"year the Government has received at least $100m in dividends. Emirates also faces competition from other UAE-based airlines, Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi and the low-budget Air Arabia of Sharjah, as well as Qatar Airways of Qatar. Emirates profile on Dhow Net Emirates (airline) Emirates ( DMG: ""Ṭayarān Al-Imārāt"") is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is wholly owned by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai. It is the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 3,600 flights per week from its hub at Dubai"
"Middle East Airlines Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. ( ""Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ - al-Khuṭūṭ al-jawiyyah al-lubnāniyyah""), more commonly known as Middle East Airlines (MEA) ( ""Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ""), is the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut, near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. It operates scheduled international flights to Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa from its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport. Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance, the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The airline expressed its interest in"
"Mohammed Mubarak Fadel Al Mazrouei, Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi, Hamad Abdullah Al Shamsi, Khalifa Sultan Al Suwaidi and George Cheaib. The airline was led by James Hogan (formerly CEO of Gulf Air) who was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer on 10 September 2006. Etihad's equity alliance is composed of airlines in which Etihad has minority shareholdings: The key trends for Etihad Airways since it started trading in November 2003 are shown below (as at years ending 31 December): Profits* - earlier profit/loss figures do not appear to have ever been published; the company announced,"
"Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman. In June 2004, the airline placed an US$8-billion aircraft order for five Boeing 777-300ERs and 24 Airbus aircraft, including four Airbus A380s. Its first A380 was delivered in December 2014. The airline announced what was the largest aircraft order in commercial aviation history at the Farnborough Airshow in 2008, for up to 205 aircraft—100 firm orders, 55 options and 50 purchase rights. Etihad reported its first full-year net profit in 2011, of US$14 million, in line with the strategic plan announced by CEO James Hogan in 2006. In December 2011, Etihad announced it had"
"by an A321-200 in 1997 and the A330-200 (which replaced the A310s) in 2003. On June 28, 2012, Middle East Airlines joined the SkyTeam alliance to become its 17th member and the second in the Middle East following Saudia. The airline has introduced self check-in kiosks at Beirut's international airport as of July 2010. The airline is also planning on launching the Arabesk Airline Alliance with six other Arab carriers. Their future plans include floating about 25% of their shares on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) as part of a long-term plan to fully privatize the airline. A majority of"
"net profits of US$103 million. Its main base is Abu Dhabi International Airport. In addition to its core activity of passenger transportation, Etihad also operates Etihad Holidays and Etihad Cargo. Etihad established its own airline alliance, Etihad Airways Partners, in October 2015, that includes Jet Airways, Air Serbia and Air Seychelles. Etihad Airways holds minority equity investments in the participating airlines; as well as holding a stake in Virgin Australia, which is not officially listed as an Etihad Airways Partner. Booking for these airlines is consolidated under one network. Etihad Airways was established as the second flag carrier of the"
"equipped with Wi-Fi and mobile network portability on board. Most aircraft also offer onboard specialized prayer areas and a recorded prayer is played prior to takeoff. Saudia Saudia ( '), also known as Saudi Arabian Airlines (), is the national carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. The airline's main operational base is at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam are secondary hubs. The airline is the third largest in the Middle East in terms of revenue, behind Emirates and Qatar Airways. It operates domestic and"
"Arab country and the second African one – after South African Airways – to join the airline alliance. In a ceremony held at Cairo International Airport on 11 July 2008, the carrier became the member of this alliance, nine months after it started the joining process. EgyptAir has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: Due to the 2017 Qatar Diplomatic crisis, Egyptair, among other carriers from Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has suspended its flights to Doha's Hamad International Airport in Qatar as per the instructions from the Egypt Government. , the EgyptAir mainline fleet (excluding"
"of August 2017, the Middle East Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: In 2011, Middle East Airlines changed its frequent-flyer program to a 4-tier program- Blue Cedar, Silver Cedar, Golden Cedar, and President's Club, respectively- in preparation for joining the SkyTeam airline alliance. Silver Cedar, Golden Cedar, and President's Club members gain numerous benefits such as access to the Cedar Lounge at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, as well as outstation lounges at all MEA destinations. Golden Cedar and President's Club also include guaranteed seat reservation in economy as well as other extra benefits. Cedar Miles can be earned"
"MidEast Aircraft Services Company (MASCO), an aircraft maintenance provider that specialises in Airbus maintenance, particularly the A320 and A330 series. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the national carrier, MEA. MASCO has JAR 145 approval and as a result can maintain any aircraft registered in Europe. Middle East Airlines has its corporate headquarters and training centre at Beirut Airport. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (, ""Maṭār Bayrūt Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī ad-Dwaliyy"") () (), formerly Beirut International Airport, is located from the city center in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, and is the only operational commercial airport"
