Mobile Edition
Print
Get the Mag
Weekly UpdatesAug 16, 2009
Air Arabia
Swine Flu Bigger Threat to Airlines Than Economic Crisis. Air Arabia Says Swine flu is a bigger threat to the airline industry than the global economic crisis, according to the chief executive officer of Air Arabia PJSC, the United Arab Emirates-based discount carrier. Aug 10, 2009
Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways will commence four-times-weekly Abu Dhabi-Hyderabad service in November (becoming daily from the start of 2010) aboard a two-class A320. Aug 12, 2009
Fly540
No sooner had news been broken that Air Uganda would switch from their loss making MD87s to the Bombardier CRJ, did more breaking news emerge from the regionOs first true low-cost airline, Fly540, that they will also Ogo jetO shortly. Fly540 is operating in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and by October of this year, the airline intends to take delivery of its first Bombardier CRJ aircraft. According to reliable sources, the ever-more popular short- to medium-range jet will first be deployed on the Nairobi-Entebbe route, where the airline presently operates two flights a day, in addition to operating daily Nairobi-Dar es Salaam flights with the jet aircraft. The economics of the CRJ are favorable, even when compared to Fly540s workhorse aircraft, the ATR 42 and ATR 72, but offers substantially faster travel times between airports, while matching turnaround times on the ground. Aug 12, 2009
Flydubai
Flydubai will launch thrice-weekly Dubai-Djibouti service Sept. 1. Aug 14, 2009
Mauritius
Mauritanian capital Nouakchott witnessed a suicide bomb explosion on Saturday evening, the first of its kind in the country, highlighting that the northwestern African country is facing serious challenges in fighting terrorism. A suicide attacker, identified as a Mauritanian man, detonated a bomb near the French embassy in Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, killing himself and wounding three other people. The bomb, apparently targeting the French embassy again, exploded at a location just about 100 meters from the embassy, injuring two guards from the French embassy and a local woman. Aug 10, 2009
Turkish Airlines
As Turkish Airlines celebrates its 20th anniversary of presence in the Thai market, the airlineOs CEO, Dr. Temel Kotil, gave an insight of the future of the national Turkish carrier. And despite the crisis, Turkish Airlines continues to register a strong growth. Aug 10, 2009
ZZ AirGuide 090817
Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For Advertising and Marketing: advert@AirGuideOnline.com For Custom Content: content@AirGuideOnline.com ISSN 1544-3760 - Copyright [c] 2009 AirGuide / Pyramid Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
FEED