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Natural history of the UAE,
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INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT - AVIATION & AIRLINES
 New Emirates SkyCargo cover to keep freight cool
Posted on 20/08/2008
Emirates SkyCargo has teamed up with a leading US research institute to develop a protective cover for the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods. The low-cost, lightweight, breathable and reusable White Cover is designed to shield shipments from heat during door-to-door transport.
Emirates SkyCargo is conducting a pilot programme with shippers of perishables and pharmaceuticals trading throughout its worldwide network.
"This is the first time this unique type of protection, which completely
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 Royal Jet unveils special GCC-wide charter deal
Posted on 20/08/2008
Royal Jet, the Abu Dhabi-headquartered international luxury executive flight services company, is launching a new pricing structure for all GCC countries In line with its strategy to consolidate its position as the Middle-East's leading private jet charter company with a 16% share and year-on-year growth of around 30%, Royal Jet is strengthening its competitive position across the GCC.
Royal Jet's new Vice President for Commercial Affairs John Morgan, , explained that whilst the calculations
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 Etihad wins major global aviation award
Posted on 20/08/2008
Etihad Airways has been voted the airline with the 'best marketing strategy' at this year's Airline Business awards, receiving critical acclaim for its strong brand identity and the innovative sponsorship programmes with its sporting and cultural partners across the world. The Abu Dhabi-based airline picked up the global award at the glittering ceremony, hosted by Airline Business magazine, which was attended by top aviation industry executives in London.
Judges at the awards credited
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 Etihad Moscow flights to launch in December
Posted on 19/08/2008
Etihad Airways will launch flights to the Russian capital, Moscow, from its Abu Dhabi home base on Monday 1 December 2008. Flights to the Kazakhstan capital, Almaty, will commence on the following day, Tuesday 2 December. The five flights a week Moscow and four flights a week Almaty services are set to follow on from the highly successful launch of Etihad flights to the Belarus capital Minsk which started on 5 August 2008.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways' chief executive, said: 'Russia represents
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 Air Arabia wins World Airline Award for best low-cost carrier in Middle East
Posted on 18/08/2008
Air Arabia has won the 2008 World Airline Award for 'Best Low-Cost Airline in the Middle East' for the second consecutive year.
This honour comes in recognition of Air Arabia's exceptional level of overall passenger satisfaction. These awards, based on global, independent passenger surveys of airline standards carried out by Skytrax Research, are the outcome of the measurement of more than 35 different aspects of customer satisfaction levels of an airline's product and service standards, a
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 Emirates' in-flight entertainment secures fourth consecutive Skytrax Award
Posted on 17/08/2008
Emirates has again received plaudits for its innovative in-flight technology after scooping the much-coveted Skytrax 2008 Best Airline In-flight Entertainment Award for the fourth consecutive year. The airline's ice (information, communication and entertainment) and ice Digital Widescreen systems received top honours based on a passenger survey carried out by Skytrax. From August 2007 to June 2008, more than 15 million travellers of 93 nationalities took part in Skytrax's World Airline Survey,
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 Emirates Airline and Etihad among world's best carriers
Posted on 13/08/2008
Emirates Airline has maintained its ranking as one of the world's best airlines while Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways landed in the top 10 list of British aviation consultancy firm Skytrax, a recognition of their world-class services and an inspiration to work harder.
'Throughout our rapid expansion, Emirates has consistently ranked amongst the top international airlines, and we will continue to world hard to maintain and enhance our service and product,' said an Emirates spokesperson.
The
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 Emirates Airbus A380 debuts on US West Coast
Posted on 07/08/2008
Emirates airline showcased its new, double-decker Airbus A380 in San Francisco and Los Angeles over the last two days as part of a number of exclusive tours of the aircraft that were planned for the United States. Each city offered a two-hour flight, hosted by Emirates, San Francisco and Los Angeles International Airports following the inaugural launch of the aircraft from Dubai to New York's JFK Airport on August 1st, 2008.
In his address to media and special guests in both cities, Adel Al
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 Etihad becomes first Gulf airline to fly to Belarus
Posted on 07/08/2008
Etihad Airways became the first airline from the Gulf region to fly to Belarus this week when the Abu Dhabi-based carrier launched a twice-weekly service to the country's capital, Minsk. The inaugural Abu Dhabi to Minsk flight on Tuesday 5 August was met on arrival with a traditional 'water-arch' provided by the airport authorities as it taxied to its parking bay.
On arrival, passengers were greeted by a VIP welcoming committee, consisting of the Belarusian government's minister of transport,
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 FlyDubai gets chief operating officer
Posted on 06/08/2008
FlyDubai has hired the former chief of the defunct US-based Skybus Airlines to oversee plans for the mid-2009 launch of Dubai's new budget carrier. Joining as chief operating officer, Kenneth Gile will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the airline. He will have specific responsibility for strategic planning, in-flight services, ground operations, flight operations, maintenance and engineering, as well as acting as the director of operations, FlyDubai said.
Gile is the first senior
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 Emirates airline considers more services to US cities
Posted on 04/08/2008
Emirates airline, the UAE's national carrier, said yesterday it will operate the world's largest passenger aircraft three times a week on its New York-Dubai route (EK202/EK201) on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
"After eventually being incorporated in Emirates' twice-daily service to New York, the quieter, greener aircraft will be deployed on the London Heathrow route from 1st December and on the Sydney and Auckland services from February next year," it added in a press release.
Emirates
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 Air Arabia net profit soars to Dh160 million in first half of 2008, up 39 per cent
Posted on 04/08/2008
Air Arabia announced yesterday its financial results for the period ending June 30, 2008, demonstrating continued superior performance and ongoing organic growth. The company's net profit for the first half of this year stood at Dh160 million, an increase of 39 per cent compared to Dh115 million for the first six months of last year. Air Arabia's net profit for the second quarter of this year reached Dh82 million, up 14 per cent compared to Dh71.7 million for the second quarter of 2007.
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 Emirates marks first commercial A380 arrival in US
Posted on 03/08/2008
New York - Airbus's A380 superjumbo touched down at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday, marking the first commercial arrival of the giant, double-decker passenger plane on US soil.
The Emirates aircraft, carrying 489 passengers in varying degrees of luxury, landed smoothly and on time after a 13-1/2-hour flight from Dubai.
"Some of us were lucky, we had showers before [we] got off the airplane," Emirates president Tim Clark said, shortly after disembarking, losing no
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 Emirates A380 fever heads to the U.S.
Posted on 02/08/2008
Emirates A380 fever, whipped up with the delivery of its first A380 in Hamburg, is destined for the U.S. after the airline's super-jumbo embarked on the first-ever A380 commercial flight into the Americas. The flight, which took off today at 1100hrs Dubai time, bound for New York, follows near-frenzied activity in Germany, when the airline received the first of its 58 A380s. Emotional scenes were witnessed by thousands on the ground and then millions more as pictures and news reports were
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 Emirates installs in-flight mobile phone services on Boeing 777-300
Posted on 02/08/2008
Emirates has again proved itself an aviation industry pioneer after becoming the first airline to introduce in-flight mobile phone services on a Boeing aircraft. Dubai's award-winning airline recently installed the technology, which allows passengers to make calls and send SMS text messages via their mobile phones during flights, on a Boeing 777-300.
Patrick Brannelly, vice president, Passenger Communications and Visual Services, said the in-flight mobile phone technology will offer greater
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