United Arab Emirates

There are no more places for sale for the next few days. The launch of the first railway line within the United Arab Emirates on June 30th has generated massive enthusiasm from the local population. It is true that the event is significant, as the train represents a major step forward in the...

Updated on 27 May at 10:00 am. Although cancellations have fallen below April’s record high of 10,100 Q3 flights, according to Cirium, the situation in the Middle East remains turbulent, and rising oil prices and kerosene supply difficulties are weighing on the global aviation industry. An updated overview, airline by airline,…

Against the backdrop of the American-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran's retaliation against the Gulf States, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs updated its travel advice on 28 February and 1 March, advising against travel to all countries. The Quai d'Orsay is also calling on French nationals...

The launch by the United States and Israel of large-scale attacks against Iran has had an immediate consequence for all travellers: the dislocation of the Persian Gulf as the world's hub. While airlines had decided a few weeks ago to temporarily suspend some of their routes for security reasons...

The inauguration of the Emirates First zone was celebrated on 18 July at the Dubai hub. This further consolidates the premium status of a carrier which claims to be the world's largest operator of international first class travel, with 26,800 seats per week, and the largest number of first class seats in the world...

Coincidence? Perhaps not. While Wizz Air has just announced the closure of its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad Airways, the official carrier of the United Arab Emirates, revealed yesterday 15 July that it would be launching flights to seven new destinations. For a long time it looked as if Etihad would remain in the shadow of the Gulf's two mega-carriers,...

They've been working on it for over two years. The result will soon be visible. A common tourist visa for the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This should be in place before the end of the year. This electronic visa will allow travellers to travel for a period of up to two months.

Against a backdrop of very high tensions in the Middle East, even though a ceasefire could ease the current pressure, several international and regional airlines have temporarily suspended their flights or set up alternative routes in order to guarantee passenger safety. Iran's launch of missiles at a US military base in the Middle East has...

The Israeli strikes on Iran are further inflaming the Near and Middle East, with repercussions for air transport in the region. Iran and Iraq have closed their airspace. The situation is more confused in Israel. According to the Flightradar24.com website, which tracks air movements live, Tel Aviv international airport has been...

Cambodia's aviation market is really taking off. Still marginalised a few years ago, the kingdom is beginning to attract intercontinental carriers, particularly from the Gulf. Emirates already operates daily flights - with a stopover - from Dubai to Phnom Penh and Qatar Airways from Doha to the Cambodian capital....

The Abu Dhabi-Dubai high-speed train project should help to promote sustainable mobility in the Emirates and improve the living environment of its inhabitants. It should also help to achieve the objectives of the carbon neutrality strategy planned for 2050. The announcement was officially made at the...

Accor and Emirates are extending their partnership with the possibility for their loyal travellers to exchange their miles or points between the ALL and Emirates Skywards programmes. Until now, this conversion was only one-way and reserved, since 2015, for members of what was then called Le Club AccorHotels before evolving and becoming ALL in...

Californian company Archer Aviation has just appointed Talib Alhinai as its director for the United Arab Emirates. This appointment confirms the imminent launch of electric air taxis in the Emirates. In fact, Archer Aviation estimates that these could start operating at the end of 2025. Talib Alhinai's presence at this...

Last September, Air France announced the suspension of its Paris-Abu Dhabi route with the introduction of the winter timetable. A decision that seemed surprising given that the route had been inaugurated in October 2023. The airline had launched the route, pinning all its hopes on rapid development, with a flight operated on a frequent basis...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are preparing to launch a common tourist visa modelled on the existing Schengen visa in the European Union. The idea, first mooted in 2021, has now been approved by six GCC countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates....

Emirates struck hard at the opening of the Dubai 2023 air show. The airline returned to the era of mega-orders. It has purchased a further 95 wide-body aircraft from Boeing, bringing its total order book to 295 aircraft. Emirates is the world's largest operator of wide-body passenger aircraft, and will buy a further...

It currently takes up to 3? hours by car to drive the 290 km from Abu Dhabi to Sohar, one of Oman's main ports in the north of the country. But this is set to change within the next decade. Oman will soon have a rail network. Will there soon be trains between Abu Dhabi and Dubai? Etihad Rail...

It would be a revolution in a country where planes and big saloons are king and queen: a system of high-speed trains linking all the major cities in the United Arab Emirates. While the Middle East Rail 2022 conference is being held in Abu Dhabi, Shadi Malak, CEO of Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the...

Passengers travelling to Dubai are now required to present the negative results of a PCR test for COVID-19, carried out 72 hours before travel rather than 96 hours (4 days) as was previously the case. Passengers must also continue to install a special mobile application on their phones. This application allows passengers to...