In an open letter to customers, Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline, has offered his sincere apologies for the travel disruptions experienced by passengers during the past week, as record storms hit the United Arab Emirates. On Tuesday, 16 April, the UAE experienced its highest rainfall in 75 years, with lashing storm winds and
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has bestowed the 2024 Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) Center Innovation Awards upon Emirates and Butterfly Aero Training, highlighting their significant contributions towards innovating air transport training. This accolade was announced during the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) held in Hong Kong. Butterfly Aero Training set a benchmark with its
Emirates is encouraging international students to travel the world and reunite with their family amid the COVID-19 pandemic by offering discounts on flights, additional baggage allowances, and booking flexibility. In a push to see international students return to their pre-pandemic travelling habits of moving between their home and schooling countries, as well as countries all
Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad has been slapped with an additional one-week ban on flying into China, after five passengers onboard a flight to Shanghai tested positive for COVID-19. The Chinese government has announced that the UAE flag carrier will have its Abu Dhabi to Shanghai route suspended from 24 August. The new ban extends upon
Emirates has said that it intends to ramp up flight resumptions, in the hope of “serving 100 per cent” of its pre-COVID international network by mid-2021, according to Emirates chief operating officer Adel Al Redha. “I think we can easily say by summer 2021, we’ll be serving 100 per cent of our network destinations,” Al
Emirates is offering to cover customers’ coronavirus related health expenses and quarantine costs in its latest bid to get people on planes, but will this move actually incentivise travel? In this episode of World of Aviation, Adam Thorn and Christian “Boo” Boucousis reflect on the inconsistencies across the industry in the current state of the
