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Air Arabia takes 3rd 2012 plane delivery (Khaleej Times - 29/07/2012)

Air Arabia has taken its third aircraft delivery of 2012 and another three aircraft are expected by the end of the year, it was announced on Saturday. The Sharjah-based carrier’s 31st aircraft has gone straight into service across its 75-destination

Air Arabia takes delivery of new aircraft (AME Info - 28/07/2012)

Air Arabia, the first and largest low cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today it has taken its third aircraft delivery of 2012, bringing its total operating fleet to 31 aircraft. The new aircraft has gone straight into service

Air Arabia's new safety video features children (Arab News - 26/07/2012)

The next time you prepare to take-off on an Air Arabia flight, you will be greeted on the television monitors inside the aircraft cabin by the airline's youngest flight crewmembers. In a first for the aviation sector in the Arab world, an in-flight

Aramex Q2 net profit jumps 14% (Khaleej Times - 26/07/2012)

Aramex on Wednesday said its second-quarter net profits climbed 14 per cent as its sales rose in the Gulf region and on acquisitions in Asia and Africa. The global logistics and transportation solutions provider also reported healthy growth in revenues

Aramex reports AED 125 million net profit for the 1st Half of 2012 (Gulfbase.com - 25/07/2012)

Aramex announced its financial results for the 1st Half of 2012, reported a net profit of AED 125 million, 18 percent growth compared with the same period last year. Total revenue for the first half of 2012 are AED 1.52 billion, an increase of 23

Jazeera Airways keeps market share lead (Khaleej Times - 20/07/2012)

Award-winning Jazeera Airways on Monday issued its operational performance report for the second quarter of 2012, which showed that the airline has continued to grab leading market shares to the destinations it serves. The performance report, based on

Air Arabia records 15% passenger growth (Khaleej Times - 18/07/2012)

Air Arabia, one of the fastest growing low-cost carriers in the Middle East and North Africa, reported a 15 per cent rise in passenger traffic in the second quarter compared to the corresponding period in 2011, as it recorded a three per cent growth in

Oman Air inks maintenance contract (Trade Arabia - 17/07/2012)

Oman Air said it has sealed a long-term agreement with Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems to provide maintenance for the APS2300 auxiliary power unit (APU) on its existing fleet of 5 Embraer 175 series aircraft. Hamilton Sundstrand is a subsidiary of

Air Arabia passenger numbers up 15pc (Trade Arabia - 17/07/2012)

Air Arabia, a leading low-cost carrier in the Mena region, said it flew a record 1.3 million passengers in the second quarter of 2012, posting a 15 per cent growth compared to the corresponding period last year. In June 2012 alone, the airline carried

Jazeera Airways issues Q2 operational performance report (AME Info - 16/07/2012)

Award-winning Jazeera Airways issued its Q2 2012 operational performance, which showed that the airline has continued to grab leading market shares to the destinations it serves. The today-issued report had placed Jazeera Airways as the leading airline

Air Arabia named world’s 2nd best performing airline (Khaleej Times - 15/07/2012)

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, has been ranked as the world’s second best performing airline in a study by Aviation Week, the leading global aviation magazine. The Top-Performing Airlines (TPA) study

Oman Air business seats win top award (Trade Arabia - 14/07/2012)

Oman Air said it has won ‘Best Business Class Airline Seat’ for the second consecutive year at the 'World Airline Awards' held on the sidelines of the Farnborough International Airshow 2012 in UK. The award, run by Skytrax, recognises Oman Air’s Airbus

Air Arabia named world's second best performing airline (AME Info - 14/07/2012)

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa's first and largest low-cost carrier, has been ranked as the world's second beast performing airline in a study by Aviation Week, the leading global aviation magazine. The Top-Performing Airlines (TPA) Study

Jazeera Airways ranks #1 in on-time performance in Middle East in Q2 (AME Info - 14/07/2012)

Award-winning Jazeera Airways announced that it ranked the highest in on-time performance (OTP) in the Middle East in the second quarter of 2012, as measured by FlightStats, the US-based global OTP tracker. Jazeera Airways' OTP for the second quarter was

Jazeera Airways lifts flights to Jeddah during Ramadan (Saudi Gazette - 14/07/2012)

Jazeera Airways will increase frequency on the Kuwait-Jeddah route from six to t10en flights a week from July 22 to August 9, to serve the increasing flow of Umrah travelers from Kuwait visiting the holy city of Makkah. Jazeera Airways operates a

Oman Air qualifies for TruEngine programme (Trade Arabia - 11/07/2012)

Oman’s national airline, Oman Air, has announced that it has become a part of TruEngine, qualifying all 33 CFM56-7B engines in its fleet for the programme. The TruEngine designation serves as a method for identifying engines with CFM-approved content and

Jazeera Airways increases scheduled flights to Jeddah during Ramadan (AME Info - 11/07/2012)

With the month of Ramadan setting in, Jazeera Airways announced that it will increase frequency on the Kuwait-Jeddah route from six to ten flights a week for the period of July 22 to August 9, to serve the increasing flow of Omrah travelers from Kuwait

Aramex hosts Injaz-UAE students for future job training (AME Info - 08/07/2012)

Aramex, the global logistics and transportation solutions provider, hosted 18 Grade 12 students from Al Nahda National School for Boys, as part of JA Job Shadow program, organized by Injaz-UAE. The young students spent the day at Aramex Abu Dhabi for an

Bahri inks murabaha financing deal (Saudi Gazette - 07/07/2012)

THE National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) signed a murabaha financing agreement with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) recently to finance part of the total construction cost of building two General Cargo vessels at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in

Wataniya Telecom welcomes Jazeera Airways to its rewards program (AME Info - 04/07/2012)

Wataniya Telecom has recently announced that Jazeera Airways is the newest addition to its award winning Wataniya Rewards Program. This partnership stems from Wataniya's mission to expand and enrich its network of partners as part of the best loyalty

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