"coincide with the country’s National Day. The airline commenced flights between the Omani cities of Muscat and Salalah from 30 January 2017, SalamAir flew the Muscat–Dubai route, the airline first international service, on . It initially served Dubai World Central but the service has switched to Dubai International Airport on October 2017. Since opening, Salam Air started operations to Jeddah, Madinah and Ta'if in KSA, and has also launched flights to Karachi, Multan, Sialkot and in Pakistan. Qatar is planned to be the third country the airline will operate to flying Hamad International Airport. , Khalid Al Yahmadi held the"
"have flown from Mecca to Jerusalem, and from there to the various heavens. The airline was established on 22 October 2000, and started operations on 15 November 2001; it is the first privately owned airline in Libya. It is also known as Buraq Air Transport As a consequence of the Libyan Civil War and the resulting no-fly zone over the country enforced by NATO in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, all flight operations with Buraq Air were terminated on 17 March 2011. Following the Libyan Civil War, Buraq Air offers scheduled flights to the following destinations"
"the United Arab Emirates national carrier, Etihad Airways, invested US$45 million in Air Seychelles for a 40% share in the airline following problems of management and profitability. After operating at a loss for two years in a row, Air Seychelles planned to restructure and re-position itself to return to profit. The airline entered into codeshare agreements with Etihad Airways and started flying to Abu Dhabi in March 2012 to connect to Etihad Airways' network of destinations. On 16 March 2012, Air Seychelles announced a two-year business plan with the objective of improving the carrier's position. The plan outlines the renewal"
"via codeshare with Qatar Airways), Interflug, TAROM, Alitalia (now operating via codeshare with Etihad), JAT Yugoslavia Airlines, Aeroflot, Philippine Airlines, Nigeria Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir, East African Airways, Kenya Airways (now operating via codeshare with Etihad), Air France, Qantas, Pan Am, Royal Jordanian, Libyan Arab Airlines, Japan Airlines, Syrian Arab Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Lufthansa, Swissair and SAS. Other former airlines were Azerbaijan Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Kazakhstan Airlines, KLM (now operating via codeshares with Etihad and Gulf Air), Kuwait Airways, Kyrgyzstan Airlines, Libyan Arab Airlines, Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa and Uzbekistan Airways. However, due to the emergence of Dubai's"
"intention was to help start bilateral negotiations and solve the territorial dispute which had turned violent. Qatar withdrew its 450 troops from the Djibouti-Eritrea border in June 2017 after the two countries severed ties with Qatar. In a controversial bidding process marred by bribery and corruption scandals, Qatar was selected to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar will be the first Middle Eastern country to host the popular international sporting event. Qatar-funded Qatar Airways has gone on an aggressive expansion campaign by competing with nearby Emirates Airline to reach more destinations and serve more passengers. The sixty-sixth session of"
"the airline is owned by the central bank of Lebanon, Banque du Liban, (99.50%) and employs around 5,000 staff group-wide (as of February 2009). In November 2011, the chairman unlawfully terminated the employment of a pilot who had cancer. This has forced the pilot union to go on strike as of November 29, 2011. Middle East Airlines flies to the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. Medina and Nice are destinations that are served seasonally. Middle East Airlines flies to 32 destinations. MEA has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: MEA also participates in SNCF's (French National Railways) tgvair program. As"
"arms of Lebanon. It is also the logo of Middle East Airlines (MEA), which is Lebanon's national carrier. Beyond that, it is also the main symbol of Lebanon's ""Cedar Revolution"" of 2005, along with many Lebanese political parties and movements, such as the Kataeb Party, the Lebanese Forces and the National Liberal Party. Finally, Lebanon is sometimes metonymically referred to as the Land of the Cedars. The Lebanon cedar is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It is unknown when the first cedar of Lebanon was planted in Britain, but it dates at least to 1664,"
"has had the following incidents, accidents and hijackings since it began operations in 1945: Iraqi Airways Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways ( ""al-Xuṭūṭ al-Jawwiyyah al-ʿIrāqiyyah""), is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered on the grounds of Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad. It is the second oldest airline in the Middle East. Iraqi Airways operates domestic and regional service. Its main base is Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. Iraqi Airways was founded in 1945 as a department of the Iraqi State Railways and started operating on 28 January 1946 using"
"Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (, ""Maṭār Bayrūt Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī ad-Dwaliyy"") () (), formerly Beirut International Airport, is located from the city center in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, and is the only operational commercial airport in the country. It is the hub for Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (more commonly known as ""MEA""). It is also the hub for the Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airways (more commonly known as ""TMA Cargo""), as well as Wings of Lebanon. It is the main port of entry into the country along with the Port of Beirut."
