Air Arabia-led alliance to launch new low-cost Saudi airline from Dammam under Vision 2030/ Representative Image TL;DR Air Arabia, based in the UAE, will lead a new Saudi low-cost airline. The airline will be based in Dammam and fly to 81 destinations. It’s part of Saudi Arabia’s wider aviation push under Vision 2030. On July […]
While several low-cost carriers like Flydubai and Air Arabia remain, none fully replicate Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s reach or pricing model. Image: Gabala International Airport Wizz Air Abu Dhabi shuts down September 1, 2025, ending a six-year run as the Gulf’s first European LCC. Cited reasons: geopolitical instability, regulatory limits, engine issues in hot climates, […]
While several low-cost carriers like Flydubai and Air Arabia remain, none fully replicate Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s reach or pricing model. Image: Gabala International Airport Wizz Air Abu Dhabi shuts down September 1, 2025, ending a six-year run as the Gulf’s first European LCC. Cited reasons: geopolitical instability, regulatory limits, engine issues in hot climates, […]
Passengers with bookings beyond August 31 will be offered refunds or alternative travel options as Wizz Air ends its Abu Dhabi operations due to operational and market challenges/ Image: (File) TL;DR Wizz Air Abu Dhabi ends all operations from September 1, 2025. Joint venture with ADQ officially dissolved. Passengers booked after August 31 will get […]
The airline expands its winter schedule with new routes to Munich, Prague, and Warsaw‑Modlin/Image: Wikipedia TL;DR: Daily flights to Munich start December 15; Prague and Warsaw‑Modlin also join the winter roster. Move expands the carrier’s European network to 19 destinations, a nearly 20 percent increase.Targeting leisure and diaspora travel; leverages low‑cost model and secondary airports. […]
US Air Force veteran makes mid-air threat (Image: @taj.maliktaylor) A domestic flight in the US was forced to make an emergency landing after a 27-year-old man, recently discharged from a psychiatric facility, allegedly claimed mid-air that his laptop was a bomb.The incident occurred on Allegiant air flight 1023, which had departed St Pete–Clearwater international airport […]
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent publication of the US military. The suspension came after Reuters reported that biologists and experts said the […]
pro- Palestine protest (Image credits: AP) Four people have been arrested in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest that involved vandalising military aircraft at an airbase in in the United Kingdom, authorities said.On June 20, two activists from the group Palestine Action allegedly broke into the Royal Air Force’s Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, England, where […]
Canadian PM Mark Carney (AP photo) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday called the 1985 Air India Flight 182 Kanishka bombing the “deadliest attack” in Canada’s history.In a message posted on X, he said the Canadian government “unequivocally stands against terrorism.”Carney said, “40 years ago, Canada faced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history. […]
NYT reported that Iran’s attack was a symbolic one and they coordinated it with Qatar. After Iran launched an attack on the American air base in Qatar in what seemed to be a major escalation after US dropped bombs on Iran’s three nuclear plants, a New York Times report said that Iran coordinated the attacks […]
