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Dubai Airshow ends with $63.3bn deals
The 12th edition of Dubai Airshow ended on Thursday by recording $63.3 billion (Dh232.3 billion) worth of orders for aircraft, maintenance services and flight training programmes, the organiser said. The airshow organiser F&E Aerspace said the visitor numbers broke the record with 56,548 people attending compared to 52,978 visitors in the previous edition, an increase of 6.7 per cent.
Dubai Airport passengers rise 15.6 percent in 2010
Dubai Airport has crossed a ‘traffic threshold” after the number of passengers have surpassed 4 million in October and November 2010, according to Paul Griffiths, the CEO of Dubai Airports who said that a monthly count of 4 million travellers is forecast to become the norm for 2011.
Emirates pilot averts disaster at Dubai airport
While coming into land, the Airbus A330-200 pilot spotted another aircraft already on the same runway and took off immediately after initially touching down. “Emirates flight EK 523 from Trivandrum to Dubai landed at 0722 on November 7, 2010. The aircraft initiated a go-around sequence at the time of landing, after momentarily touching the runway,” an Emirates spokesperson said, in an emailed reply to Arabian Business.
Dubai’s tax-free shopping haven rides high
Dubai Duty Free (DDF), the tax-free shopping haven located at Dubai International Airport, has been riding high ever since its started operations in 1983. Being consistently ranked as one of the top airport retail operations in the world, DDF, now in its 27th year of operations, occupying a retail space of 15,000 square metres at Dubai airport’s three state-of-the-art terminals.
Cargo giants play waiting game over Al Maktoum Int’l
Several of the world’s largest cargo operators appear to have adopted a ‘wait and see’ approach about when to shift over their operations to the Dubai’s Al Maktoum International (AMI) airport.
Emirates airline’s global ‘Kids Go Free’ campaign.
Partnership with over 100 hotels, key tourist attractions and destination companies in Dubai offers families a never-before integrated experience from flights to ground activity. Families are at the forefront of Emirates airline’s global “Kids Go Free” campaign this summer.
Dubai airport wins top travel award
Dubai International has won top honours at Business Travel Awards 2010 by out-performing other renowned international hubs including Changi Airport, Singapore and Incheon International Airport, South Korea. The airport was named the Best Worldwide Airport. The award is the first for the year and the fifteenth international award garnered by Dubai International over the past two years.
Emirates launches lowest economy class fares to Australia and Bangkok
Emirates airline has announced lower fares for passengers travelling from Malta to Bangkok and all four cities in Australia. Emirates flies from Dubai non-stop to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in Australia and non-stop to Bangkok. The special airfares start from e1,025.28 inclusive of taxes to all four destinations in Australia and are valid for passengers travelling in Economy Class during the month of March 2010 only.
