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Weekly UpdatesJun 14, 2009
Emirates Airlines, Airbus
Emirates Airlines, the Middle East's largest airline and one of the biggest A330 operators, said the Pitot tubes aboard its planes were made not by Thales but by U.S. manufacturer Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, North Carolina. "We have not experienced any issues with our probe units," said Adel al-Redha, Emirates executive vice president for engineering and operations. "Emirates is in full compliance with all standard operating procedure recommendations issued by aircraft manufacturers, as well as with requirements stipulated by international air safety and regulatory authorities." The Dubai-based carrier operates 29 of the A330-200 variant, more than any other airline. The model is the same used on Air France Flight 447. Jun 9, 2009
Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways launched service from Abu Dhabi to Athens (thrice-weekly) and Istanbul Ataturk (four-times-weekly) aboard A320s. Athens service will become five-times-weekly in October and daily in January. Jun 9, 2009
Gulf Air, Airbus
Bahrain-based Gulf Air will keep taking delivery of planes it has ordered from European manufacturer Airbus on schedule, its chief executive said on Monday. Bjorn Naf told Reuters TV in an interview on the sidelines of an aviation conference in Kuala Lumpur that he saw no signs yet of a recovery in the airline industry but he hoped for one by the second half of 2010. Gulf Air has 35 Airbus planes on order as of March. It has also ordered 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Jun 8, 2009
Lebanon
Tourist arrivals to the Middle East remain stable, despite the global credit crises, and Lebanese tour operators are optimistic that their country will once again be the hub of the region. Syria and Jordan have been witnessing a vast increase in incoming tourism due to intensive marketing efforts and renewed interest by Europeans to discover the region. While many tourists come to the Middle East to visit world famous sites such as Baalbek, Petra, and Palmyra, others look beyond and also wish to discover rural regions and meet the local community. Jun 8, 2009
South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA) announced that it was chosen by the U.S. Mens National Soccer Team as the airline to fly the team from the U.S. to South Africa to compete in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009. The team will experience SAAs award-winning service with fully-flat bed seats in Premium Business Class, the most legroom in economy and on-demand audio-visual entertainment systems in every seat on board, making sure they have the most comfortable flight possible before beginning their final preparations for the tournament. The tournament will take place in South Africa from June 14-28, 2009, with the U.S. team facing its first competitor, Italy, on June 15 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, near Johannesburg. SAA is proud that the U.S. team has chosen to fly with the airline consistently chosen as Best Airline to Africa by numerous travel experts. Jun 11, 2009
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