Aerospace

Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) and MRO Middle East closed today after a two days of dedicated aircraft interiors and MRO focused announcements, agreements and networking. Over 5000 trade visitors came to the event to interact with the 330 exhibitors and attend the IFEC Seminars taking place on the show floor.

Security has become a top priority for half of the world’s airports as passenger numbers and cargo traffic increase - with Gulf airports set to handle 450 million passengers a year - and the airport security market has accordingly been forecast to reach US$18.42 billion by 2025.

TAV Airports will initiate share buy-back in order to contain the effect of fluctuations in markets due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) has unveiled its ‘Women Behind Aviation’ campaign to coincide with International Women’s Day 2020, celebrating and highlighting the role of women working across the industry.

Etihad Cargo has announced its freighter schedule for the IATA summer season, boosting capacity to its top freighter gateways.

In keeping with food security amidst the global outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID-19, Lulu Hypermarket has airlifted a special food consignment on a chartered Gulf Air’s flagship Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from India to Bahrain this morning in an initiative spearheaded by #TeamBahrain.

Emirates SkyCargo has stepped up its commitment to facilitate the flow of essential goods across markets including the UAE.

An Emirates SkyCargo flight carrying close to 500,000 Covid-19 testing kits has landed at Sao Paulo airport in Brazil.

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar al-Baker told Reuters on Sunday that the airline could soon run out of cash it needs to continue flying.

Qatar Airways Cargo will resume scheduled belly-hold cargo operations to China with the utilisation of wide-body and passenger-configurated aircraft effective 30 March 2020.

Airport Show 2020 has been rescheduled to take place from 26-28 October 2020 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) where it was scheduled earlier for June.

Qatar Airways and Standard Chartered have successfully signed a US$ 850 million financing in respect of seven Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

Emirates SkyCargo has rapidly scaled up its cargo services to connect an increasing number of global destinations.

Jazeera Airways has announced that it ran its first all-cargo flight to and from Riyadh on April 15, 2020.

Due to the changing global situation relating to the COVID-19 virus, the Arabian Travel Market will now be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre on 16-19 May 2021, following the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid Al Fitr celebrations.

Emirates Delivers, the e-commerce delivery platform launched by the freight division of Emirates has witnessed a strong reception by UAE customers in March and April 2020.

UPS said it has added over 200 company-owned and chartered air freighter flights in April to support FEMA’s Project Airbridge and other healthcare-related missions.

In recent weeks Qatar Airways has carried over one million people home plus transported over 70,000 tonnes of medical equipment and aid relief, ensuring it is a reliable partner for passengers, governments, travel trade and freight companies in extremely challenging circumstances.

Etihad Cargo has partnered with the Australian Government to provide critical international airfreight assistance to Australia.

MEBAA Conference in Amman is cancelled until 2021 due to concerns related to the rapidly evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Emirates SkyCargo is taking additional measures to ensure the safety of its employees and operations during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Emirates SkyCargo has utilised the cargo capacity on its Boeing 777 freighter and Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighter aircraft to help maintain and replenish food supplies in the UAE during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Airbus has reported consolidated financial results for its first quarter (Q1) ended 31 March 2020.

Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks, after removal of the economy-class seats.

Wego, the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today released its survey on travellers’ behaviours and MENA travel trends.