Middle East & North Africa

Gulf Air will return to some of its favourite beach destinations for the summer season of 2023, as the airline also adds the new route of Goa.

Embraer has secured a new firm order for 15 new E195-E2 aircraft from an undisclosed customer.

Etihad Airways will be introducing two exciting routes this year, connecting Abu Dhabi to Copenhagen in Denmark and Düsseldorf in Germany from October 1.

Royal Jordanian has increased its services between Amman and Aqaba.

Emirates will ramp up its operations in China ahead of the New Lunar Year with twice weekly services to Shanghai and a daily to Beijing.

Air cargo company Challenge Group will start the new year with an inaugural Challenge Airlines flight out of Istanbul, Turkey on 25 January 2023.

The global aviation analytics group OAG has named Etihad Airways as the most punctual airline in the Middle East and among the most reliable in the world.

Emirates will scale up its A380 operations with the iconic double-decker returning to Glasgow (26 March 2023), Nice (1 June 2023) and Birmingham (1 July 2023).

Pratt and Whitney has already reached two milestones this year with its GTF engines.

Hear how the changing geopolitical uncertainty has led to a greater focus on understanding the threats across the MEASA region.

Wizz Air has officially inaugurated two new connections between Budapest and Riyadh and Bucharest and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

Emirates has invested with new high-speed, inflight broadband powered by Inmarsat’s GX Aviation, onboard 50 new Airbus A350 aircraft - scheduled to enter service in 2024.

Emirates will resume its services to Tokyo-Haneda starting from 2 April 2023.

Gulf Air and Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider in outsourced unit load device (ULD) management, repair and digital services, have renewed their longstanding ULD management partnership for another 10-year term.

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.

Boeing has reported 774 commercial orders last year after cancellations and conversions.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is making important steps to secure its place as an industry-leading airline for its commitment to environmental responsibility, seeing sustainability management as an integral part of its corporate strategy.

AviLease, an aircraft lessor, and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) have signed an MoU to launch the production and distribution of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Saudi Arabia.

Now that Algeria has lifted health restrictions following the Covid-19 pandemic, it has allowed the country to increase flight numbers, opening up great prospects.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has added a Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft to its managed fleet.

(IATA) has announced that the air travel recovery continued through November 2022.

Emirates, the official main sponsor of Real Madrid, welcomed the Spanish football club onboard a specially chartered A380 flight from Madrid to Riyadh yesterday.

Gulf Air has extended an agreement with flydocs, an asset management solution provider for the aviation industry, to provide digital records management software.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for November 2022 global air cargo markets showing that demand softened as economic headwinds persist.

Emirates has noted a 154% increase in vegan meals year on year as Veganuary kicks off for 2023.