Na endlich -mal wieder eine neue Airline in den UAE..!!

[Mamluk]

Nachdem ja jeder Scheich seinen Airport gebaut hat, wirde jetzt in Ras Al Khaimah ( UAE ) die vierte Airline in die Wiege gelegt.

RAK Airways wird mit 8 Flugzeugen in der näheren und weiteren Gegend fliegen und anfänglich hauptsächlich Gastarbeiter nach Indien ,Bangladesh und Pakistan transportieren. Z.Zt. werde mit Boeing und Airbus verhandelt.

Mehr im Artikem der Khaleej Times...

 

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle...l=class=stories

[Murmli]

Hmm, sind sieben Emirate: Fehlen also noch Adjman, Fujeirah, und Umm al Qwain :-)

 

Gruß

A

[Jubilee]

Dazu paßt auch folgender Artikel ganz gut.

 

FOCUS: Middle East Airline Mkt Runs Risk Of Overheating

 

The Middle East was the world's most buoyant airline market last year, but now runs the risk of overheating as Persian Gulf airlines and airports push through ambitious expansion plans.

 

The buildup of services by carriers such as Emirates Airlines (EA.YY) as they take delivery of new aircraft could produce a glut of plane seats and outstrip growth in passenger traffic, according to industry watchers. This overcapacity could hit airline profitability, while airports might also find there's too little traffic to go round, they said.

 

Daniel Solon, an aviation economist based in Barcelona with consultants Avmark International Ltd., believes there's a clear risk of overcapacity in the Gulf. "I have the feeling it could be another potential bubble, at least in the near term. Eventually, there's going to be some sort of flattening," he said.

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While global air passenger traffic rose 7.6% in 2005, it jumped 13.1% among Middle East-based airlines, according to the International Air Transport Association, or IATA.

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Emirates has 88 aircraft in service and has 127 more on order worth $35 billion, underlining its plans for considerable expansion. The airline is on course to take delivery of a new jet each month for the next seven years, a spokesman said. This year, Emirates has announced extra services from Dubai to Perth in Australia, plus the launch of new routes to Addis Ababa, Copenhagen and Kolkata.

 

The emergence of new players like Etihad Airways (ETAIR.YY) is set to increase capacity further, IATA's Concil said. Etihad was set up in 2003 and is based in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

 

Middle East Carriers Rack Up Plane Orders

 

Middle Eastern carriers have been swelling the order books of aircraft manufacturers Boeing Co. (BA) and Airbus (ABI.YY) in recent years, and that looks set to continue.

 

Boeing forecasts Middle Eastern carriers will buy around 869 airplanes, worth $115 billion, from all airplane makers between 2005 and 2024.

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Last week, for example, the UAE emirate of Ras al-Khaimah - which has a population of around 900,000 - said it plans to launch a new airline named RAK Airways and that talks on buying aircraft are under way with Boeing and Airbus. RAK would be the UAE's fourth national carrier.

 

"Every emirate or sheikdom wants to have its national flag on the tail of its airline," said Avmark's Solon.

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Emirates, Etihad and Qatar's growth has outpaced that of Bahrain-based Gulf Air in recent years. However, the carrier, which is owned by the governments of Bahrain, Oman and Abu Dhabi, is looking to finalize funding to replace some of its existing planes, such as its Boeing 767s.

 

The orders for the A380 and other large aircraft have prompted concern among European and Asia-Pacific carriers that Emirates might drive down long-haul fares to fill them.

(...)

 

Airports Compete For Hub Traffic

 

Shadowing the airlines' expansion plans are the region's airports.

 

Passenger numbers at Middle East airports rose 12.1% last year, compared with the global average of 5.5%, said the Airports Council International, which represents the world's airports. Dubai International Airport saw its passenger numbers rise 14% to 24.7 million and expects to reach 28 million in 2006.

 

Many airports in the region are expanding substantially in the hope that strong passenger growth will continue.

 

Dubai's existing international airport is being expanded with the development of a new terminal building, while a massive new airport is to be constructed at nearby Jebel Ali. The facility will ultimately have six runways and capacity for over 100 million passengers a year.

 

Abu Dhabi is also pushing through a major investment program, while work is due to start this year to double Bahrain International Airport's capacity. Natural-gas-rich Qatar is spending $2 billion on developing a new international airport.

 

Aside from regional traffic, airports are competing for transit passengers arriving on long-haul flights and heading for secondary airports in the Middle East or South Asia. The airports also want to displace destinations in Asia as stop-off points for services between Europe and South East Asia and Australia.

 

However, some observers question whether the region needs so many hubs. "We've got a lot of airport that are trying to become hubs with quite similar business models," said IATA's Concil.

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/060220/15/3ysob.html

[Mamluk]

Da kommt noch einiges auf Airbus ubd Boeing zu...

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...id=aMIL20yNGrms

[viasa]

Thread aus der Versenkung hervorgeholt.

 

Für euch mal noch hier die Start-up-Flotte dieser Airline: http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?sea...HMR&al_op=1

 

Und dann hier noch das allererste Bild der Boeing 757: http://www.airteamimages.com/39259.html