Arabian aviation thread - 2017

SVJ77W · Fri Oct 06, 2017 1:18 am

Emirates needs more A380s says Tim Clark

Emirates airline needs “even more” Airbus A380 aircraft in the future, according to Emirates president Sir Tim Clark.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/transport/380494-emirates-needs-more-a380s-says-tim-clark

dubaiamman243 · Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:20 am

Emirates to receive its 100th A380, A6-EUV

CanadaFair · Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:01 pm

Saudia cargo started Zaragoza service, routed via Bahrain on the return leg, origin is from Riyadh.

PerfectGriffin · Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:54 pm

SVJ77W wrote:
Emirates needs more A380s says Tim Clark

Emirates airline needs “even more” Airbus A380 aircraft in the future, according to Emirates president Sir Tim Clark.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/transport/380494-emirates-needs-more-a380s-says-tim-clark

What is he talking about? There is no more room at DXB, and it can't handle more A380's...
Once they move (if ever) to DWC, they could expand the A380 fleet, but then there are better aircraft like the B787 and A350 that are more efficient aircraft.

dubaiamman243 · Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:17 pm

Sir Tim Clark: Emirates will receive the first B777X in early 2020 and will replace the B77W fleet.

CanadaFair · Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:09 pm

Jazeera returns to subcontinent http://www.livemint.com/Companies/ejs8H ... ghaul.html India and Pakistan were served before not new routes.as the article claims.

dubaiamman243 · Wed Oct 11, 2017 5:45 pm

Etihad to launch thrice weekly flights to Baku, Azerbaijan.

Clipper101 · Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:26 pm

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates will receive its 100th A380 in November.

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates to receive its 100th A380, A6-EUV

Do you know if this aircraft will be delivered in time for a Dubai Air Show presentation & if it will be first to have new F/C suites?

CanadaFair · Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:16 am

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Etihad to launch thrice weekly flights to Baku, Azerbaijan.

I see Jazeera fly there too.

CanadaFair · Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:04 am

Etihad Cargo has been serving Barbados since July, dropped San Juan de Puerto Rico.

dubaiamman243 · Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:21 am

Clipper101 wrote:
dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates will receive its 100th A380 in November.

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates to receive its 100th A380, A6-EUV

Do you know if this aircraft will be delivered in time for a Dubai Air Show presentation & if it will be first to have new F/C suites?

I think it will feature the new F class and i think it will be displayed at the airshow.

CanadaFair · Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:10 am

Iraqi Airways returned to Moscow in September after 13 years, Vnukovo airport is used.

dubaiamman243 · Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:37 pm

Boeing will display the B787-10 at DXB airshow

MGA86 · Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:38 pm

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Clipper101 wrote:
dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates will receive its 100th A380 in November.

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates to receive its 100th A380, A6-EUV

Do you know if this aircraft will be delivered in time for a Dubai Air Show presentation & if it will be first to have new F/C suites?

I think it will feature the new F class and i think it will be displayed at the airshow.

New F Suite will be introduced on the 777 at the airshow. A6-EQH will be the first with 6/42/306 configuration. Delivery will be for the airshow itself. Entry into service early Dec on ULH routes along side the 8/42/306 frames with new J class product introduced recently.

dubaiamman243 · Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:44 pm

Air Arabia to convert 6 A321NEO into A321NEO-LR

CanadaFair · Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:37 am

Kuwait Airways ended 777-200 ops, incase nobody knew.

Monty1988 · Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:28 am

Kuwait airways will operate from new dedicated Terminal in March 2018 and will launch 4 new destinations, Chicago, Madrid, Casablanca, Sarajevo.

https://www.emaratyah.ae/725078.html

CanadaFair · Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:57 pm

Mosul, Erbil and Suleymania suspended as Kurd region airports closed.

CanadaFair · Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:59 pm

Monty1988 wrote:
Kuwait airways will operate from new dedicated Terminal in March 2018 and will launch 4 new destinations, Chicago, Madrid, Casablanca, Sarajevo.

https://www.emaratyah.ae/725078.html

None are new.

CanadaFair · Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:22 pm

SAS return to Beirut after 12 years, seasonal from Copenhagen begins April.

User001 · Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:30 pm

So I take it that once again, Kuwait Airways has gone back on its plans to serve Manchester!

dubaiamman243 · Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:43 pm

Qatar Airways to serve Penang, Malaysia 3 weekly starting from 06FEB18

CanadaFair · Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:49 pm

Wataniya also returns to Beirut from 9 November.

dubaiamman243 · Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:37 pm

Lufthansa has started flying the B747-8 to DXB

Monty1988 · Wed Oct 18, 2017 9:15 pm

User001 wrote:
So I take it that once again, Kuwait Airways has gone back on its plans to serve Manchester!

Yes, They also scrapped Malaga as well, a good friend who works in KAC told me the airline isn't launching any new routes until KU’s new terminal is fully operational 1st Q 2018

Monty1988 · Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:16 pm

CanadaFair wrote:
Monty1988 wrote:
Kuwait airways will operate from new dedicated Terminal in March 2018 and will launch 4 new destinations, Chicago, Madrid, Casablanca, Sarajevo.

https://www.emaratyah.ae/725078.html

None are new.

