Qatar Airways has said it will receive delivery of 80 new A350 jets from Airbus during the second half of 2014
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Construction of GCC railway network "to commence in 2014"
The World Bank advisor to the GCC Secretariat General has announced that construction of the US$15.5bn railway network, which would link all six GCC countries, is expected to commence in late 2014
Air Arabia to order new aircraft
Sharjahs low-cost carrier Air Arabia has announced that plans to order new aircraft in the coming days, which will be delivered after 2016
Dubai Airports unveils new terminal at Al Maktoum International
A new terminal with the capacity for up to 7mn passengers a year was unveiled at Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central (DWC), Jebel Ali yesterday
Emirates to target 70 million passengers in 2020
Emirates has said that it will aim to fly 70mn passengers on 250 aircraft on routes across six continents in 2020