Month: November 2011

Flydubai is set to shift operations to Al Maktoum Airport in Jebel Ali, according to Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum,  President of Dubai Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group. The move aims to reduce traffic congestion at …

flydubai launched flights last week to its western-most destination with the introduction of 4-times weekly flights from Dubai Airport to Belgrade in Serbia using a 737-800. Flights from Dubai depart at 09:10 in the morning and are scheduled to take 5 hours and 45 minutes …

Emirates has become the next airline to launch flights to Iraq’s capital Baghdad on 13th November. The route, from the airline’s hub at Dubai Airport, is the carrier’s 2nd to the country after Basra flights, which were launched in February. Other Gulf carriers to serve …

Emirates will begin daily nonstop flights between Dubai and Seattle-Tacoma Airport on 1st March. The move will offer travelers a new option from Seattle to destinations in the Middle East, Asia and Africa via the airline’s hub in Dubai. Emirates flies to more than 100 …

The Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC), & Roads Transport Authority (RTA) has recently launched ‘Vehicles with no lost items’ campaign to educate cabdrivers on the adverse impacts of failing to find passengers’ lost items on Dubai Taxi Corporation’s services and reputation. Yousef Al Ali, Director of …

IndiGo, the Indian low-cost carrier, reached 5 years of domestic operations this year, meaning that the airline now is able to fly internationally. As of 1 September, IndiGo therefore flies daily from Delhi to Dubai with its single fleet of 180-seat A230s. The airline with …

International airline Emirates has confirmed that it will begin a new daily flight from Dublin to Dubai from January of next year. The new long-haul service will operate from Terminal 2, which has recently improved long-haul capacity at the airport with the addition of new …