United Arab Emirates-Business
  • A Jet Airways ATR aircraft prepares to land at the city airport in Mumbai.
    India's cabinet clears Etihad-Jet Airways deal

    Brings a step closer completion of first deal since restrictions on foreign ownership of domestic airlines were eased.

    • Cabinet clears Rs. 2,058 crore Jet-Etihad deal [Hindustan Times]
    • Jet-Etihad deal gets Cabinet clearance [Business Standard]
  • Dubai International Airport gets busy

    Dubai’s airport has overtaken Paris’s Charles de Gaulle as the second busiest worldwide for international passenger traffic. Don’t expect the growth in the numbers to slow down any time soon as Dubai World Central, a second airport, is expected to embark passenger traffic soon. Middle East,Aviation industry,Charles de Gaulle,Dubai,Dubai International Airport,Dubai World Central,Emirates Airways,Heathrow,London Heathrow Airport,United Arab Emirates,Alex Erquicia

    Published Date : Apr 02, 2013, 12:09 PM EDT
  • James Hogan (L), Etihad Airways' president and chief executive officer, and James Rigney, the airline's chief strategist, hold a
    Abu Dhabi's Etihad posts triple profits

    Government-owned Etihad Airways said that 2012 net profit jumped to $42 million, compared to $14 million in 2011 in 'game-changing year.'

    LAST UPDATE : Feb 04, 2013, 10:22 AM EST
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