UAE Declares Full Air Traffic Resumption, Signaling Regional De-escalation

UAE air traffic restrictions are fully lifted. Emirates and Etihad are resuming flights. Learn how this affects travel in the Middle East.

#UAE #AirTravel #MiddleEast #Emirates #Etihad

https://newsletter.tf/uae-air-traffic-resumes-after-regional-conflict/

Air traffic in the UAE is back to normal, with Emirates flying at 80% capacity and Etihad at 75%. This is a big step after recent conflict.

#UAE #AirTravel #MiddleEast #Emirates #Etihad
https://newsletter.tf/uae-air-traffic-resumes-after-regional-conflict/

Photo of the Day 18th April 2026.

A6-EHI, Airbus A340-642, Etihad Airways, taxiing to it's gate at Manchester Airport, 17th March 2016, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.
Someday, I'm going to have to explain why the Red half of Manchester finds this airline hilarious…
(It's a football thing!)

5 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/04/19/photo-of-the-day-18th-april-2026/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #L13 #Airbus #A340 #Etihad
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Photo of the Day 18th April 2026.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/04/18/photo-of-the-day-18th-april-2026/

Il Foglio RSS: I buoni risultati di Ita: 3,2 miliardi di euro di ricavi

Ita Airways – la compagnia nata dalle ceneri della vecchia Alitalia – ha chiuso il 2025 con 3,2 miliardi di euro di ricavi (di cui 2,8 dal trasporto passeggeri) e 209 milioni di utile. Si tratta di un risultato incoraggiante per la nuova compagnia, che l’anno scorso è entrata nell’orbita di Lufthansa con l’acquisto del 41 per cento del capitale da parte del vettore tedesco (il restante 59 per cento rimane in pancia al Tesoro). Ma è un risultato impressionante in prospettiva storica: è la prima volta in trent’anni che il bilancio della compagnia di bandiera non finisce in rosso. Ita non ha toni celebrativi e mette le mani avanti di fronte alle difficoltà economiche e geopolitiche (che si sono aggravate nel corso del 2026). Inoltre, l’amministratore delegato, Joerg Eberhart, avverte che “per raggiungere una profittabilità pienamente sostenibile dobbiamo ridurre il peso degli oneri legati ai leasing della flotta”.
Eppure, prudenza a parte, non può sfuggire che Ita oggi opera in condizioni radicalmente diverse da quelle del passato. In primo luogo, nonostante la presenza ancora ingombrante del Mef, dal punto di vista industriale agisce come un’azienda privata, poiché quella di Lufthansa è una partecipazione industriale, non finanziaria. Ma anche in passato Alitalia è stata privata, per esempio all’epoca dei “capitani coraggiosi” o con Etihad. L’altra grande differenza, allora, è la piena integrazione in un grande vettore europeo, che ha saputo valorizzarne i punti forti, emancipandola dalla sua condizione penalizzante di essere troppo piccola per essere grande e troppo grande per essere piccola. Questo risultato rende anche giustizia alla scelta di Giancarlo Giorgetti di accettare l’offerta di Lufthansa, abbandonando la strada tracciata da Draghi che avrebbe portato Alitalia tra le braccia di AirFrance. Il progetto francese, diversamente da quello tedesco, non era di integrazione, bensì di partnership, e assegnava un ruolo più ampio all’azionista pubblico. E’ presto per dire come andrà a finire, ma i primi segnali suggeriscono – e non ci stupisce – che la rotta della privatizzazione era quella giusta.

Ita’s good results: €3.2 billion in revenue

Ita Airways – the airline born from the ashes of the old Alitalia – closed 2025 with revenues of €3.2 billion (of which €2.8 billion from passenger transport) and a profit of €209 million. This is an encouraging result for the new airline, which last year entered Lufthansa’s orbit with the German carrier’s purchase of 41 percent of the capital (the remaining 59 percent remains in the Treasury’s possession). But it’s an impressive result in historical perspective: it’s the first time in thirty years that the airline’s balance sheet doesn’t end in the red. Ita doesn’t have celebratory tones and warns of the economic and geopolitical difficulties (which have worsened throughout 2026). Furthermore, CEO Joerg Eberhart warns that “to achieve fully sustainable profitability, we must reduce the weight of liabilities related to fleet leasing.”

However, despite caution, it cannot be denied that Ita operates today under conditions radically different from those of the past. Firstly, despite the still cumbersome presence of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, from an industrial point of view it operates as a private company, as Lufthansa’s is an industrial, not financial, participation. But even in the past, Alitalia was private, for example during the times of the “bold captains” or with Etihad. The other major difference is the full integration into a large European carrier, which has been able to value its strengths, emancipating it from its penalizing condition of being too small to be great and too great to be small. This result also does justice to Giancarlo Giorgetti’s choice to accept Lufthansa’s offer, abandoning the path traced by Draghi, which would have brought Alitalia into the arms of AirFrance. The French project, unlike the German one, was not of integration, but of partnership, and assigned a broader role to the public shareholder. It’s too early to say how it will end, but the first signals suggest – and we are not surprised – that the privatization route was the right one.

#ItaAirways #Lufthansa #German #41percent #59percent #Treasury #first #JoergEberhart #Firstly #Alitalia #Etihad #European #Draghi #AirFrance #French

https://www.ilfoglio.it/economia/2026/03/26/news/i-buoni-risultati-di-ita-3-2-miliardi-di-euro-di-ricavi-8834471/

On This Day 25th March 2015.

Race ya!
A6-ENF, Boeing 777-31HER, Emirates, lined up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 25th March 2015, with A6-ETF, Boeing 777-3FXER, Etihad, lined up on a parallel taxiway ready for it's turn.
These planes are off to airports ~120km apart, around 5700 km away, at almost the same time, so will probably reach their destinations about the same time.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Left #SouthSide #Boeing #B777 #Emirates #Etihad #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography