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Jazeera Airways launches its largest sale of the year to 14 destinations in Middle East and Turkey

05-Oct-2011
Jazeera Airways launched one of its biggest sales of the year, the Mega Sale offering travellers one-way low fares from Kuwait inclusive of taxes, charges, meals and 40 kilograms baggage allowance to 14 destinations in the Middle East and Turkey.

Flydubai and Evoke Systems score top marks in GCAA training audit

27-Sep-2011
The month of June saw the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) carry out its annual audit of Flydubai's Crew Training programme to ensure it complies with the GCAA's Civil Aviation Regulations. During the assessment, the Government auditors found Flydubai to be fully compliant and gave positive feedback on the EFOSTM system.

flydubai extends its reach in Russia

27-Sep-2011
flydubai, Dubai’s pioneering low cost airline, has doubled its network in Russia to four points with the addition of flights to Kazan and Ufa.flydubai’s inaugural flight to Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan and the second largest city of the Volga economic region, touched down on Wednesday 21st September at 1510hrs. flydubai’s CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith travelled on the inaugural flight and was welcomed at the Kremlin by Tatarstan’s President, Rustam Minnikhanov.

Air Arabia introduces flights to Yanbu in Saudi Arabia

06-Sep-2011
Air Arabia, one of the largest low-cost carriers (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced the introduction of a new flight destination in Saudi Arabia, from the carrier's primary hub in Sharjah, UAE.

Jazeera Airways to introduce new on-board meals every month

30-Aug-2011
While most airlines change their on-board meal selections twice a year in line with their schedule changes, award-winning Jazeera Airways announced today that it is introducing a new on-board meal selection every month for both Business Class travelers and Economy Class travelers starting September 1. The airline said the new food selections will always include a vegetarian option for its vegetarian travelers.

Flydubai's fleet continues to grow as 19th aircraft goes into service

29-Aug-2011
Flydubai, Dubai's pioneering airline, has received its eighth aircraft of 2011, bringing its total to 19 overall. The latest Boeing 737-800 NG fleet addition arrived on schedule from the Boeing factory in Seattle and has gone straight into service across the airline's 38 operational destinations.

Jazeera Airways launches online gift vouchers

29-Aug-2011
Jazeera Airways has launched new gift vouchers service, with the launch of this service, Jazeera Airways became the only airline in the Middle East to provide gift vouchers online. Benefits of purchasing an online voucher include email delivery of the voucher and the ability to directly redeem the voucher through Jazeera Airways call center and desks.

Bahrain Air announces partnership with Hotel Diva

17-Aug-2011
Bahrain Air yesterday announced a partnership with the newly opened Hotel Diva located in the Juffair district in Bahrain.

Bahrain Air opens regional sales office in Dubai

15-Aug-2011
Bahrain Air announced the opening of its new regional sales office on Al Itihad Road in Dubai yesterday the 8th August 2011.

Bahrain Air announces a “Loyalty Rewards Program”

10-Aug-2011
Bahrain Air, the second national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced a “Loyalty Rewards Program” designed for all its customers and frequent flyers.

Jazeera Airways announces record performance in second quarter 2011

09-Aug-2011
Jazeera Airways Group announced a second quarter (Q2) net profit of KD2.2m, up from a net loss of KD4.7m in Q2 2010, making Q2 2011 the Group's fourth consecutive profitable quarter since the introduction of the company's Turn-Around Plan in mid-2010, and the best Q2 since inception.

Air Arabia and Al Ansari Exchange sign flight payment deal

08-Aug-2011
Air Arabia, the Middle East & North Africa’s leading low cost carrier (LCC), has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Al Ansari Exchange, the UAE’s largest network exchange house that provides worldwide remittance and foreign exchange services.

Air Arabia announces Q2 2011 net profit of AED 51 million

04-Aug-2011
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today its financial results for the three months ending June 30, 2011, demonstrating steady growth in profit, revenue and passenger traffic.

Flydubai doubles fleet with 18th aircraft

04-Aug-2011
Flydubai, Dubai's pioneering low-cost airline, has doubled the size of its fleet in just one year following the arrival of its 18th aircraft last week. Marking yet another milestone for Dubai's first low-cost carrier, the new Boeing 737-800 NG represents an investment of $80m and is the latest delivery of the order of 50 placed by Flydubai at the 2008 Farnborough Airshow.

Air Arabia welcomes onboard 20 millionth passenger

02-Aug-2011
Less than eight years after its first flight, Air Arabia announced today that it has welcomed onboard its 20 millionth passenger, demonstrating the enormous appeal of the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa.

Flydubai debuts daily flights to Dammam as business travel to the Kingdom soars

18-Jul-2011
Flydubai, Dubai’s pioneering low cost airline, has launched operations to the oil-rich Saudi Arabian city of Dammam.

Air Arabia Egypt to start flights to Istanbul in Turkey

12-Jul-2011
Air Arabia Egypt announced today that it will start direct services to the City of Istanbul in Turkey from the carrier’s main hub in Burj Al Arab International Airport, Alexandria. The airline inaugural flight to Istanbul took off on June 24, 2011.

Air Arabia introduces flights to Gassim in KSA

12-Jul-2011
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the introduction of a new flight destination in Saudi Arabia, from the carrier’s primary hub in Sharjah, UAE.

Jazeera Airways issues May-2011 operational performance report

11-Jul-2011
Award-winning airline Jazeera Airways, the largest airline serving the Middle East out of Kuwait, today issued its monthly operational performance report for May 2011, which showed that the airline continues to lead in market share on most of the routes it operates for the 23rd month in-a-row.

