah and Vienna, capital of Austria, starting 15 September this year. The non-stop six-hour flight to Vienna,…

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Etihad Airways is preparing to launch seasonal summer flights from Abu Dhabi to the historic Egyptian city of Alexandria, one of oldest continuously-inhabited locations in the world and…

Amadeus and Etihad Airways announced an extension of their longstanding partnership for distribution services across channels. The partnership falls under the renewed 10-year agreement…

According to a trends report released by Dubai-based online flight and hotel booking platform, tajawal, South East Asia is the summer hotspot for the UAE travellers. With its wealth of…

As the airline adds to its rapidly expanding European network, Qatar Airways’ first ever passenger flight to Portugal landed at Lisbon Airport on 24 June. Akbar Al Baker, group chief…