Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker met with influential European Parliament members and top decision makers of the European Commission this week in Brussels, Belgium.
Click Aviation Network will be attending its second Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) show from the 10th to 12th of December 2018.
Abu Dhabi Airports is celebrating the UAE’s 47th National Day with a list of activities, entertainment, and national symbols that foster the sense of patriotism.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has announced that its Board of Directors and Shareholders had authorised an additional US$300 million for bond repurchases to be conducted through open market transactions.
Innovation and technology are accelerating the pace of change across almost every sector of the global economy. The business aviation industry is benefitting from technological innovations as the landscape changes, and exhibitors at the MEBAA Show are leading the way.
Etihad Airways has celebrated the launch of its new scheduled service to Barcelona by hosting an evening reception at the historic Capella dels Angels, a sixteenth-century Gothic building which is now part of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed a new four-year unsecured revolving credit facility arranged by Emirates NBD as sole Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.
The Saudi Aviation Club has announced a strategic partnership with the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to establish the first Saudi International Airshow, to be held in Riyadh from 12 to 14 March 2019.
Abu Dhabi Airports has kicked off this week its annual Safety Week with a series of activities designed to increase awareness of aviation safety standards and best practices among its employees and airport stakeholders.
The 6th annual World Aviation Safety Summit revealed some of the biggest safety challenges and trends facing the international industry on day one of the event, which was being hosted by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), on December 11 and 12 in Dubai.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts the global airline industry net profit to be $35.5 billion in 2019, slightly ahead of the $32.3 billion expected net profit in 2018 (revised down from $33.8 billion forecast in June).
Abu Dhabi Airports has hosted its annual Stakeholder and Airlines Relations Dinner in recognition of the crucial role played by its various stakeholders and partner airlines in ensuring the highest standards of excellence across Abu Dhabi Airports’ facilities and terminals.
The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator took off for a fully unmanned autonomous flight at the military airbase in Istres in the south of France this last week.
Emirates has announced the airline has ‘delivered another year of trendsetting product and service initiatives across its fleet and network to make ‘flying better’ for its customers.’
Qatar Airways and Qatar Duty Free (QDF) are to sponsor the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2019 tournament on its 27th edition this year taking place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, from December 31, 2018 to January 5, 2019.
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) will host the second edition of MBRSC Science Event, which will be held on the 21st and 22nd of January, in Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.
Between January and December 2018, Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, flew close to 2.6 million tonnes of cargo across six continents.
Etihad Cargo has become the Middle East’s first carrier to be awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification in Pharmaceutical Logistics. The airline is one of only 16 carriers to hold this important certification worldwide.
It is understood up to 15 people have been killed after an Iranian run Saha Airlines Boeing 707 freighter aircraft overshot the runway at Fath Airport in the city of Karaj crashing in to nearby houses. One person is believed to have survived the crash.
