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An Emirates pilot has been sentenced to one year in prison after being charged with threatening to blow up a flight of the Emirati airline on a trip on board of the aircraft while off-duty. A court Wednesday sentenced a Read more
Emirates’s catering service, Emirates Flight Catering (EFC), and Dubai South have agreed to build the world’s largest vertical farm for an investment put $40 million. The vertical farm per the collaboration agreement, will cover 130,000 square feet for a total Read more
Emirates has announced it will scale down its traffic at Dubai international airport by 28 per cent for 45 days next year as one runway at the international airport will be closed for refurbishment. The reduction in the operations, according Read more
UAE’s top two airlines have mocked reports indicating that the two firms are in talks for Emirates take over its Abu-Dhabi-based rival Etihad Airways in a move to form the world’s largest airline. A Bloomberg report citing sources, claiming to Read more
Dubai-based Emirates has announced Wednesday that it will be servicing additional flights to France, two to Lyon and one to capital Paris. The decision is bringing the total number of flights per week from Dubai to Lyon from five to Read more
Dubai-based airline Emirates and London-based Premier League club Arsenal have extended their partnership, giving the Emirati airline the opportunity to continue promoting its brand on the club’s shirt for five more years for a deal estimated at $280 million. The Read more
Dubai-based international carrier, Emirates, Sunday finalized with Airbus the order for 20 wide body jets plus optional 16 others agreed mid-January by the two longstanding partners. The Sunday signing, which took place on the sideline of the World Summit in Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad carrier is planning to suppress 10 per cent of pilot job positions on its 122 planes as part of the company’s restructuring scheme following close to $1.9 billion loss in 2016. The information received by regional business Read more
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines announced Thursday it reached a deal with Airbus for the acquisition of 36 A380s, few days after the firm said it was considering terminating the production line of the double-decker aircraft if the Emirati carrier does not Read more
The UAE’s two leading carriers have signed a cooperation agreement in the area of security after rumors last year suggested a tie-up between the two. The aviation security Memorandum of Understand (MoU) signed by Emirates President Sir Tim Clark and Read more