Al Maktoum International At Dubai World Central

Comlux’s new Dubai service and maintenance center will serve as its regional headquarters.

Gama Aviation plans a second quarter 2025 opening of its new business aviation center at Sharjah International Airport.

Joby and Jetex have formed a strategic partnership to integrate Joby’s S4 electric air taxis into Jetex facilities at major UAE airports.

The region’s business aviation market is growing in fleet, infrastructure, technology and flight hours.

Emirates Airline has placed a further order for dedicated freighter aircraft as the carrier significantly boosts its cargo capacity.

Ali Alnaqbi, founder and executive chairman of the Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), discusses opportunities in the region.

There’s a new sense of growth and ambition across Middle East airports.

Emirates Airline President Tim Clark expects to the new and expanded Dubai World Central Al Makhtoum Airport (DWC) to be operational between 2032 and 2034.

Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.

Dubai has approved plans for building an AED128 billion passenger terminal at Dubai World Central Airport.

The long-planned move to DWC has been delayed several times. Now Dubai’s aviation stakeholders are pursuing it with renewed urgency.

A diverse portfolio of UAE-built UAS and missiles needs engines, and the Edge Group wants to use local options.

All of Dubai’s aviation stakeholders are "on the same page,” Emirates Airline President Tim Clark says.

Emirates is investing $950 million to build a new engineering facility that will expand MRO capacity for its growing fleet.

Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.

VPorts has begun the certification process for the vertiports at its planned advanced air mobility integrator center in the Dubai South development zone.

The carrier’s flights on the route will be operated with a Boeing 737 aircraft.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The network addition coincides with the Expo 2020 Dubai event, taking place from October until March 2022.

The Kenyan cargo airline is eying new intra-Africa opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area and the potential for expansion in China.

Nonstop service between the Romanian city Cluj-Napoca and Dubai is set to resume in March.

The LCC plans to restore Doha to its network next week after an absence of more than three-and-a-half years.

The Qatar-UAE flights will be the first scheduled nonstop routes since mid-2017. Additionally, Qatar’s flag-carrier has signed an expanded codeshare deal with Iberia.

GCC and South Asia top targets as Dubai's second airport aims to build its network

Flights to Amman, Beirut, Chittagong, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat will become available from DWC from October 25, 2015, while flights to these destinations from Dubai International will also remain available.