"The Emirates Group The Emirates Group () is a Dubai-based international aviation holding company headquartered in Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, near Dubai International Airport. The Emirates Group comprises Dnata, an aviation services company providing ground handling services at 17 airports, and Emirates Airline, the largest airline in the Middle East. Emirates Airlines flies to over 140 destinations across 6 continents, operating a fleet of over 250 wide-bodied aircraft. The airline has 170 aircraft on order worth US$58 billion. The Emirates Group has a turnover of approximately US$25.8 billion and employs over 62,000 employees across all its 50 business units"
"be as high as $400 million. In March 2011, Qatar announced the participation of its Air Force in the enforcement of the Libyan no-fly zone. According to Aljazeera news, in December 2016 Qatar deployed 1,000 ground troops in Yemen to fight in behalf of the ousted president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Qatar Armed Forces soldiers, backed by 200 armoured vehicles and 30 Apache helicopters, head to Yemen's Marib province. The Armed Forces of Qatar have suffered 4 killed and 2 wounded during the deployment in Yemen. The Qatar Emiri Land Force is the largest branch of the Qatar Armed Forces. Initially"
"vegetables and promised to continue the supply. Turkey has pledged food and water supplies to go along with their troop deployment at their Turkish military base in Qatar. As part of the Qatari government's response to lost food imports, it provided support to domestic agricultural company Baladna, which built a new dairy farm with imported cattle that was planned to produce enough milk to fulfill domestic demand for dairy products by June 2018. All airlines based in these countries, including Emirates, suspended flights to and from Qatar. Gulf Air, EgyptAir, FlyDubai, Air Arabia, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Etihad Airways suspended"
"Five are known Emirates is the biggest national airline of the UAE and is owned by Dubai. Etihad Airways is the second-largest national airline and is owned by Abu Dhabi. Other airlines are flyDubai, Air Arabia and Royal Jet. The major ports are Khalifa Port, Zayed Port, Port of Jebel Ali, Port Rashid, Port Khalid, Port Saeed, and Container Port Khor Fakkan. Other ports include Ajman Port, Fujairah Port (a bunkering port), Das Island (tanker port), Mina' Jabal Al Dhanna, Mina Al Hemreya, Mina' Saqr, and Umm al-Qaiwain Port. The merchant marine consisted of 68 ships of 1,000 gross tonnage"
"suffered from overcapacity. The airline changed its plans by cancelling many stations and parking some aircraft which were later returned to lessor. In 2018, Jazeera Airways opened their own dedicated terminal at Kuwait International Airport. The facility is claimed to be the first owned, built and operated by a private airline in the Middle East. It features a dedicated check-in hall for Jazeera passengers, Business Class lounge, direct access to Jazeera boarding gates, and a car park with 350 spaces connected by a sky bridge. Jazeera Airways flies to destinations across the Middle East from its base in Kuwait. Since"
"Alyemda Alyemda ( - ""al-Yamdā""), internationally known as Democratic Yemen Airlines or just Yemen Airlines, was the national airline of South Yemen. It was established at Aden on 11 March 1971 after nationalizing Brothers Air Services (BASCO) which was a private company owned by the Ba Haroon Brothers. It operated a network of flight routes throughout Africa and the Middle East, with its hub at Aden Airport, the former Khormaksar Air Force Base. Its head office was in the Alyemda Building in Khormaksar, Aden. Alyemda was founded as the national airline of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen by presidential"
"at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates because one airline there currently flies to the United States. That airline is Etihad, a state-run airline, that supporters of the bill wish to avoid giving an unfair competitive advantage that might result from travelers flying on Etihad through that airport in order to take advantage of the chance to be pre-cleared, and opportunity passengers on other airlines would not have. According to the American Association of Airport Executives, the bill is supported by the U.S. airline industry. The Air Line Pilots Association lobbied in favor of the bill. Preclearance"
