Martin Leo Rivers

Full article in PDF format In June, Qatar Airways will begin operating nonstop daily flights from its mega-hub in Doha to Atlanta, the cap...

Full article in PDF format Emirates Airline is a step closer to launching its second nonstop passenger service from Europe to America, aft...

Full article in PDF format It was no great shock when Kuwait Airways announced last summer that its troubled privatisation programme has e...

Full article in PDF format Discussions about Gulf aviation invariably focus on the so-called 'big three' carriers in the region: D...

Full article in PDF format Whatever doubts remained about the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 over the Sinai Peninsula were extinguished las...

Full article in PDF format Qatar Airways will double the number of destinations it serves in Australia next year, adding flights to Sydney...

Full article in PDF format The chief executives of American Airlines and Delta Air Lines met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Sept...

Full article in PDF format Even for aviation pundits well accustomed to the extravagance of the Gulf carriers, last summer's unveiling...

Full article in PDF format In terms of overarching strategy, state-owned Qatar Airways has adopted the exact same business model as its ne...

Full article in PDF format Customers of Iraqi Airways were left stranded across Europe in August after the European Aviation Safety Agency...

Full article in PDF format "This is the end of 'Death to America'," gushed one Tehran-based analyst as he joined the thr...

Full article in PDF format As a mid-sized airline in the ultra-competitive Gulf aviation market, you might expect Oman Air to welcome any ...

Full article in PDF format The Jordanian aviation sector gained a new player on 19 May, when Air Arabia launched operations from Amman’s Q...

Full article in PDF format With so many column inches about the Gulf carriers devoted to their fast-expanding passenger operations, it is ...

Full article in PDF format No-one disputes that the meteoric rise of Emirates Airline, Dubai’s state-owned flag-carrier, has changed the f...

Full article in PDF format The apparent targeting of an aircraft operated by Flydubai, the short-haul affiliate of Emirates Airline, dur...

Full article in PDF format The Gulf often features prominently in discussions about civil aviation, but Kuwait is one name that rarely, i...

Full article in PDF format There was no shortage of sceptics in the airline industry when Flynas, Saudi Arabia’s only private scheduled c...

Full article in PDF format Though global airlines are enjoying benign market conditions at present, the industry has a habit of swinging ...

Full article in PDF format Sir Tim Clark, the president of Emirates Airline, Dubai's flag-carrier, has often spoken critically about ...