Iberia and airberlin sign code share agreement

11-Jul-2011
Iberia and airberlin have signed an agreement, effective today, for sharing flight codes. Iberia passengers now have easier access to much of airberlin's domestic route network and to other European cites served by Germany's second largest airline.

Sabre and flydubai sign distribution and technology agreements

07-Jul-2011
Sabre Travel Network, the world's leading provider of travel technology, and flydubai, have signed a multi-year global distribution agreement, providing the carrier access to more than 350,000 Sabre travel agency users around the world.

Bahrain Air lands in Istanbul

04-Jul-2011
Bahrain Air, the second national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced that it has started direct services to the commercial capital of Turkey, Istanbul.

flydubai boasts impressive growth as it celebrates second anniversary

30-Jun-2011
flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, has reached its second anniversary with an impressive collection of statistics that prove the airline’s growing success and importance in the UAE’s aviation market.

flydubai signs 10-year OnPoint solution agreement for its CFM56 engine fleet

23-Jun-2011
Flydubai, Dubai's first low-cost airline, has signed a 10-year OnPointSM solution agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance, overhaul and repair of its 109 CFM56-7B engines that power its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft.

Jazeera Airways extends Total Engine Support contract

23-Jun-2011
Jazeera Airways and Lufthansa Technik AG, the leading provider for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of airplanes, components and engines, have extended the existing 10-year Total Engine Support TES® from 2006 for further two years. The agreement comprises 13 CFM56-5B engines of the six Airbus A320 airplanes of Jazeera Airway’s fleet.

Jazeera Airways Expands CFM56-5B-powered A320 Fleet with $80 million Engine Order

21-Jun-2011
Jazeera Airways has placed an order for CFM56-5B engines to power four brand new Airbus A320 aircraft scheduled to be delivered to the airline between 2012 and 2014. The engine order is valued at $80 million U.S. at list price.

Flydubai launches third major Saudi Arabian route of 2011 with flights to Dammam

21-Jun-2011
Flydubai, one of the fastest growing start-up airlines in the world, added to its expanding network this week with the announcement of new flights to Dammam, KSA.

Nasair launches seven weekly flights to new Pakistan routes

20-Jun-2011
Nasair, the low fare airline based in Saudi Arabia, announced it will launch new flights to Lahore, Pakistan on July 8. The airline will operate 4 weekly flights from Riyadh and 3 weekly flights from Jeddah.

Flydubai joins National Bank of Abu Dhabi loyalty programme

17-Jun-2011
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has teamed up with Flydubai to offer NBAD cardholders even more choices when redeeming their NBAD Stars points.

Air Arabia and TRA collaborate to enhance online security

15-Jun-2011
Following a signing ceremony at Sharjah Centro Hotel, Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) that will lead to enhanced online security.

Jazeera Airways joins IATA, becomes 238th airline-member

08-Jun-2011
Jazeera Airways was inducted into the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a full airline-member during IATA's 67th Annual General Meeting that was held in Singapore yesterday, thus becoming the 238th airline-member of the global organization.

CTT Systems receives order from FLYDUBAI for the Zonal Drying™ System

31-May-2011
CTT Systems (STO:CTT) today announced that flydubai (UAE) has placed an order for 31 Zonal Drying™ Systems to be installed in flydubai’s Boeing B737-800 aircraft.

Air Arabia increases Turkey flights

17-May-2011
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the expansion of service to the Turkish City of Istanbul, , from the carrier’s primary hub in Sharjah, UAE.

Jazeera Airways launches 'Jazeera Holidays'

16-May-2011
Award winning Jazeera Airways launched holidays.jazeeraairways.com, a new feature that gives customers total control over their holiday plans by empowering them to book their hotel stay from a selection of thousands of hotels in the Middle East while booking their flight in a single itinerary and in a single payment, all from the comfort of their home or office, 24-hours a day.

Air Arabia’s exclusive summer package takes you to KENYA

12-May-2011
Air Arabia, the regions leading low cost carrier (LCC) and through its Air Arabia Holidays arm has come up with an exciting summer special package a 5 days 4 night’s trip to the magical country KENYA.

flydubai and Travelport sign key distribution deal

09-May-2011
flydubai, Dubai’s first low-cost airline, and Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, have today reached a landmark agreement that will ensure that all Travelport-connected travel agents worldwide have full access to flydubai fares.

flydubai secures financing for all 2011 aircraft

05-May-2011
flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, has secured financing worth USD $80 million, at list prices, with aircraft leasing company, MC Aviation Partners (MCAP); for the remaining B737-800NG aircraft the airline is due to receive this year.

Nasair adds special value travel and tourism industry in terms of Hajj, Umrah, Eid

03-May-2011
With the Hajj season approaching for the year 2011, Nasair, the low fare airline based in Saudi Arabia, is highlighting how it stands out as the 'Smart Airline' for people travelling to Saudi Arabia for Ramadan, Hajj and Umrah from the UAE and the MENA region.

Flydubai and DNRD launch unique flight booking platform

03-May-2011
Flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, and DNRD have joined forces to announce a unique partnership to provide a self-service facility for customers to book and purchase their flights in one transaction.

ATA grants Jazeera Airways IOSA certification for having world class operational standards

03-May-2011
Award-winning Jazeera Airways announced that it passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the airline industry's benchmark operational safety audit, placing the airline on par with the best airlines in the world.
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