The aviation regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing a blacklist of airlines that are to be banned from using airports in the UAE owing to poor safety records or other issues of concern.

Emirates Airline, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced that it is increasing capacity by 13% to 4 cities in South-East Asia and Australia between December 2009 and January 2010.

Air Arabia, the low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will fly all passengers free of charge on October 28, 2008, as a part of celebrating the carrier’s fifth anniversary.