New as not a current Route and I don’t think KU ever operated MAD

CanadaFair · Sun Oct 22, 2017 12:01 am

Madrid was served in the 1970s for sure, relaunch and resumption are more appropriate terms.

Slash787 · Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:11 pm

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Air Arabia to convert 6 A321NEO into A321NEO-LR

I guess they will serve LHR or LGW with the A321NEO

CHI2DFW · Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:08 am

Monty1988 wrote:
CanadaFair wrote:
Monty1988 wrote:
Kuwait airways will operate from new dedicated Terminal in March 2018 and will launch 4 new destinations, Chicago, Madrid, Casablanca, Sarajevo.

https://www.emaratyah.ae/725078.html

None are new.

New as not a current Route and I don’t think KU ever operated MAD

KU back to ORD? Nonstop or via Europe? This has been talked about for some time, so I’ll believe it when I see it.

PerfectGriffin · Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:02 am

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Lufthansa has started flying the B747-8 to DXB

I'm due to take this flight in December so hopefully they will use this aircraft till then!

Monty1988 · Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:39 pm

CHI2DFW wrote:
Monty1988 wrote:
CanadaFair wrote:
None are new.

New as not a current Route and I don’t think KU ever operated MAD

KU back to ORD? Nonstop or via Europe? This has been talked about for some time, so I’ll believe it when I see it.

Direct nonstop.

ConcordeLoss · Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:15 pm

Does anyone know if Air Arabia Jordan suspended direct flights between AMM-RUH? I've been trying to look for flights, but all flights are being routed through SHJ for all days of the week.

CanadaFair · Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:45 pm

ConcordeLoss wrote:
Does anyone know if Air Arabia Jordan suspended direct flights between AMM-RUH? I've been trying to look for flights, but all flights are being routed through SHJ for all days of the week.

Arabia Jordan or P9 didn't operate on 23rd in FR24 info https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 37#f47e7a3 Air Arabia website also only show G9 flights with one stop.

CanadaFair · Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:45 pm

Flynas return to Beirut from 1st November.

dubaiamman243 · Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:20 pm

Emirates will a 7th flight to London LHR on selected days during December (15 and 17) and January (5 and 7)

EK2641 15:15 - 19:15
EK2642 21:10 - 08:00+

Equipment: B777-300ER

dubaiamman243 · Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:21 am

Emirates adds extra Glasgow flight on 06JAN18, with 2-class 777-300ER

airlineroute

Eyad89 · Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:56 am

dubaiamman243 wrote:
Emirates will a 7th flight to London LHR on selected days during December (15 and 17) and January (5 and 7)

EK2641 15:15 - 19:15
EK2642 21:10 - 08:00+

Equipment: B777-300ER

I guess that makes it the only EK 77W that flies to London.

dubaiamman243 · Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:52 pm

Emirates will introduce a 4th daily service to the Maldives starting from 25DEC17 using a B77W.

dubaiamman243 · Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:41 am

Emirates will introduce a 2nd daily flight to Brussels starting from 29OCT17.

EK181 14:35-19:10
EK182 21:35-08:00+

dubaiamman243 · Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:42 am

Emirates will upgrade its 2nd daily BHX flight (EK39/40) to an A380 starting from 29OCT17

dubaiamman243 · Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:47 am

Emirates schedules extra Birmingham service on 02JAN18 and 05JAN18 with 2-class 777-300ER

airlineroute

dubaiamman243 · Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:31 am

Flyadeal to buy 50 A320 or B737 next month.

EISPP · Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:20 pm

Saudia will start flights from Jeddah to Baghdad from mid Nov using leased aircraft. Flights are available for sale now.

Clipper101 · Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:13 pm

In the news today, Egyptair returns to Tokyo (NRT) after four years absence.

dubaiamman243 · Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:19 pm

Emirates plans a one-off A380 service to Bahrain on 15DEC17 to mark the national day.

dubaiamman243 · Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:23 pm

Abu Dhabi Midfeild terminal opening to be delayed to 2019 instead of 2017.

CanadaFair · Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:06 pm

EISPP wrote:
Saudia will start flights from Jeddah to Baghdad from mid Nov using leased aircraft. Flights are available for sale now.

Flynas too have started Iraq service.

worldranger · Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:29 pm

EK 2 Class 380 to replace 3 Class on certain LGW service Nov/Dec while augmenting extra 777 service to London over the holiday period.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/new ... 25321.html

AirIndia · Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:56 am

Emirates is taking delivery of the 100th 380 tomorrow (Nov 3). Any idea if it will be flown in same day or on Nov4?

dubaiamman243 · Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:40 am

AirIndia wrote:
Emirates is taking delivery of the 100th 380 tomorrow (Nov 3). Any idea if it will be flown in same day or on Nov4?

newly delivered planes usually fly 3 days after delivery.

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