Middle East & North Africa

This month marks five years since Emirates and Flydubai activated their extensive partnership and joined forces.
Air Transport

Emirates is highlighting a busy travel period for both inbound and outbound travel through Dubai for the next month.
Air Transport

Flydubai's has commenced its Match Day Shuttle service starts from Dubai World Central (DWC).
Air Transport

Boeing is forecasting strong demand for air cargo services through 2041, with traffic doubling and the world’s freighter fleet expanding by more than 60%.
Air Transport

The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023 will focus on sustainable progress within the Middle East’s travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai unveils special livery on two of its latest Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft as part of its regional partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Aerospace

Dubai is gearing up for the ninth edition of MEBAA 2022 taking place 6-8 December, 2022.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has selected Sport 24, produced by IMG and exclusively available in-flight from Panasonic Avionics, in partnership with Inmarsat.
Emerging Technologies

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has unveiled Theresa May as a keynote speaker at its upcoming Global Summit in Saudi Arabia.
Aerospace

Rolls-Royce has successfully entered the final phase of testing its ALECSys (Advanced Low Emissions Combustion System) demonstrator engine, this time at altitude.
MRO

Saudia Group has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with AviLease for 20 new aircraft.
Air Transport

The Palestinian Authority is in the market for two helicopters to be operated from Jordan and will transport the authority’s President , Mahmoud Abbas to events in the West Bank.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has boosted its network with increased flight frequencies to multiple popular destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Americas that will benefit its customers’ business globally to meet growing demand this winter season.
Airports & Networks

Kenya Airways (KQ) will start operating non-stop flights from the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa to Dubai on December 15, 2022.
Airports & Networks

The UAE Space Agency (UAESA) launched the Space Data Centre, a digital platform.
Space

Qatar is working with the US Department of Homeland Security to throw a security blanket around the FIFA World Cup.
Defense

Flynas has launched a new route between Cairo and Al Medina, starting on December 2, 2022.
Airports & Networks

IATA has launched the IATA Environmental Assessment for Airports and Ground Service Providers (IEnvA for Airports and GSPs).
Airports & Networks

The airline has introduced four direct flights a week to the popular resort island, which boasts many of Thailand’s most famous and beautiful locations.
Airports & Networks

The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) and Emirates airline are now offering international travellers the opportunity to speed up their airport experience by consenting to the use of biometric data.
Airports & Networks

Thousands of aerospace and defence professionals from over 30 countries around the world connected at the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2022.
Aerospace

Amidst surging jet fuel prices more frequent aircraft exterior cleaning could help reduce fuel consumption, said Jo Alex Tanem, CEO of Nordic Dino Robotics, an aircraft exterior cleaning robot.
MRO

The new Eurofighter Typhoons of the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) No7 Squadron will provide round-the-clock air defence cover for the 2022 FIFA World Cup this winter.
Defense

Etihad Airways and Garuda Indonesia are strengthening their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Jakarta and beyond their respective hubs.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
The Middle East’s airlines have one goal as they gear up for a huge sporting event in Qatar.
Air Transport