Etihad launch Etihad Escapes for one-stop hotel booking
Etihad Airways have announced a new platform to incorporate flights and hotel booking. Etihad...
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Category: Middle East & Africa
Somali Airlines to return to African skies after 35 years
The government of Somalia says the country’s flag carrier will relaunch operations this...
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Emirates partner with Crypto.com for new payment method
Emirates are offering customers a new way to pay: with their crypto wallets. On the...
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Emirates to launch new U-Dream headrest in economy seating
Emirates is installing a new feature across its economy seating. Called the ‘U-Dream...
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Demand for premium travel grows 4.5% year-on-year
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) have released their annual World Air Transport...
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Riyadh Air opens for booking from July 2026
Riyadh Air have officially launched online and in-app booking, with its first commercial flights...
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Emirates begin construction on $5bn MRO facility
This post was originally shared on our sister site, Aerospace Tech Review. Emirates have begun...
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IATA urges African nations to improve competitivity of aviation
Ahead of its Focus Africa Conference in Addis Ababa, the International Air Transport Association...
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Airlines welcome ceasefire, but jet fuel prices remain a challenge
Outgoing IATA Director General Willie Walsh welcomed the news of a ceasefire between Iran and the...
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Air travel demand to double by 2050, IATA say
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) have released their Long Term Demand...
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Riyadh Air’s inaugural flight network revealed
Aeroroutes have found what is believed to be Riyadh Air’s debut flight network. Covering 15...
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Jet fuel prices surge as Middle East conflict continues
Jet fuel prices have topped US$200 a barrel as the fallout from the US-Israel attack on Iran...
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Airlines support passengers stranded by Middle East conflict
A limited number of flights are now leaving the Gulf following days of strikes between Israel, the...
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Conflict in the Middle East: IROPs are the new normal for aviation
The US and Israel’s strikes on Iran have caused chaos and destruction across the global...
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Jazeera Airways launches ‘fly now, pay later’ booking
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways will launch a ‘fly now, pay later’ payment option....
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Saudi investment fund to launch new airline, flynas Syria
Saudi Arabia and Syria have signed an expansive investment agreement spanning aviation, telecoms,...
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Riyadh Air partner with Mastercard for innovative payments
New Saudi Arabian airline Riyadh Air have announced a new partnership with Mastercard for...
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Ads are coming to ChatGPT. How should airlines prepare?
In January 2026, OpenAI announced they would be testing ads on their flagship ChatGPT large...
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flynas debut ‘Find My View’ seat selector tool
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier (LCC) flynas have launched a ‘Find My View’ tool to...
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Can airlines integrate AI and flight operations successfully?
At the latest World Aviation Festival’s digital operations track, what stood out was not the...
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