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Flydubai, Etihad continue Israel flights amid war for 'diplomacy - profits'

At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have cancelled flights, gates are empty and pictures of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip guide the few arriving passengers to baggage claim. But one check-in desk remains flush with travellers: the one serving flights to the United Arab Emirates, which have kept up a bridge for Israelis to the outside world throughout the war. The Emirati flights, in addition to bolstering the airlines' bottom line, have shined a light on the countries' burgeoning ties which have survived the wars raging across the Middle East and could be further strengthened as US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office. It's a political and economic statement, said Joshua Teitelbaum, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University. They are the main foreign airlines that continue to fly. Since the wars began with Hamas' initial October 7, 2023, attack on Israel,

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Dubai's MeT department has issued an orange alert for Friday; educational institutions asked to shift to online classes, while companies directed to allow work from home for their employees

Dubai receives 14.36 mn int'l visitors in 2022, close to pre-Covid levels

Dubai received 14.36 million international overnight visitors in 2022, growing 97 per cent YoY from the 7.28 million tourist arrivals in 2021, as per city's Department of Economy and Tourism (DET)

India bars UAE airlines from operating flights; efforts on to resolve issue

A formal order has not been issued but UAE airlines, including Air Arabia, Emirates, Etihad and Flydubai, were verbally informed of the decision on Thursday.

flydubai takes to hackathon route to develop new app for air travel

Winners of the hackathon will be offered, among other things, an internship with the airline