Middle East

EasyJet puts northern lights at centre of new winter schedule

The carrier announced on Tuesday (10 June) said its 2024/25 winter schedule would feature 60 new routes

Virgin Atlantic to resume direct Tel Aviv flights in September

Daily services between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv will resume on 5 September

Tunisia clarifies date new tourist tax will apply to package holidaymakers

Package holidaymakers will have to pay Tunisia’s new tourist tax from 1 November, regardless of when they booked their trip

In a place already high on superlatives, there's still room for new luxury hotels in Dubai

Dorchester Collection and Kerzner International have just opened new hotels in the city

British Airways to return to Jeddah after five-year hiatus

Four-times-weekly service to take off on 4 November

Intrepid Travel to expand Jordan programme with launch of dedicated DMC

The tour operator’s destination management company will operate all nine small group tours in the Middle East country from this summer

MSC Cruises renews deal with Emirates to offer Dubai fly-cruises

The line recently stressed the importance of partnering with ‘reputable scheduled carriers’ in an interview with TTG

Emirates to relaunch daily Edinburgh flights with new flagship aircraft

Gulf carrier to restart flights between Dubai and the Scottish capital in November after axing the route during Covid

EasyJet expands Glasgow base and launches Enfidha and Larnaca flights

Airline will base an extra aircraft in Glasgow this summer, its sixth, allowing it to launch new routes to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus

British Airways restarts London-Abu Dhabi service after four-year pause

Daily Heathrow service took off at the weekend (21 April)

Royal Caribbean amends Anthem's ex-UK programme to avoid Red Sea

The 4,180-passenger ship had been due to sail through the Red Sea in October on its way to Singapore but Royal has changed its course

Dubai airport issues ‘stay away’ warning following ‘intense storm’

Passengers advised not to travel to the airport following record rainfall in the emirate

Flights to the Middle East resume following Iran's drone attack on Israel

Royal Jordanian, Egyptair and El Al have resumed operations following the weekend’s skirmishes

Marella Cruises scraps Middle East and Asia programme amid Red Sea conflict

The Tui-owned line is offering impacted passengers either a £200 discount on another cruise or a full refund

UK gains three new air routes serving the Silk Road and central Asia

New links with Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have taken off from Gatwick, bringing the number of Asian destinations served from the airport to 12

How women are driving Intrepid's exploration of Saudi Arabia

Intrepid’s Zina Bencheikh talks to TTG about the tour operator’s decision to expand into Saudi Arabia and how local women – and its visitors – will benefit from its approach

Intrepid Travel introduces female-led tours of Saudi Arabia

Tours will start in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and wind up in Jeddah and will be female-only

Virgin Atlantic 'on track' for 2024 profit despite another year of losses

Virgin Atlantic will return to profit this year as it celebrates its 40th birthday, its chief executive promises

Six new routes poised to take off from Heathrow this summer

Airport to gain new connections with Abu Dhabi, Kos, Izmir, Bangalore, Barcelona and Paris-Orly this summer

This is how you entice your safari-loving clients to Dubai

An Arabian safari might sound as far-fetched as Dubai’s indoor ski slope – but you can look beyond the destination’s urban attractions to find unexpected wonders in the wild.

Celestyal adds more 2025 departures to meet extra demand

The Greek Islands specialist has added five departures plus shorter variations to its 2025 programme

Gold Medal Mega Fam trip set to return after four-year break

Covid travel restrictions meant that dnata’s B2B brand Gold Medal was forced to pull its last Mega Fam in 2020

EasyJet to roll out new Cairo resources to agents and hints at fam opportunities

Besides new social and shop window collateral, easyJet and easyJet holidays is looking to expand its Cairo programme – and could host an agent fam to the Egyptian capital

Explore to operate first tours to Tunisia for eight years

The operator’s Best of Tunisia programme has been its fastest-selling among those it introduced for 2024