Gulf Air recently saw two members of its senior cabin crew, representing the airline's duty free sales team, recognised at the 2014 Inflight Sales Person of the Year Conference (ISPY).
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.
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 flight support company, Hadid is to partner with Satcom Direct to jointly offer flight planning, aircraft datalink, flight-following and international trip support services.
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.
