Middle East & North Africa

Pegasus Airlines has announced its financial results for 2022, with guest numbers growing by 33.7% year on year and a full year turnover of €2.45 billion.

IATA has said recovery in air travel demand is continuing in 2023, based on January traffic results.

A new innovation programme has been launched by Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans) that provides air navigation services and air traffic control for four airports of Dubai and the Northern Emirates.

Serco, the international public services company, has officially launched its Saudi Space division.

Joramco, the Amman-based MRO provider, recently participated at MRO Middle East 2023 in Dubai with a strong presence.

Business travel in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is recovering more rapidly than in any other region.

Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) and Lufthansa Technik Middle East (LTME) have signed an agreement of aircraft component services.

Etihad Cargo has said it has enhanced its online booking portal as part of the carrier's digitalisation strategy to improve the customer experience.

IATA has released its 2022 Safety Report for global aviation showing a reduction in the number of fatal accidents and the fatality risk, compared to 2021 and to the five year average (2018-2022).

International Women's Day on March 8 will be celebrated around the world and the Emirates Group is one airline keen to mark it.

Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) and Collins Aerospace have entered a 10-year FlightSense agreement.

Emirates and Philippine Airlines have signed an interline agreement to boost connectivity for passengers of both air carriers.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.