New Airline in the Middle East

[mcheiss]

Well, Jazeera Airways said that it will open booking services and will start operating on Oct 30, to five main Arab cities

[Mith242]

Well, Jazeera Airways said that it will open booking services and will start operating on Oct 30, to five main Arab cities

[mcheiss]

Any idea where it's based out of?

Kuwait.

[Mith242]

I'm assuming Emirate Airlines is the main airline in the area?

[mcheiss]

I'm assuming Emirate Airlines is the main airline in the area?

Yes. Emirate Airlines is the main. This new one could create a lot of competition though.

[mcheiss]

Some more airline news in the Middle East.

Emirates Airlines has started a second daily flight between Dubai and JFK. The flight is on an Airbus A340.

[mcheiss]

More Airline News in Dubai.

Dubai-based Emirates Airlines is targeting to increase its Kuala Lumpur-Dubai flights to twice daily by 2009 from eight flights a week now.

Flights to KL would increase from eight flights a week to nine flights a week next year and we see steady growth in Malaysia. The natural progression is that there would be two flights a day in 2009.

Also,

Emirates will be introducing a new route, Dubai-Beijing, next year, which would have a frequency of seven flights a week.

Amerates biggest market, in terms of yields, was Dubai-UK with 13 flights a day. In terms of volume, Australia was the largest with 42 flights a day.

[mcheiss]

Dubai International Airport has been named the world's best by the World Travel Award Organization, in three nominations: