Archive for November, 2011
Flydubai to shift to Al Maktoum Airport
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 Dubai Airport following increasing traffic and growth of fleets. Sheikh […]
Flydubai from Dubai to Belgrade
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 while flights from Belgrade depart at 12:40 and are scheduled […]
Emirates Dubai to Baghdad
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 Baghdad are Etihad and Gulf Air. Emirates flies the 1,400-kilometre […]
Emirates to start Seattle to Dubai Flights
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 destinations from Dubai, including multiple cities on the Indian subcontinent […]
Dubai Taxi rolls out ‘Vehicles with no lost items’ campaign
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 DTC Fleet Operations said… The campaign, being the first of […]
Indigo Flights from Delhi to Dubai
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 ambitious growth plans with well over 200 aircraft on order […]
Emirates Flight from Dublin to Dubai
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 boarding gates, will expand Dublin’s direct links to the Middle […]