Royal Jordanian launches flights to Washington
Royal Jordanian inaugurated on March twenty third its scheduled flights to Washington DC from Amman, to be operated with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane configured for 270 passengers in two courses (24 seats in Enterprise Class and 246 seats in Financial system Class). The Jordanian airline could have twice-weekly providers on this route, making it the one operator between the 2 capitals, in addition to within the Jordan-US market.
Washington Dulles Airport turns into RJ’s fourth vacation spot in the USA and the sixth within the Americas, considering its two connections in Canada. All these operations are carried out by Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets.
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“We lengthen a heat welcome to Royal Jordanian Airways at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport, the U.S. Nationwide Capital Area’s premier worldwide gateway,” stated Westerlund, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority government vice chairman and chief income officer. “Royal Jordanian’s new nonstop service to Amman will deepen ties between our two capitals. This route offers an necessary connection for presidency, enterprise and tourism between Washington, D.C., and the Center East, which is a crucial and rising marketplace for Dulles Worldwide.”
Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York JFK, Toronto and Washington DC are a part of Royal Jordanian’s common North American community:
“Our upcoming first flight between the 2 capitals, Washington, D.C., and Amman, marks a major milestone in RJ’s world growth technique, making this the fourth U.S. metropolis we fly on to,” acknowledged Royal Jordanian CEO Mr. Samer Majali. “By linking these two dynamic markets, we goal to stimulate tourism, commerce and funding alternatives. This important connection offers seamless connectivity to the Gulf, Levant and North Africa, reinforcing our dedication to offering distinctive service and connecting folks throughout the globe, aligning with RJ’s five-year growth technique.”
Emirates to increase its community by Airbus A350
The UAE airline has introduced that it’s going to enhance its providers with Airbus A350-900s configured for 312 passengers in three courses, as it would start working to Africa and increase its presence in Asia, Europe and the Center East. These new flights will be part of Bologna and Lyon, different confirmed routes to be performed on A350s.
Emirates has 4 Airbus A350-900s in its fleet, being Ahmedabad, Bahrain, Colombo, Edinburgh, Kuwait Metropolis and Mumbai their locations.
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Adnan Kazim, Deputy President and Chief Business Officer, Emirates Airline stated: “Our strategic A350 growth throughout numerous geographies within the Center East/GCC, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia leverages the plane’s operational flexibility and effectivity, whereas providing extra clients expanded premium journey choices and the chance to expertise our newest era interiors like Enterprise Class and Premium Financial system together with loads of considerate touches all through each cabin, now obtainable in additional cities than ever earlier than.”
He added: “The introduction of this plane and layering it on current route schedules additionally allows Emirates to keep up a compelling aggressive place because the airline of selection for discerning travellers on the lookout for a novel slate of connectivity choices and elevated onboard experiences they will’t have with every other service.”
Air France to restart flights to Riyadh
The French airline has confirmed by means of a press launch it intends to begin its seasonal flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Riyadh on Might nineteenth, which it final operated in early 2019.
On the time of publication, in response to its web site, Air France plans to fly 3 times per week throughout Might, scheduling to just about double frequencies from June.
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As of June 1st, the airline expects so as to add flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays on the CDG-RUH leg, and on Wednesdays and Sundays on the RUH-CDG phase.
Dubai its Air France’s solely present vacation spot within the Center East, provided to/from Paris Charles de Gaulle Worldwide Airport.
flydubai strengthens its worldwide schedule
In mid-March, flydubai launched three worldwide routes from Dubai Worldwide Airport, to be flown by Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane.
The three new flydubai locations, Bushehr, Qeshm and Tabriz, are situated in Iran, bringing the airline’s whole variety of scheduled routes between the UAE and Iran, working from/to DXB, to 12.
Flydubai surpasses 130 common locations from Dubai, with 97 of them being solely carried out by the airline.
Dubai – Bushehr · March thirteenth
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Dubai – Tabriz · March thirteenth
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Dubai – Qeshm · March 14th
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Flydubai routes to Iran
- Bandar (BND): 7 weekly · 738/7M8
- Bushehr (BUZ): 2 weekly · 738/7M8
- Isfahan (IFN): 4 weekly · 738/7M8
- Kerman (KER): 2 weekly · 738/7M8
- Kish (KIH): 5 weekly · 738/7M8
- Lar (LRR): 7 weekly · 738/7M8
- Mashhad (MHD): 14 (examine) weekly · 738/7M8
- Qeshm (GSM): 2 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
- Shiraz (SYZ): 7 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
- Tabriz (TBZ): 2 weekly · 738/7M8
- Tehran (IKA): 34 weekly · 738/7M8
Jeyhun Efendi, Divisional Senior Vice President, Business Operations and E-commerce at flydubai, stated: “As a part of our longstanding dedication to connecting extra underserved markets to Dubai’s aviation hub, we’re happy to supply our clients extra choices for journey by including these three new locations. Passengers travelling with us in Enterprise Class and Financial system Class can take pleasure in an elevated journey expertise, whether or not they’re travelling to Dubai or connecting additional afield on our community.”
