Etihad Airlines
Etihad not seeking airline stakes, focuses on organic growth: CEO Neves
Antonoaldo Neves says aircraft supply, not market access, is the bigger challenge; India accounts for 20% of Etihad's business.
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Flights to Middle East resume from Thiruvananthapuram, airspace reopened
Flights to the Middle East resumed early Tuesday morning from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, following the reopening of airspace in the region after a brief closure, according to airport sources. Emirates, Etihad Airways, and Air Arabia were among the first to resume operations. Flights bound for Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah operated by the three carriers landed and departed in the early hours without disruption, airport sources said. However, several scheduled services were cancelled earlier in the morning as the situation stabilised, they said. Affected services included Air India Express flights to Muscat, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, and Dubai. Qatar Airways' Doha-bound flight, Kuwait Airways' service to Kuwait, and IndiGo's flight to Sharjah were also cancelled, they said. To manage the passenger backlog and assist those affected, airport authorities have set up additional seating arrangements and service counters at Terminal 2. Extra staff have been deployed to
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Flydubai, Etihad continue Israel flights amid war for 'diplomacy - profits'
At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have cancelled flights, gates are empty and pictures of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip guide the few arriving passengers to baggage claim. But one check-in desk remains flush with travellers: the one serving flights to the United Arab Emirates, which have kept up a bridge for Israelis to the outside world throughout the war. The Emirati flights, in addition to bolstering the airlines' bottom line, have shined a light on the countries' burgeoning ties which have survived the wars raging across the Middle East and could be further strengthened as US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office. It's a political and economic statement, said Joshua Teitelbaum, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University. They are the main foreign airlines that continue to fly. Since the wars began with Hamas' initial October 7, 2023, attack on Israel,
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Etihad calls off JV to create new leisure airline with TUI in Germany
Move casts fresh doubts on the fate of Air Berlin, which depends on cash infusions for survival
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