Emirates Airlines has announced that its longtime visionary leader, Tim Clarke, will retire form his role as CEO of the company in June of 2020. Clarke has been at the helm of Emirates for more than 30 years, helping to transform the airline – and Dubai itself – from an upstart project to the global […]
Transavia is the latest addition to the growing list of low-cost air carriers serving Jordan
Jordan has welcomed the inaugural flight of yet another low-cost European airline now servicing the kingdom – Transavia. The Netherlands-based carrier, owned by Air France-KLM Group, made its debut in the Jordanian market beginning with a route from Lyon, France to Amman. The arrival of Transavia is only the latest development in a deliberate strategy […]
Salam Air adds new direct route to Sri Lanka
Low-cost isn’t a term normally associated with Middle Eastern air carriers, especially those based in Gulf and Gulf-adjacent countries. However, Oman’s Salam Air has rapidly grown from a wild idea in 2015 to a formal company in 2016 to a fully operational airline in 2017. Salam Air flew began first route domestically in January of […]
EgyptAir starts new route to Hangzhou, China
Egypt’s national air carrier EgyptAir has added one more city to its list of destinations in China – Hangzhou. With it’s inaugural flight on November 29th, Hangzhou becomes the latest addition to a list of direct EgyptAir-operated routes from Cairo that already includes Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chengdu. China’s civil aviation authority has also granted approval […]
