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Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSept.mini storage 05--INDIA APPROVES AIR SERVICES PACT WITH ABU DHABI : India has approved the bilateral air services agreement signed with Abu Dhabi, enabling their airlines to fly 50,000 seats each week, up from the current level of 13,700, PTI has reported. Under the deal, the increase of 36,670 seats is to be carried out in a phased manner spread over a three-year period. While an additional 11,000 seats per week would be added to the existing 13,700 this year, another 12,800 seats per week would be added in 2014 and 12,870 more in 2015.MIDEAST AIRLINES RECORDED HIGHEST TRAFFIC GROWTH IN JULY: Global demand for air travel has seen another solid month of growth in July, with a 5.1 percent year-on-year growth, led by the strong growth from Middle East, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Airlines in the Middle East recorded the highest growth rate for any region, with traffic during the month up 7.8 percent, compared with the same period a year earlier. "Passenger demand continues to be strong. But the story of emerging markets driving growth as developed economies stagnate could be shifting," said Tony Tyler, IATA's director general and CEO. "We are still expecting growth of 5 percent this year. How that growth is achieved, however, appears to be at a turning point," said Tyler.EGYPT SEEKING $418M LOAN TO DEVELOP SHARM AL-SHEIKH AIRPORT: Egyptian civil aviation ministry has resumed talks with the African Development Bank to secure a pending $418m loan for the construction of a new passenger terminal building at the Sharm Al-Sheikh international airport, Daily News Egypt has reported. The planned expansion project will increase the airport's capacity from 10 to 18 million passengers.MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL SEES 9 percent RISE IN PASSENGER MOVEMENT: Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information has said the number of flights through Muscat International Airport rose 8.7 percent during the first six months of this year to 17,603, compared with 16,191 during the same period in 2012, Muscat Daily has reported. The number of passengers arriving at the airport during the period also climbed 9 percent to 1.87m from 1.71m during the same period a year earlier, the report said.EGYPTIAN AIRPORTS POST 16 percent RISE IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN 2012: According to Egypt's state statistics body, CAPMAS, the country's total number of airport passengers rose by 16 percent in 2012, compared with 2011, reaching 34 million, Ahram has reported. The total number of flights through the country's airports was 331,700 in 2012, a 6.6 percent increase from the previous year, the data showed.PHASE I OF KAIA EXPANSION TO BE COMPLETED BY 2014-END: Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, head of Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has said the first stage of the King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) project will be completed by the end of 2014 to be readily operational by the beginning of 2015, Arab News has reported. The project will bring the capacity of the airport to 30 million passengers annually. The second and third stages, to be completed in 2020 and 2035 respectively, are planned to raise the capacity to 43 million and 80 million passengers, respectively, Prince Fahd added.RJ DENIES AIRCRAFT WAS 'FORCIBLY HELD' AT LIBYAN AIRPORT: Royal Jordanian (RJ) has said that none of its aircraft were forcibly "held at Tripoli International Airport", in Libya, Jordan Times has reported. The RJ flight was delayed while the plane was parked at the airport, after the Libyan authorities closed the runway for undisclosed reasons, the airline said. The aircraft, which was scheduled to return to Amman Monday night, with all 120 passengers and its crew on board, left Tripoli at noon Monday after the runaway was reopened, it said.OMAN AIR AIRCRAFT DELAYED IN ZANZIBAR DUE TO 'MINOR ACCIDENT': Oman Air has said one of its aircraft has been into a minor accident at the Zanzibar International Airport on Sunday, delaying the onward flight to about four hours, Gulf News has reported. A human error caused by a ground staff marshalling the aircrafts in the parking bay caused the accident, but there was no damage to the Muscat-based carrier's aircraft, said Oman Air's head of corporate communications and media, Osama Bin Karim al Haremi. "There was a very minor accident on the Zanzibar Airport runway but after routine checks the same aircraft (Boeing 737-800) carried on to Dar-Es-Salaam and finally to Muscat without any problems," al Haremi told the daily.SAUDIA TO REDUCE SERVICES TO ARAB SPRING COUNTRIES: Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has announced it would reduce its flights to Syria and other Arab Spring countries and divert those flights to popular destinations, in order to avoid losses and meet passenger needs, Arab News has reported. "The present situation in the Middle East region will not affect Saudia and we have taken all these circumstances into consideration," said Saudia's vice president of public relations, Abdullah Al-Ajhar. "We have diverted some flights from the region to other destinations to avoid losses," he said.ETIHAD SEES INDIA CLEARING JET AIRWAYS DEAL 'IMMINENTLY': Etihad Airways has said it expects its investment in Jet Airways to be cleared by Indian authorities "imminently," Reuters has reported. Etihad and Jet have extended the deal closing deadline for the second time until the end of September. The deal, which had been delayed due to