Turkish charter company Pegasus Airlines used the World Travel Market to announce record growth. Chairman Ali Sabanci spoke at a special reception tonight in the City of London to coincide with World Travel Market 2009, with the Pegasus team flying in especially for the occasion.
British Airways today announced the launch of British Airways Business Opportunity Grants in the UAE, an initiative as part of the airline's commitment to keep entrepreneurship alive and to help stimulate local business.
For the third time in as many years, Royal Jet - the Abu Dhabi headquartered international luxury executive flight services company - has won the coveted World Travel Award for the World's Leading Private Jet Charter.
The "Aviation Asset Management in the Middle East" summit will take place this Thursday 12th November 2009 in Dubai, and will be chaired by Ahmed Al Haddabi, Senior Vice President Operations, ADAC.
Middle East Airlines - MEA - could be the next of the region's airlines to move from Government-owned into private hands following a path carved out by Royal Jordanian and soon Kuwait Airways
Emirates airline posted a net profit of Dhs 752 million (US$205 million), for the first six months of its current financial year ending 30th September 2009. This represents a 165 percent improvement compared to Dhs 284 million (US$77 million) net profits for the same period in 2008.
Royal Jordanian will continue to rigorously control costs despite the company turning last year's losses into an operating profit, chief executive Hussein Dabbas said in Amman today
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been voted the airline with the region's best treasury team by the Association of Corporate Treasurers Middle East (ACTME).
Mohamed Abubaker Al Farea, Vice President, Corporate Safety, Security and Quality, Etihad Airways, has been announced as Conference Chairman for the Aviation Asset Management in the Middle East Conference.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum President of Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation, has made an on-site inspection of the additional exhibition facilities for next month's Dubai Airshow, erected due to unprecedented demand.
The brightest aviation experts, leading airlines and airport authorities gathered yesterday evening at the W Doha Hotels & Resorts for the Leaders in Aviation Award Ceremony.
A top-level panel of aviation industry chief executives confirmed the Middle East was leading the way out of a downturn but warned the industry should not be complacent.
Etihad Airways is to host the 18th Annual Conference of the International Association of Airline Internal Auditors (IAAIA) in the airline's home base of Abu Dhabi from Sunday, 29 November to Wednesday, 2 December 2009.
For the first time, senior representatives from NASA and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) are heading to the UAE to address high-level delegates from the region's space industry at a forum dedicated to space technology.
Emirates Airline announced today the successful pricing of its inaugural US bond offering guaranteed by the Export Import Bank of the United States (the "Ex-Im Bank") related to a loan facility secured for three new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
EASA has certified the all-weather multi-role Ka-32A11BC helicopter for operation in EU countries - a move that could see increased operations in MENA activities too
EADS and Eurocopter has signed a cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund SAMRUK-KAZYNA to create a public-private joint venture in the country to develop helicopter activities
The CEO of low cost carrier (LCC) Air Arabia, highlighted the significant global growth opportunities for regional LCCs when he addressed he World Low-Cost Airline (WLCA) Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) challenged governments to take four specific actions to support the aviation industry's responsible approach to climate change.
Etihad Airways - the UAE's national airline - has signed the first Export Credit Guaranteed transactions in a US$1 billion aircraft financing programme for 2009 and 2010.
Boeing yesterday told Middle East bankers and financiers in Dubai that air travel in the Middle East is stronger than in most global regions in the currently distressed global economy, creating good opportunities for investors interested in aircraft financing.
