Flights

Emirates flights between US and UAE affected by 'bomb cyclone'

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Emirates flights to and from New York have either been cancelled or delayed due to a massive winter “bomb cyclone” which hit the US East Coast on Thursday. Thousands of flights across the US were affected by the extreme weather and multiple schools have been closed. Flights to and from Dubai were no exception, at times leaving transiting travellers strandedRead more

UAE resuming flights to Tunisia after security concerns resolved

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Flights from the UAE to Tunisia are to resume following an exchange of security information, the foreign ministry said, resolving a row over a ban on female Tunisian passengers. The decision has been taken "in light of extensive cooperation and information received from the Tunisian side" that eased the concerns of UAE airlines, the ministry said in a statement releasedRead more

Ryanair to cancel up to 50 flights

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Ryanair on Friday announced plans to cancel between 40 and 50 flights per day until the end of October, disrupting hundreds of thousands of journeys, in what it said was a bid to improve its ratio of on-time flights. The cancellations, which begin immediately, are designed "to improve its system-wide punctuality which has fallen below 80 percent in the firstRead more

Ryanair cancels about 2,000 flights over six weeks

London - Emirates Voice

Irish no-frills airline Ryanair announced Friday it was cancelling 40 to 50 flights a day for the next six weeks in a bid to improve punctuality -- between 1,680 and 2,100 flights overall. "By cancelling less than two percent of our flying programme over the next six weeks, until our winter schedule starts in early November, we can improve theRead more

Russian, Turkish air aces perform demonstration flights on last day of Army-2017 forum

Moscow - Emiratesvoice

The Russkiye Vityazi (or Russian Knights), Strizhi (or Swifts), Sokoly Rossii (or Russian Falcons) and Berkuty (or Golden Eagles) Russian aerobatic teams, as well as the Turkish Stars aerobatic team, performed demonstration flights at the Alabino training range, located in the Moscow region, on the last day of the Army-2017 International Military Forum, the forum’s press center said. "The StrizhiRead more

Emirates says US flights operating as normal

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, said on Thursday its flights to the United States were "operating as per normal" after US officials announced new restrictions on travel. Visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries must have a close US family relationship or formal ties to a US entity to be admitted to the United States under guidance distributed by theRead more

British Airways could face £100 million compensation bill

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

British Airways could face a bill of at least 100 million pounds in compensation, additional customer care and lost business resulting from an IT meltdown which affected more than 1,000 flights over the weekend. All the airline's flights from Heathrow and Gatwick were grounded on Saturday, The Guardian reported. Services resumed on Sunday but cancellations and delays delays persisted withRead more

British Airways finally resumes flights after turbulent IT outage

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

British Airways resumed some flights from Britain's two biggest airports on Sunday after a global computer system failure sowed chaos, leaving planes grounded and thousands of passengers queuing for hours. BA said it aimed to operate a near normal schedule of flights from Gatwick airport and the majority of flights from Heathrow on Sunday, but Heathrow Airport told passengers notRead more

Kenyan Authorities withdraw approval to allow third daily flight

Dubai - WAM

Emirates Airline has announced that the Kenyan authorities have withdrawn the aviation rights for Emirates Airline to operate a third daily flight from Dubai to Nairobi. "Emirates can confirm that the approval granted to operate a third daily flight between Dubai and Nairobi has been withdrawn by the Kenyan transport authorities," it said in a statement. It added that theRead more

Heathrow cancels at least 80 flights as blizzard conditions

London - Arab Today

Blizzard conditions are causing travel disruption as Britain is battered by a storm which has led to the cancellation of at least 80 flights at the country’s biggest airport. Heavy snow was lying across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England by Thursday morning. London’s Heathrow Airport said a combination of snow and windy weather conditions had impacted on flights.Read more