The 261-unit, 52-story Harbour Hotel & Residence at the entrance of Dubai Marina will join the Marriott International lodging portfolio on September 15, 2009 under a recently concluded agreement with Emirates.  Following some modifications primarily to its public space and reconfiguration of...

Five flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport and a runway was temporarily closed Tuesday after an Emirates flight had to return back to the airport after takeoff, officials said. Emirates said flight EK087 bound for Zurich, Switzerland turned back shortly after takeoff "due to a warning...

Dusit Thani Dubai’s guests and visitors can now obtain real time flight information at the touch of the fingertips.  All guests can now plan their flight schedules and avoid delays or cancellations and changes anywhere in the hotel using real time signal connected to the airport, whether it is...

Emirates Airlines has announced its ‘Companion Offer,’ a 50 per cent discount, for all Business Class passengers travelling from Kolkata to any destination on the airline’s network. According to a UNI report, passengers booking an Emirates Business Class return ticket will receive 50 per cent discount...

Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline that flies daily to Malta, is offering Maltese travelers the chance to plan their holidays ahead with further attractive airfares to interesting destinations like Dubai, China, India, and South Africa. Emirates Manager for Malta and Cyprus, Paul Fleri Soler,...

An Emirates flight has made an emergency landing in Melbourne after the Airbus A340′s tail struck the tarmac on take-off. Flight EK407, flying for Dubai with 225 passengers on board, had to dump fuel and there were reports of smoke filling the cabin before the plane made an emergency landing about...

Singapore Airlines has launched flights between Kuwait and Singapore, via Abu Dhabi. SQ458 departs Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 at 13:05 to arrive in Kuwait at 18:30 (all times local). For the return leg, SQ457 will depart Kuwait at 21:20 to arrive in Singapore at 12:30 the next day. Both legs...

British Airways – the UK’s flagship carrier which operates 33 weekly flights from the UAE to London Heathrow – has extended its ‘upgrade before you fly’ offer, previously only available on the popular Dubai-London link, across the Middle East. The deal, which allows the...

Emirates Airline‘s first half profits have been hammered by record jet fuel prices, falling by 88 per cent to US$77 million. The airline, which flies four times daily from New Zealand, said profit for the six months to September 30 last year was US$643 million. The Dubai-based carrier’s...

It’s full steam ahead for Emirates with the much-anticipated final phase of operations from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai International set for launch on Tuesday, 11th November at 13:15hrs. This fourth and final phase will launch flights to Emirates’ route network in the Indian subcontinent, East...

Etihad Airways would be able to reduce its annual aviation fuel bill by Dh73 million ($20m) by the end of this year, owing to a series of cost-saving measures.The airline said yesterday it has so far saved more than Dh44m.The Abu Dhabi-based carrier, which launched a fuel hedging strategy in December...

The Dubai carrier kicks off nonstop service to the Middle East with a lavish party befitting its opulent accommodations. The world’s fastest-growing airline — and one of the most extravagant — began nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Dubai this week, and tonight it will throw...

A group of Birmingham, UK businessmen are launching a new airline, Air Sylhet, to fly to Austria and Dubai, UAE out of Manchester and London Stansted airports from November 9. Air Sylhet chairman Kabir Khan said he was confident the potential market for the new service was huge, even in the current economic...