"and redeemed on all MEA flights and on all flights operated by Air France, KLM, and Qatar Airways, as well as codeshare partners on certain routes. Cedar Miles can also be earned during stays at all Rotana Hotels and all Hertz car rentals worldwide. MEA owns the following subsidiaries, which are operated independently Middle East Airlines Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. ( ""Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ - al-Khuṭūṭ al-jawiyyah al-lubnāniyyah""), more commonly known as Middle East Airlines (MEA) ( ""Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ""), is the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut, near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International"
"Iraqi Airways Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways ( ""al-Xuṭūṭ al-Jawwiyyah al-ʿIrāqiyyah""), is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered on the grounds of Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad. It is the second oldest airline in the Middle East. Iraqi Airways operates domestic and regional service. Its main base is Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. Iraqi Airways was founded in 1945 as a department of the Iraqi State Railways and started operating on 28 January 1946 using five De Havilland Dragon Rapides on a service to Syria. With the help of"
"During his chairmanship Etihad Airways received numerous awards.(2) Additionally, H.H. captain Ahmed Bin Saif is currently flying the Airbus A319 of Rotana Jet. He was a member of Executive Council of Abu Dhabi. Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan (Arabic: أحمد بن سيف آل نهيان; born 7 November 1963) is a member of the Al Nahyan family in the United Arab Emirates and the founder and was the chairman of Etihad Airways. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saif Al Nahyan is a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. Born in Al Ain in 1967, Shiekh Ahmed"
"MenaJet MenaJet Lebanon s.a.l. is a Lebanese charter airline based in Beirut, Lebanon. It operates services to Turkey, Egypt and around the Mediterranean. Its main bases are Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport and Sharjah International Airport. The airline was established in May 2003 and started operations on 13 August 2004. It is owned by Al Zamil Group (45%), Gulf Finance House (45%) and others (10%) and has 47 employees (at March 2007). The airline was initially planning to operate as a low-cost carrier, however it has since shifted its strategy and is focusing on charter operations. So far, the venture"
"his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah. In September 2018, Qatar made the first payment for the procurement of 24 Eurofighter Typhoons and 9 BAE Hawk aircraft to BAE Systems, making the contract effective according to BAE. The partner companies have divided the world into regions with BAE selling Typhoons to the Middle East, Alenia Aermacchi pitching to Turkey, and EADS offering to Latin America, India and South Korea. Senior vice-president of Eurofighter sales Peter Maute has said that the Eurofighter could provide a complementary capability to stealth fighters. On 8 August 2013, BAE officials commented that the Royal"
"Buraq Air Buraq Air (El-Buraq Air Transport Inc) is an airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Buraq also operates passenger and cargo charter services and flights in support of CHC. Until recently, the airline's hub was Mitiga Airport, which, although smaller than Tripoli International Airport, is much closer to the city centre of Tripoli. Its new hub is Tripoli International. Its name comes from the buraq, a creature on which the Islamic prophet, Muhammad is believed to"
"between Bahrain and Muscat airports. The airline ran a series of advertisements in local newspapers, thanking Abu Dhabi for its contribution to Gulf Air. As the national carrier for the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, it has a large customer base located in Abu Dhabi. Gulf Air endeavoured to show continuing support for flights to Abu Dhabi from Bahrain and Muscat, connecting to the rest of the Gulf Air network, via advertisements placed in local newspapers. James Hogan resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer as of 1 October 2006 (subsequently becoming CEO at rival airline Etihad). Ahmed"