Middle East & North Africa

Gulf Air has performed a low emission flypast at the 2023 Formula 1 season opener over the Bahrain International Circuit.

Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) received the title of ‘Best Airport by Size and Region: Middle East’ for airports serving five to 15 million passengers for the fifth time.

Flynas will add 10 new destinations and routes in Asia and Europe during the 2023 summer season as of next June.

Flydubai has launched four destinations in Saudi Arabia.

Australian headquartered Ansett Aviation Training (AAT), has launched a new full flight simulator training centre for airlines and pilots in Dubai.

CDB Aviation has delivered the final new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to Oman Air.

Etihad Airways Engineering is planning to expand the capacity of its 500,000 sqm aircraft maintenance facility adjacent to Abu Dhabi International Airport.

With Middle Eastern airline Emirates having announced the biggest ever cabin refit programme in history, and record numbers of narrowbody orders across the MEASA region meant the colocated MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East shows were set to shine.

Joramco recently won a new maintenance agreement contract with Air Europa and an agreement with Cebu Pacific from the Philippines.

Qatar Airways is gearing for growth in Africa, establishing new routes and increasing frequencies on others.

Etihad Airways Engineering announced at MRO Middle East that it is entering into a collaboration with Acme Aerospace as an Acme Aerospace authorised repair station for avionic instruments and batteries.

ITW GSE has launched a set of technologies that enables individual ground support units such as GPUs, PCAs, charging stations and even aircraft detection systems to all work together.

Riyadh Airports Company (RAC), which operates and manages King Khalid International Airport (KKIA), has successfully trialled Smart Path, a facial recognition technology.

Leading independent MRO provider Joramco is embarking on an expansion plan with two widebody hangars, a maintenance hangar and a dedicated wide body paint hangar.

Sharjah Airport Authority held its meeting under the theme of ‘Moving Forward Together’ to recognise the contributions of its media and strategic partners.

The much-anticipated MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) 2023 will take place on 1 – 2 March 2023 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).

Joramco has announced a new maintenance deal with Emirates.

Sprung Structures (USA) and Gulf Enterprises (United Arab Emirates) are collaborating on constructing innovative pre-designed and pre-manufactured hangars in the Middle East.

Etihad Airways Engineering has won three industry honours at the Aviation Achievement Awards 2023 held in Dubai on 28 February.

According to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast, regional airlines are expected to require 3,020 new passenger and freight aircraft deliveries by 2040.

Flydubai has announced its annual results for the year ending 31 December 2022 and reports a profit of AED 1.2 billion (USD 327 million).

Tupan, an innovative air vehicle technology, has announced a partnership agreement with ForestAu Green to start its operations in the UAE.

EgyptAir has taken of its first A321neo from Airbus’ Delivery Centre in Hamburg, making the airline the first African operator of the aircraft.

Etihad Airways has announced that passengers from all global airports, except Abu Dhabi, will not be able to use the airline’s online check-in service.

Oman Air has unveiled its summer schedule for 2023.