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Jet fuel price cut in Pakistan announced June 2026 showing the new rate of Rs238.87 per litre, down Rs56.97 from the previous review

Pakistani Airlines Likely to Cut Airfares Following Fuel Price Drop

Nayab Fatima2026-06-21

The new jet fuel rate is Rs238.87 per liter in the wake of the recent price revision, which was Rs517 during a period of war allowing airlines in Pakistan to reduce air ticket prices. ISLAMABAD: Cheaper flight tickets could be a reality for Pakistani travelers shortly, thanks to a significant decrease in jet fuel prices ... Read more

Gulf airlines flight recovery chart showing operations at 82 percent of pre-war levels in June 2026 per Flightradar24 data

Gulf Airlines Recover to 82% of Pre-War Flight Levels

Nayab Fatima2026-06-20

The Flightradar24 data shows that the airlines based in the Gulf region are recovering quickly from the disruptions caused by war, with Gulf Air of Bahrain reaching 93% of pre-war flights and Etihad matching it, while low cost carriers Flydubai and Air Arabia remain behind others. The aviation industry in the Middle East is recovering ... Read more

Emirates Airline Fine: Italy Imposes €180,000 Data Privacy Penalty

Italy Fines Emirates €180,000 Over Passenger Medical Data Violations

Nayab Fatima2026-06-18

Italy’s data protection agency has fined Emirates a total of €180,000 ($208,890). The move is part of a larger investigation of the airline’s practices regarding handling and storing of the personal medical files of passengers who have disabilities. The privacy dispute began when a passenger filed a complaint with Italy’s data protection authority. She argued ... Read more

Emirates Travel Insurance launches with conflict cover, hotel accommodation and free rebooking support

Emirates Launches World’s Most Comprehensive Travel Insurance

Nayab Fatima2026-06-18

KARACHI: Emirates has become the first airline in the world to offer Comprehensive Travel Cover, an industry-first travel insurance product that handles it all, including medical cover for conflict-related incidents, backed by airline-managed hotel accommodation and extended-stay support across a range of disruption scenarios. When itineraries include connections on other airlines or Emirates services become ... Read more

Pakistan Signals Permanent Airspace Ban For Indian Airlines

Nayab Fatima2026-06-17

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rolled over its blanket closure of airspace to Indian civil and military aircraft for another month, with the Pakistan Airports Authority issuing a fresh Notam Wednesday that pushes the deadline to 4:59am on July 24, 2026. The previous order expires on June 24. The new directive runs from 5:50pm on June 16 ... Read more

PIA aircraft tax exemption debate in the Senate Standing Committee on Finance on June 15 2026 where Chairman Saleem Mandviwala rejected a PIACL-only sales tax exemption on aircraft imports

Senate Blocks Proposed Tax Relief for PIA Aircraft Acquisition

Nayab Fatima2026-06-15

ISLAMABAD: While the Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance rejects a plan for the PIA alone to benefit from exemption from the sales tax on import of aircraft, arguing that such an exemption may lead to litigation from competing airlines, the Finance Minister claims that expansion is now subject to IMF clearance. However, an effort aimed ... Read more

Middle East Aviation Crisis causes flight cancellations, rising airfares and tourism losses across the region

Middle East Aviation Crisis Wipes Out Flights, Tourism and Jobs

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-14

The Iran was is responsible for delivering one of the biggest blows to the Middle Eastern travel industry in the aviation era. It has resulted in tens of thousands of flight cancellations, doubled the cost of aviation fuel, triggered refund requests and forced travel companies operating in the region to lay off staff down to ... Read more

Facebook Instagram outage 2026 confirmed by Meta spokesperson Andy Stone on June 11 with over 62000 Facebook and 8000 Instagram access failure reports filed on Downdetector by 10:11 AM Eastern Time.

Asif Ali Zardari Approves Bill Clearing Path for PIA Privatisation

Nayab Fatima2026-06-12

As per reports, President Asif Ali Zardari signed the law repealing PIA privatisation bill on Friday, thus finalising all legal processes necessary for the privatisation process of Pakistan International Airlines. This bill was approved by the Senate on 10th June and by the National Assembly on 11th June, after which the president signed it to ... Read more

Air Canada pilot fraud case involving former captain Geoffrey Wall, who allegedly flew more than 900 flights over 17 years without the required airline transport licence.

Pilot Flew Airliners 17 Years Without License, Finally Arrested

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-10

TORONTO: Geoffrey Wall, the ex-Air Canada pilot captain, was arrested by Canadian authorities on June 1 following a four-month-long probe that found him piloting over 900 passenger planes for about 17 years with fake pilot documents, resulting in his earning close to 3 million Canadian dollars through illegitimate earnings. Charges against Wall, who is 59 ... Read more

Emirates no flight cuts Middle East war 2026 — Emirates president Tim Clark at Berlin air show confirming capacity hold despite Iran war fuel costs and announcing Berlin expansion push

Emirates Refuses to Cut Flights Despite Middle East War Pressures

Nayab Fatima2026-06-09

The president of Emirates, Tim Clark, was quoted in Berlin yesterday saying that the airline has no intention to cut capacity even at the expense of financial losses from detouring to avoid the conflict in Iran. The airline is running with increased fuel, expanding its StarLink network, seeking Berlin air traffic rights, and snubbing Lufthansa’s ... Read more