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Weekly UpdatesJul 19, 2009
Air Arabia Maroc
Air Arabia Maroc will commence thrice-weekly Casablanca-Amsterdam service Aug. 3 aboard an A320, becoming four-times-weekly Aug. 24. Jul 16, 2009
Etihad Airways, Turkish Airlines
Etihad Airways and Turkish Airlines signed a codeshare deal under which Etihad will place its code on THY's Istanbul Ataturk-Abu Dhabi service. Jul 14, 2009
flyDubai
Dubai's first low-cost airline, flydubai, added Aleppo to its list of operational destinations this morning when its inaugural flight touched down in Syria's second largest city. Flight FZ223 took off from Dubai International Airport at 0800 hours and landed at Aleppo International Airport at 1030 hours local time, after a three-and-a-half-hour journey. The return flight, FZ224, left 45 minutes later at 1115 hours. Aleppo is flydubai's fifth operational destination since the company launched its services just six weeks ago. It already flies to Beirut, Amman, Damascus, and Alexandria. Jul 14, 2009
Gulf Air
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is planning to open services to Iraq as early as September this year, following a governmental agreement between Iraq and Bahrain. Gulf Air intends to operate Airbus A320 services to Baghdad initially, and then extend its reach to Najaf. The carrier says the decision follows a 9 July pact allowing airlines to operate between Bahrain and four Iraqi cities. Jul 15, 2009
Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines
Lufthansa and Brussels are now offering code-share flights on selected long-haul routes as part of their agreement to expand their cooperation and open up their networks to each otherOs passengers. The first jointly operated long-haul services are Brussels Airlines flights from Brussels to Entebbe, Uganda, and the new Lufthansa connection from Frankfurt to Libreville, Gabon. Flights on both theses routes can be booked with immediate effect under the partnerOs flight number. Lufthansa passengers can thus fly to Entebbe via Brussels under a Lufthansa flight number. Lufthansa does not operate its own flights to this destination in Uganda. Jul 16, 2009
TAAG Angola Airlines
TAAG Angola Airlines, already on the list of more than 200 carriers, will be allowed to operate "into Portugal only with certain aircraft and under very strict conditions," the European Commission said, adding that the limited access was granted to acknowledge "progress made by the civil aviation authority of Angola [and TAAG] to resolve progressively any safety deficiencies." All other Angolan airlines remain banned. All Indonesian carriers remain banned apart from the aforementioned four. Complete bans are in place on airlines from Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Swaziland. Jul 15, 2009
Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines will add its sixth destination in Ukraine when it launches thrice-weekly Istanbul Ataturk-Lviv flights July 27. Jul 13, 2009
Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines, Mahan Air
Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines and Iran's Mahan Air were added to the EU's list of banned airlines, while Garuda Indonesia, Airfast Indonesia, Mandala Airlines and Premiair were removed from the "blacklist." The latest update, issued yesterday, did not include Yemenia Yemen Airways despite recent controversy following the June 29 A310-300 crash that killed 152 passengers and crew. All airlines from Zambia and Kazakhstan were added to the list with the exception of Air Astana, which will be allowed limited access to EU nations. Jul 15, 2009
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