Israel and the UAE announced in August they had agreed to normalise ties, setting off a flurry of business, banking and intergovernmental agreements, along with an end to a longstanding boycott by the UAE against Israel.
With the first commercial flight between the UAE and Israel, previously clandestine ties are turning into an open friendship just as Israel plans its greatest usurpation of Palestinian land since 1967.
At Dubai Air Show, the largest deal for Airbus came from the Middle East’s biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, which announced it would be buying 20 additional wide-body Airbus A350s
There has been a major battle for Germany's second largest airline that could see it broken up as bidders stake their claims. A final decision on the airline's future is expected on September 25.
Hurriyet newspaper claims CIA intercepted Daesh suspects communications of a planned attack on Etihad airplane and kept the information to itself.
Air Berlin has booked losses amounting to 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) over the last two years, and has been relying on financial support from Etihad Airways for survival.
A Daesh commander handled a group of Australians, who built a bomb destined for an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney, officials say.
Qatar Airways had said it wanted to be a passive investor and not take an active role in setting strategy at American, the world's biggest airline. But on Wednesday the Middle East airline said it had changed its mind.
Both airlines expressed their disappointment at the decision. The largest airline in the US has accused the two airlines of being unfairly advantaged because of government subsidies.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and several other countries cut ties with Qatar accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world.
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