During the opening session of Arabian Travel Market’s inaugural virtual event, ATM Virtual, aviation industry veteran Tim Clark, president, Emirates Airline, had outlined the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry, as well as the measures implemented by the company in response to the pandemic.

Air Arabia recently reported a profitable first quarter (January to March) of the current year despite COVID-19 impact on the carrier’s first quarter financial and operational performance.

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, the capital’s first low-cost carrier, on April 23 announced that it has received its Air Operating Certificate (AOC), which allows it to start operating from Abu Dhabi as the fifth UAE national airline.

Emirates in coordination with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) have introduced additional precautions.

Etihad Airways and Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent), a leading provider of Internet value added services in China, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a collaboration that will identify potential opportunities in promoting the growth and development of innovation and digitalisation for the tourism industry.

Dubai-based flydubai has announced today that it has finalised an agreement with Smartwings to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft between December 14 and January 25, 2020.