concerns raised by regulators and politicians in India,self storagewon a key approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board in late July, but still needs to be cleared by the antitrust regulator and a cabinet panel.MAHAN AIR TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE BETWEEN MASHAD, DUBAI : Iranian carrier Mahan Air is introducing a new service to Dubai from September 8, Routes Online has reported. The airline will operate the route between Mashad and Dubai twice weekly, on board an Airbus A310 aircraft.BAHRAIN INKS AIR TRANSPORT PACT WITH PAKISTAN: Civil aviation authorities in Bahrain and Pakistan have signed an air transport agreement that aims to accommodate the growing demand for direct routes by the 100,000-member Pakistani community in the kingdom, Gulf Daily News has reported. The agreement gave Gulf Air and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) the green light to land multiple aircraft in both countries. Bahrain's Gulf Air currently flies 14 times a week to Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar, and has been recently given the right to increase the number of flights to 25 a week.BOMBARDIER TO LAUNCH CSERIES MAIDEN FLIGHT BEFORE SEPT 17: Canadian planemaker Bombardier Inc.'s all-new CSeries aircraft is set to take to the skies before September 17, when the company is hosting an event to celebrate the maiden voyage, Reuters has reported, citing a source familiar with the situation. Bombardier, which has already delayed the new aircraft's maiden flight three times, said it has now received a flight test permit from industry regulator Transport Canada, paving the way for the maiden flight of the aircraft, the first all-new narrow-body jet to be built in decades. The firm said the first flight of the CSeries jet is also contingent on "optimal" weather conditions.QANTAS SWINGS TO PROFIT: Boosted by cost-cutting and its alliance with Emirates Airline, Australia's Qantas has announced it has bounced back into the black, with a modest annual net profit, Reuters has reported. The airline posted a profit of Aus$5m ($4.5m) in the 12 months to June 30, a major improvement on the historic Aus$245m loss the previous year. Under the Emirates alliance, Qantas has shifted its hub for European flights to Dubai from Singapore, which had given the group a strengthened position on routes to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. "Bookings have been very positive, running at about twice the level of Qantas's previous codeshare arrangements for flights to Europe," said chief executive Alan Joyce.JORDAN JOINS IAOPA: Jordan has been approved by the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) as its 72nd affiliate, making it the seventh IAOPA Middle Eastern affiliate after Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Israel and Egypt, Aviation International News has reported. "IAOPA affiliates will stand by to assist AOPA-Jordan as it develops the necessary infrastructure and regulatory framework to foster the growth of general aviation," said IAOPA secretary general Craig Spence.SPICEJET INAUGURATES MUSCAT ROUTE: India's SpiceJet has launched its first flight from Ahmedabad to the Oman's Muscat International Airport, Oman Daily Observer has reported. The low-cost carrier is the fifth company from the subcontinent to operate flights to the sultanate. SpiceJet plans three flights per week, on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, to the Omani capital.CYPRUS AIRWAYS CHANGES BEIRUT FLIGHT TIMING, CITING SYRIA: Cyprus Airways has rescheduled its evening flight from Larnaca to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Thursday, citing possible military strikes by the US and its allies against Syria, following an alleged chemical weapons attack, Reuters has reported. Effective Thursday, the 8:30 pm flight out of Larnaca had been moved to 5:30 am to avoid an overnight stay in Beirut. The Cypriot national carrier flies from Larnaca to Beirut, a 30-minute flight away, once a day, six days a week.EMIRATES TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF DESTINATIONS IN US : Emirates Airline is planning to more than double its network of US destinations in the next three to five years to a total of 15 US cities, up from seven currently, Reuters has reported. Emirates plans to add as many as three new US city destinations in the next 12 months, Thierry Antinori, chief commercial officer, told the news service. The Dubai-based carrier is set to add new service from New York's John F Kennedy airport to Milan in October.EMIRATES MAY ISSUE ISLAMIC BONDS TO PAY FOR AIRCRAFT: Brian Jeffery, senior vice president for corporate treasury at Emirates Airline, has said the world's biggest airline by international passenger traffic, is considering the sale of Islamic bonds as it seeks to raise $4.5bn in the financial year starting April 2014 to pay for planes, Bloomberg has reported. The Dubai-based carrier will need an average of $5.34bn a year over the next five years, including 2013, to finance 119 aircraft deliveries, said Jeffery. Emirates' decision on whether to sell bonds will depend "on pricing and an acceptable structure," Jeffery said. Other options for funding are commercial debt, operating leases and export credits, which are typically restricted to 20 percent of the deliveries, he saidEGYPT, INDONESIA TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE: Egypt and Indonesia have agreed to launch a new route between Cairo and Jakarta via Kuala Lumpur, Arabian Aerospace has reported. The new route will start operating by the end of this year.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