Airline News - Africa / Middle East.

For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jun 5, 2006 Etihad Airways Etihad Airways is to join that small elite group of airlines who offer a UK luxury chauffeur transfer service to and from its UK gateways. And for the time being there is no mileage restrictions with 'Etihad Chauffeur' available to Diamond (F) and Pearl (J) Zone passengers, good news for customers in Devon and Cornwall. Initially the service is being introduced for Gatwick and Heathrow. Plans are already under way to expand the service to Manchester later this summer. Etihad Airways currently offers daily nonstop services to Abu Dhabi from three UK airports: Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester. Flights are daily from all three airports and double daily from Heathrow on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, offering a total of 25 services a week from the UK to the UAE. Abu Dhabi's current airport is splendid through back to the original Gatwick Beehive (see left). http://www.etihad.ae Jun 4, 2006 Etihad Airways Etihad Airways yesterday launched thrice-weekly Abu Dhabi-Jeddah service aboard A330-200s. The carrier also will increase Abu Dhabi-Bangkok service from 10 to 14 weekly flights from June 4 aboard 777-300ERs. May 29, 2006 Royal Jordanian Royal Jordanian introduced on June 5 a twice-weekly flight to Sulaymaniah, in the north of that country. From its Amman hub RJ now offers 25 weekly flights between Jordan and Iraq, 16 to Baghdad, three to Basra and four to Irbil, plus the new service flights to Sulaymaniah. Flown on a Monday and Friday the two-hour flight is operated with a 70-seat Bombardier Q400. http://www.rj.com Jun 4, 2006 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines and TAP Portugal concluded a codeshare agreement that will see TAP place its code on THY's thrice-weekly Lisbon-Istanbul service beginning July 1. May 31, 2006