Etihad launches inaugural Amsterdam flightAbu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, the national airline of UAE, today launched its inaugural flight to The Netherlands’ capital of Amsterdam. The launch of the service is another important development in the strategic partnersh More… |
2 planes land at Amsterdam after tech snagsTwo airliners experiencing technical difficulties have landed safely at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, spokeswomen for the airport said on Monday. "An airplane of Delta Airlines, which had departed from Schiphol, had techn More… |
Dutch Queen abdicates, son to become kingDutch Queen Beatrix announced she would abdicate in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, in a televised broadcast to the nation on Monday evening. Willem-Alexander, 45, will become King of the Netherlands on April 30, she s More… |
Etihad to launch daily flights to AmsterdamAbu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will launch daily flights between the airline’s home-base of Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, starting May 15. The new EY77 and EY78 se More… |
UPS to drop TNT Express bid after EU vetoUnited Parcel Service said it would drop its 5.2 billion euro ($7 billion) bid for Dutch delivery firm TNT Express on the expectation of an EU veto, a sharp blow that halved the value of TNT's shares within minutes. U.S.-based More… |
GBI wins Europe’s major technology awardGulf Bridge International (GBI), a leading fiber optic technologies company, has been recognized in this year’s Capacity Europe Awards as the world’s best Niche/New Player. The awards which were hosted in Amsterdam, Ne More… |
Philips steps up cost cuts, job lossesPhilips Electronics stepped up its cost-cutting drive on Tuesday and said more jobs would go as part of a drastic overhaul of its business, which began to turn around in the first half after losing 1.3 billion euros ($1.66 billion) in 2011. More… |
WWII bomb scare partly shuts Schiphol airportAuthorities evacuated parts of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday after workers found an unexploded World War Two bomb, forcing airlines to delay and cancel some flights. The German bomb was discovered buried undergroun More… |
Mobily picks Gemalto for M2M servicesGemalto, a leader in digital security, has announced that Mobily, Saudi Arabia’s leading mobile operator, has selected Gemalto’s Machine Identification Module (MIM) for the deployment of machine-to-machine (M2M) services. Gemalto’s MIM spe More… |
Saudi Cargo launches Dubai-Europe serviceSaudi Airlines Cargo has partnered with DHL Global Forwarding to launch three weekly 747 freighter service linking Dubai to Brussels and Amsterdam in Europe. The Saudi airline will operate direct flights from Brussels twice a week and from More… |








