Emirates plans to restart flights between Dubai and Edinburgh on 4 November. The UAE carrier says it will operate the route daily using the Airbus A350-900. This will complement Emirates' A380 service to Glasgow, offering passengers a total of 14 weekly flights to Scotland, it adds. It notes that the service will also boost cargo capacity and that Emirates SkyCargo will have be able to uplift 16 tonnes of freight per flight. Emirates' first of 65 on-order A350-900s is scheduled to enter service in September. It will use the type to serve nine destinations across the Middle East, GCC, west Asia and Europe. The Middle Eastern operator first launched flights to Edinburgh in 2018 using a Boeing 777-300ER.

Flydubai is expanding its European network with the launch of flights from Dubai International airport to Basel, Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius. Four weekly flights to Basel will begin on 2 August, while Riga flights will be operated thrice weekly from 11 October, the UAE-based carrier says. It will also operate thrice weekly services to Tallinn and Vilnius from 12 October. With this, Flydubai has grown its network in Europe to 44 destinations in 21 countries.

The price of jet kerosene has declined to the levels seen at the end of last year, reversing the significant gains seen through the first few weeks of 2023. According to the latest data from energy information provider ICIS – which like Cirium is RLEX-owned – the price per tonne of jet fuel for barge delivery to northwest Europe fell by $21 in the week to 7 May, to $807.25. That compares with $876.75 four weeks ago, a decline of nearly 8%. The price hit nearly $1,000 in February, having reached nearly $1,100 in September. "European jet kerosene spot market prices stayed low this week on upstream softness albeit market activity improved when compared to last few weeks," notes ICIS. It observes that demand is not strong enough to push prices higher, while supply "remains ample amid increased influx of imports and soaring regional stock levels capping any substantial gains in outright values". ICIS adds: "As the market eyes peak summer demand rebound, this appears to be tempered by lack of substantial buying appetite and demand dented by airline strikes in UK and France." Pricing has also eased on the back of weaker crude values, which have declined to seven-week lows of around $83 per barrel. Similar dynamics can be seen elsewhere in the world. In North America, pricing slipped to 248.5 cents per US gallon at New York harbour, down from 277 four weeks ago. In Asia, Singapore prices declined to around $95 per barrel from $107 four weeks ago.