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The airline will increase its worldwide schedule with the launch of flights between Abu Dhabi and Yerevan, capital of Armenia, efficient June 1st. As per its web site, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will present a each day frequency on Airbus A320s, strengthening UAE-Armenia connectivity.
AUH – EVN
EVN – AUH
“The launch of recent flights to Yerevan enhances connectivity and helps the expansion of journey and tourism within the UAE. We are going to proceed to increase our community to incorporate key worldwide locations from Abu Dhabi, offering cost-effective journey choices with added worth for our clients”, commented Adel Al Ali, Air Arabia Group CEO.
Beginning April 14th, Air Arabia’s Moroccan subsidiary will start a brand new home route. The service will fly twice-weekly between Rabat and Essaouira on 174-seat Airbus A320-200s with the next schedule:
Monday and Friday
Air Arabia Maroc would be the solely operator on this service.
On March twenty sixth, Air Tanzania’s inaugural flight to Kinshasa departed Dar-es-Salaam at 11:59 native time. The capital metropolis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters Air Tanzania’s common community, which might be operated from DAR 4 occasions per week with Airbus A220-300 plane.
Air Tanzania would be the sole operator on this route, providing 528 weekly seats every leg with this schedule, because the airline’s A220s are configured for 132 passengers in two courses (12 Enterprise and 120 Financial system).
DAR – FIH
FIH – DAR
Kinshasa joins Johannesburg, the brand new locations launched by Air Tanzania in 2025.
Atlas Air, an airline primarily based in Tehran (Iran) added two plane to its fleet in February.
The Iranian service has had a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 since mid-2022, registered EP-SAP, which has 111 seats in two courses and is 35 years outdated. This plane was a part of Danish Air Transport between 2010 and 2019, performing a tour all over the world from August 2013 to June 2014 for the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Concerning its “new” plane, Atlas Air took supply in mid-February of a British Aerospace Avro RJ85, which acquired the Iranian registration EP-THI. It has a VIP configuration with 28 seats, and is 27 years outdated. In addition to the Avro RJ85, the airline added the Boeing 737-3H4 with the registry EP-LEE, formerly operated by Chabahar Airlines, one other Iranian firm. At time of publication, in response to our database, the plane has not but entered service, being parked in Tehran.
Along with the brand new A350 locations, Emirates will double its flights between Dubai and Taipei as of August 1st.
Primarily based on its web site, the service will increase from one to 2 each day providers on this route, which it at the moment operates on Airbus A380-800s seating 491 passengers in three courses.
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The brand new flight (EK 386/387) might be performed on three-class Boeing 777-300(ER) plane, as acknowledged by the airline.
Abu Dhabi, Ethiopian’s new vacation spot.
In accordance with the press launch, the service will start operations to Zayed Worldwide Airport from Addis Ababa efficient July fifteenth, with Boeing 777s and Airbus A350-1000s, every day.
Ethiopian will as soon as once more fly between the capitals of Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates after practically 30 years, making it its third common vacation spot to the UAE, becoming a member of Dubai and Sharjah (cargo).
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Mesfin Tasew, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airways, remarked: “We’re delighted to enter into this strategic settlement with Etihad Airways. This collaboration marks a major milestone in our efforts to boost connectivity between Africa, the Center East, and Asia. By leveraging our mixed networks, we’re dedicated to offering our passengers with better journey comfort and distinctive service. This partnership underscores our dedication to fostering robust bilateral relations and selling financial progress between Ethiopia and the UAE.”
“As a part of our technique to strengthen Ethiopian Airways’ world presence, the launch of our new flight to Abu Dhabi marks our third vacation spot within the UAE, following Dubai and Sharjah (Cargo). With over 120 weekly passenger and cargo providers to the Center East and Gulf states, we’re dedicated to offering distinctive connectivity and repair to each our clients.”
The Zimbabwean airline will additional enhance its flights in Southern Africa beginning April ninth, by launching a brand new service to Lusaka, capital of Zambia.
fastjet introduced by means of a press launch that it’s going to function 3 times per week with Embraer ERJ-145 plane configured for 50 passengers in single class.
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Donahue Cortes, FastJet Zimbabwe Enterprise CEO and Nation Head, commented “No different airline provides travellers an early morning flight possibility on this route. Our flight timings are designed to supply each enterprise and leisure passengers with a full day’s actions of their metropolis of arrival. We proceed to concentrate on growing and rising our enterprise morning flight schedule and the Lusaka early morning departure joins different fastjet dawn flights to Bulawayo and Johannesburg”.
From April eighth, the Sri Lankan airline, primarily based in Colombo, will inaugurate a brand new path to the Center East, to be supplied by Airbus A320-200 plane.
Operations might be carried out 3 times weekly with the next schedule:
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Riyadh might be FitsAir’s first vacation spot in Saudi Arabia and the second within the Center East, after Dubai Worldwide Airport (DXB/OMDB).
