The UAE hosted a symposium on air traffic management (ATM) in Abu Dhabi last week, to focus the attention on the challenges the region is facing for its air navigation.
Jeppesen has agreed to a new five-year flight planning service contract with Jazeera Airways. Jeppesen services included in the agreement will optimize flight planning capabilities and reduce overall operating costs for the airline.
Etihad Airways has completed the final phase in the development of its Al Ain contact centre facility, with the opening of a second contact centre, bringing to three the number of centres within the UAE, and a total of four worldwide.
The first group of Etihad Airways' unique inflight Butler trainees has departed Abu Dhabi for specialist training at the Savoy Butler Academy in London.
Aviation risk management and safety auditing company Wyvern Consulting has become part of the Saudi Arabian-based Nexus group through its US subsidiary Nexus Services America.
Dubai headquartered flight support company, Hadid is to partner with Satcom Direct to jointly offer flight planning, aircraft datalink, flight-following and international trip support services.
Air Culinaire Worldwide - a division of Universal Weather and Aviation - has launched a new training programme designed to provide flight crews additional knowledge on food safety, food allergies, gluten-free diets, and culinary skills.
Dubai-headquartered UAS International Trip Support has continued its 2014 expansion and growth with the opening of two new offices. The first of which is an Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong and secondly a regional office in Beijing. The opening of these offices is a clear demonstration of UAS' recognition of the importance of the Asian market.
The world's first in-flight butler will be a woman from Merseyside who will take to the skies tomorrow (Saturday December 27) on board Etihad Airways' first superjumbo A380 journey from its Abu Dhabi base to London's Heathrow airport.
Hundreds of people from the general public participated in the annual race, this year named “Run to Fly”, organised by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Friday 16 January in Zabeel Park, Dubai.
Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS), the air navigation service provider for Dubai's two international airports and the airspace of the northern Emirates and Europe's ATM organisation Eurocontrol, have signed a Cooperation Agreement – the first of its kind in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
The UAE Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) urged civil aviation authorities in the GCC region for more cooperation to deal with the airways traffic congestion in the region's skyline.
Jeppesen, has signed a multi-year service contract with leading Saudi Arabian private jet operator NasJet to provide international trip planning services to increase the Riyadh-based airline's flight department operational efficiency.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) hosted the first MID Region ATM Enhancement Programme Steering (MAEP) Committee meeting of 2015 in Dubai to discuss ways of enhancing the air traffic management efficiency in the Middle East.
The UAE GCAA hosted the three day ICAO MID Region First Call Sign Confusion Ad-hoc Working Group Meeting, to discuss issues occurring as a result of flight Call Signs Similarity that is considered to be one of the main risks facing aviation operations in the world, which would harm the safety of the civil aviation
The second ICAO International Aviation and Environment Seminar for the Middle East which was held in the UAE last week addressed the reducing of carbon dioxide emissions, which is one of the key objectives of ICAO regarding aviation's role in protecting the environment.
