The worldwide economic crisis has left the travel industry in the Asia – Pacific region largely unscathed. Though numbers did fall in the recession, the economies of Australia, India and China remained steady, and the region is now firmly within the sights of international travel operators. Any signs of last year’s descent have been removed [...]

Passengers waiting to board an Emirates Airlines jet bound for Dubai from India’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport were disappointed on Sunday as it took off without them. Heavy rains at the airport caused power-failure which meant that none of the necessary security checks could be performed on those wishing to check-in. Flight 541 was [...]

Emirates Airlines has received the accolade for best in-flight entertainment system at an awards ceremony for the sixth consecutive year. The award for World’s Best Airline Inflight Entertainment was handed over at the prestigious 2010 Skytrax World Airline Awards. The ceremony was held in Hamburg. In 2003 Emirates introduced its information, communications and entertainment system, [...]

Australian’s have voted against the group that once claimed it was the world’s favourite airline, with a new survey naming the embattled carrier as their least-favourite airline on which to travel to the United Kingdom. British Airways finished in last place of the customer satisfaction survey conducted by travel consultancy specialists Choice. Australia’s national carrier [...]

Rival airlines of the strike-hit UK flag carrier British Airways (BA) have been busy taking advantage of the situation by advertising their services as safe and strike-free. Some of the recent advertisements publicised are from Bmi, Emirates and Virgin Atlantic (VA) - BA’s most bitter rival. VA recently posted on its website the slogan ‘Avoid the [...]

China will soon be receiving the world’s largest commercial plane with the inauguration of Emirates Airlines’ Dubai-Beijing-Dubai flight service starting this August. The 517-seater A380 aircraft will be used on the current EK 306 flight service that flies from Dubai daily at 4:10 and arrives in the Chinese capital at 15:10. Meanwhile, the return flight [...]

Two staff from Emirates Airlines have been sentenced to imprisonment for three months in Dubai because of sending sexually malicious SMS. A female Emirates cabin crew of Indian nationality and her supervisor were found guilty and were originally sentenced to six months jail term. Luckily, the verdict was lessened to three months and the deportation [...]

Emirates Airlines has just recently announced its plans to launch direct services to Tokyo, Japan’s capital city and one of the world’s foremost economic centers. Tokyo will now serve as Emirate Airlines’ 102nd international destination, following the recent launch of operations to Durban and Luanda in October of 2009. Now with the introduction of flights [...]

It now seems that Emirates Airlines could be a possible bargaining chip in Dubai’s attempt to get over its mountain of debt. Economists at the French Bank, Societe Generale, have said that Dubai might have to offer Emirates as collateral in order to ensure a bailout for neighbor Abu Dhabi. They go on to suggest [...]

Budget Rent-a car is one of the world’s largest and most successful car and van hire companies and now looks to extend its operation in the Middle East following the announcement of a range of reward programs for frequent flyers to the area. Passengers that belong to Frequent Flyer programs that travel with Air Etihad, [...]