Tuesday 18th of June 2013
IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia has become AACO partner airline.
Making the announcement this morning, Abdul Wahab Teffaha, secretary general of the Arab Air Carriers Organisation said: “I would like to welcome wholeheartedly IAG International Airlines Group and hope that this partnership will provide the AACO members and IAG a platform to strengthen their relationships and provide cooperation opportunities.”
The greatly anticipated Airbus A350 XWB successfully made its first flight from Toulouse this morning.
Raja Azmi the former CFO of Air Asia has been named as the new chief executive of Saudi Arabia's nasair.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker welcomed IATA delegates to the idea of Qatar as the centre of the aviation industry for three days next year as Doha was named as the venue for the next IATA annual general meeting and world air transport
The UAE and Bahrain have restructured airspace between the two countries in a bid to ease congestion as the number of aircraft movements continues to grow.
Gulf Air still looks set to be the Middle East launch customer for the Bombardier C-Series CS100 aircraft after the resurrection of an order that was made two years ago.
Lufthansa chief executive Christoph Franz is not ruling out closer links with Gulf airlines, he said at a side meeting at the IATA annual general meeting in Cape Town which formally opened this morning.
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