by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 12, 2017 | Business
Barring Qatar Airways from Gulf states’ airspace threatens its position as a transcontinental carrier, experts say. Differences between Qatar and neighboring Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as well as Egypt, led to severing diplomatic ties...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 14, 2016 | World
The Saudi Aviation Authority granted the Solar Impulse 2 plane to fly over Saudi Arabia for two days. The aircraft will be flying over Saudi Arabia as of Friday July 15, 2016 coming from Cairo and heading to its last destination Abu-Dhabi, SPA reported. Solar Impulse...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2015 | World
NATO sources confirmed on Monday its decision to take measures to help its Turkish ally by securing its airspace. The measures comprised of deploying the early warning AWACS aircraft system to Turkey and reinforcing the country’s airspace monitoring, as well as...