As of September 14th, flydubai will increase its flights to Russia, boosting frequencies on its essential route from Dubai. The airline, which operates Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane, will attain seven each day providers.
DXB – VKO
VKO – DXB
New flight FZ 951/952.
The Saudi airline will launch providers between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi on April tenth, to be carried out 3 times per week with 174-seat Airbus A320 plane.
Zayed Worldwide Airport will return to flynas common schedule, which, in response to its web site, might be obtainable till late Might.
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Iran Air Tour added one other plane to its fleet, bringing the full to 17, though not all are operational.
The Airbus A320-231, with serial quantity 424, joins the Iranian airline’s operations. It is registered EP-MDS and has been parked at Tehran Mehrabad Worldwide Airport since March twelfth awaiting entry into service.
Iran Air Tour fleet
- Airbus A300-600: 4
- Airbus A310-300: 4
- Airbus A320-200: 2
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82: 5
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83: 1
- McDonnell Douglas MD-87: 1
Common age: 33 years
On August thirteenth, 1993, this Airbus A320 made its first take a look at flight, however entered service in April 1995 when it was integrated by Airtours Worldwide Airways. Skyservice USA, MyTravel Airways, Thomas Prepare dinner Airways, Aeolus Air, Ariana Afghan Airways, SEAir Worldwide, Sky Prim Air, Terra Avia, Safi Airways, Electra Airways, Enter Air, Fly Lili and Asian Specific Airline have been its subsequent carriers.
On February twenty third at 22:22 native time, Iran Air’s first flight to Karachi departed Mashhad. These operations might be carried out by Airbus A319-100s with a capability of 120 passengers.
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Following nearly a 12 months and a half parked in Mashhad, the British Aerospace RJ85, with serial quantity E2318, was integrated by Mahan Air. On March sixteenth, it departed Mashhad for Tehran on a ferry flight, after a take a look at flight over Iran the earlier week.
As per our database, the 27-year-old plane, which has the registration EP-MEU, entered service on March seventeenth with flight W5 4336 between Tehran and Ardabil, a home route within the nation.
Fleet
- Airbus A300-600: 1
- Airbus A340-200: 1
- Airbus A340-300: 8
- Airbus A340-600: 5
- Boeing 747-300: 1
- Boeing 747-400: 2
- British Aerospace 146-200: 1
- British Aerospace 146-300: 3
- British Aerospace Avro RJ100: 3
- British Aerospace Avro RJ85: 7
- Fokker 50: 2
The fleet averages 28 years outdated.
Efficient June twenty fourth, MEA intends to begin scheduled operations between Beirut and Mykonos, which it plans to supply on Airbus A320-200s, two occasions weekly.
BEY – JMK
JMK – BEY
Center East Airways at the moment operates to Athens from the Lebanese capital, in addition to Aegean Airways.
PIA will begin providers between Peshawar and Riyadh starting April sixth, with Boeing 777-200 plane. After nearly a 12 months and a half, the Pakistani airline will resume this route, as its last flight was on October 17th, 2023.
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Islamabad, Lahore and Multan are PIA’s present vacation spot from/to Riyadh King Khalid Worldwide Airport.
The European low-cost service will increase its providers inside Morocco with a brand new home route within the nation.
In accordance with its web site, Ryanair will fly between Tangier and Beni Mellal on Boeing 737-800s seating 189 passengers in single class.
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Beni Mellal will turn out to be Ryanair’s twenty first vacation spot in Tangier, the place it has a base. In the meantime, BEM might be added to the low value service’s common schedule.
Ryanair’s home routes in Morocco
Along with Tangier, Ryanair will begin flying to Beni Mellal from Milan Bergamo and Girona on March twenty ninth.
As we introduced in our Europe report, Scandinavian Airways System will return to Lebanon starting in June following a year-and-a-half suspension.
For extra info on these flights, you can read our Europe report.
Uganda’s main airline confirmed it would start flying to Europe from Might 18th, with the brand new Entebbe – London Gatwick route.
For the primary time, Uganda Airways will enter the European market, becoming a member of Africa, its essential market of operations, in addition to the Center East and Asia, the place it has a vacation spot in every.
Present Uganda Airways’ routes
We are going to quickly publish one other article with extra particulars on the announcement of this new route.
New plane added by airways from Africa and the Center East
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| Plane | Airline | Registration | Ferry flight | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | Ethiopian | ET-BBB | PAE-DUB-ADD | March 2nd |
| Airbus A320-251N | flynas | HZ-NS88 | TLS-RUH | March third |
| Airbus A220-300 | TAAG | D2-TAF | YMX-DUB-FAO-NBJ | March 14th |
| Airbus A350-941 | Emirates | A6-EXC | TLS-DXB | March twentieth |
| Boeing 787-9 | Qatar | A7-BHT | CHS-DOH | March twenty first |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | Ethiopian | ET-BBC | BFI-DUB-ADD | March twenty third |
Cowl photograph: Wen W – JetPhotos (Chicago O’Hare Int’l Airport – KORD – USA – Illinois)
