Emirates airline

Airbus to get '10 years of visibility'

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A $16 billion deal with Emirates airline for A380 superjumbos will give Airbus "at least 10 years of visibility", the European manufacturer's CEO Tom Enders said in an interview published Sunday. Emirates announced the deal on Thursday to buy 36 Airbus A380s - just days after the group said it would have to halt production without new orders. The deal is "excellentRead more

UAE cancels Tunisia handball games amid row

Tunis - Muslimchronicle

The UAE men's handball team cut short a trip to Tunisia Friday, the Tunisian federation said after it appointed female referees for a game in apparent solidarity with women in a row with Emirates Airline. The Gulf visitors forfeited two games after Emirates received instructions to deny Tunisian women access to its planes over a feared "terrorist attack" involving a woman carrying aRead more

Tunisia says UAE attack fears behind female flyer row

Tunis - Muslimchronicle

Controversial security measures taken by the United Arab Emirates against Tunisian women trying to travel to the Gulf state were prompted by fears of a terrorist attack, Tunisia said Monday. Since Friday Tunisian women and girls have been delayed for hours as they look to board planes for the UAE, sparking outcry in the North African nation that led toRead more

Ajman Ruler receives Emirates' delegation

Ajman - Musimchronicle

H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, and H.H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, today received a delegation from Emirates Airline. Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates' Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, Adil Al Ghaith, Emirates' Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Gulf Middle East and Iran, Ahmad Khoury,Read more

Emirates says flights now exempt from US laptop ban

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

Emirates airline announced Wednesday that it had won an exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its base in Dubai. Emirates is the third carrier after neighbouring Abu Dhabi's Etihad and Turkish Airlines to win a reprieve from the new rules Washington imposed three months ago on direct flights from 10 airportsRead more

Only 1 Mideast carrier cracks TripAdvisor’s top 10 world airlines

Dubai - Arab Today

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has come out on top in a list of the ten best airlines in the world, according to TripAdvisor users. The travel website revealed its inaugural Travelers’ Choice Awards for Airlines on Monday and there were some surprises in the top ten. Based on user reviews, Emirates came out on top with Singapore Airlines coming in second.Read more

Seven of the world’s oldest airlines you can still fly today

Dubai - Arab Today

With news that Emirates Airline pipped out international competition to take the top spot in TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards, it is fitting to remember that the airline is relatively new, having been launched in 1985. Some of the world’s oldest still-in-use airlines could surprise you, including one airline which has partnered with Emirates in recent years. The world’s oldest airlines,Read more

Emirates Airbus A380 Starts Flying to Morocco

Rabat - Arab Today

Emirates airlines launched its Airbus A380 flight from Dubai to Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport on Sunday. In a communiqué published Sunday on its official website, Emirates airlines said that it is the first A380 operator to fly into North Africa and South America. It also made a return to Tokyo-Narita. “Early Sunday morning, from its hub in Dubai, Emirates flightRead more

All you can do at this year’s Lit Fest

DUBAI - Arab Today

The final countdown to the 2017 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature has begun and Isobel Abulhoul, CEO and trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation and director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, believes it will be the “best festival yet”. Here’s a round-up of all that you can do in the nine-day extravaganza starting March 3: Meet the authorsRead more

Emirates Airline official carrier of World Government Summit 2017

Dubai - Arab Today

The World Government Summit (WGS) 2017 has announced the appointment of Emirates Airline as its strategic partner for the fifth year in a row. Emirates will be the official carrier for the delegations of the summit that convenes under the theme “Shaping Future Governments” from Sunday to Tuesday at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. Sheikh Majid Al-Mualla, divisional senior vice presidentRead more