If Emirates Airlines is caught in the Dubai debt crisis, it may force the carrier to moderate its expansion, which could hurt aircraft manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus, as it has placed orders worth $55 billion with them.
Leading air carrier Emirates Airline registered a staggering 94 per cent increase in profits at $247 million during the last fiscal and aims to tap more destinations in the Indian subcontinent.
The airline has been trying to gain additional flying rights in India.
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In the largest such order, UAE's flagship Emirates Airline on Monday announced an order of 42 Boeing 777 aircraft, to be powered by GE90 jet engines, in a deal worth $9.7 billion.
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'India is giving selective traffic rights wherever it makes sense to allocate those traffic rights.'
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In 2014, about 650,000 customers used Emirates' Wi-Fi service on board.
Restricting air access to foreign carriers by not granting them more bilateral rights is akin to shooting yourself in the foot, as air transport is a wealth multiplier for India's economy, Emirates President Tim Clark said during a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association.
Developing relations with the Taliban is needed, but plunging headlong into Afghanistan without due thought will be akin to the rooster entering a KFC outlet, warns Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (Retd).
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'Pakistan is uncomfortable with the Indian presence in Afghanistan. They want the Taliban to ensure that there is no Indian presence in Afghanistan.'
Indian airports' push to become global hubs will depend on reducing passenger leakage to rival airports abroad, scaling up direct long-haul connectivity, and offering transfer experiences that are faster, smoother, and more attractive than those of regional competitors, said panellists at the Business Standard Infrastructure Summit on Thursday.
C P Rizwan led the UAE to its first win in a T20 World Cup match, played 42 ODIs and 18 T20Is before he retired this week. 'I end my international career with a heavy heart, but I feel proud of what I have achieved,' Rizwan tells K R Nayar.
So far, carcasses of 32 flamingos have been recovered from Ghatkopar area, the police said.
Air India and Air India Express on Tuesday progressively resumed their services to the Middle East, with flights to Dubai and Muscat, respectively, as countries in the region reopened their airspaces.
The Dubai-based airline's deal with the Premier League champions is worth a potential 100 million pounds ($178.2 million), the biggest in English football history.
"We see a strong demand and a good market. We will be launching 18 additional flights per week starting from July 1 and extending up to October," Emirates Airline's, vice president (India and Nepal), Orhan Abbas, told reporters in Dubai on Thursday. The three destinations are New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has started an online tourist visa service for its passengers, a move that could attract more tourists, including from India, who are not automatically granted visas on arrival.
In a bid to attract more passenger traffic from India, UAE's Emirates airlines on Tuesday announced a special 'companion offer' on their newly launched service from five Indian cities to New York via Dubai.
The order, with a cumulative value of $18 billion, is the single largest commercial airplane order in Boeing's history by dollar value.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has termed reports that it is holding discussions with Indian carrier SpiceJet for buying a stake in the airline as 'inaccurate' and said that it was busy with its own expansion plans.
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The Dubai-based airline will commence six-times weekly non-stop services to Ahmedabad from October 28, providing a first direct link between India's sixth largest city and Dubai.
Emirates Airline is recruiting Cabin Crew.
Dubai's Emirates Airlines has cancelled its 16 special flights to India, which were originally planned to meet the Christmas and New Year holiday rush.
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The airline, which currently has about 900 employees working for it in India, is also looking to hire more.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia to take stock of the situation following the terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. The meeting also included Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. The attack, which killed at least 26 people, including tourists from the UAE and Nepal, has sparked nationwide shock and outrage.
Dubai Summer Surprises is a 10-week family fun-filled shopping-cum-educational festival. During this time, malls take on a carnival-like atmosphere with some of them adopting special themes. Valid from June 19 to August 22, the packages must be booked for a minimum of three nights and offer customers a choice of 24 city and beach hotels in various price-brackets.
National carrier Indian has been voted the most preferred airline of Indian expatriates living in the UAE, according to an opinion poll.
Airlines like IndiGo and Jet Airways have been quick to take the cue to keep their fuel costs under check.
The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority, which is probing the incident, said the work was underway to recover the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, also known as "black boxes", that will be analysed at its facility in Abu Dhabi.
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India has recorded the second-highest increase in domestic airfares in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and West Asian regions, climbing by 43 per cent in the first half of 2024 compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, second only to Vietnam (63 per cent). India ranks third in fare increases during the same period in international skies, behind the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia. The airfare study conducted by Airports Council International (ACI), which represents 617 airports in this region, was done in partnership with Flare Aviation Consulting.
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