Middle East & North Africa

By Anuradha Deenapanray
A recent agreement between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Morocco opens the door for 'win-win' cooperation in the aerospace sector.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Emirates is upgrading capacity on its Narita-Dubai route with the deployment of its flagship A380 from 15 November, as Japan scraps the daily arrival cap, and lifts the COVID-19 testing and self-quarantine protocols for inbound travel.
Airports & Networks

Walid El Khafif has been named as the new chairman & CEO of the EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering company – part of the EgyptAir Group.
MRO

IATA has announced passenger data for August 2022 showing continued momentum in the air travel recovery.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai continues to grow its operations to the island nation of the Maldives with the launch of a new daily service to Gan International Airport (GAN) from 04 February 2023.
Airports & Networks

India’s low-cost carrier IndiGo is to launch services from Mumbai to Istanbul from January 1, 2023.
Airports & Networks

AFRAA has announced airline performance updates since the pandemic.
Air Transport

The Secretary General of AFRAA, Abdérahmane Berthé has met Ethiopian Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer, Mesfin Tasew Bekele, for discussions in Ethiopia.
Aerospace

Saudi Arabia has concluded participation of the 41st International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly, where Saudi Arabia won election to the ICAO Council for the 2023-25 term.
Aerospace

Analysis by ForwardKeys shows that flight bookings to Qatar from the thirty-one countries competing in the football World Cup finals are currently 10 times the volume of pre-pandemic levels.
Airports & Networks

Satair has renewed its agreement with Vision Systems covering the worldwide distribution of Solar Protection Systems for the cockpit and cabin that can be installed across Airbus, Boeing, and ATR platforms.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Peaford
The EgyptAir Group is set to formally announce a new Chairman and CEO this week.
Maintenance & Training

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a centre of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions, and Turkish Technic have entered a new collaboration in A330P2F conversions.
MRO

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has endorsed Saudi Arabia’s Harmonising Air Travel (HAT) policy framework at the 41st General Assembly in Montreal.
Air Transport

AeroGuard Flight Training Centre, a global ab-initio pilot training group, has launched AeroGuard Arabia near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, its first campus located outside the U.S.A.
Maintenance & Training

Jazeera Airways has taken delivery of its tenth and eleventh A320neo aircraft from Airbus, bringing the airline’s fleet to a total of 19 aircraft from seven in 2018.
Air Transport

Abu Dhabi will be hosting the 16th edition of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG).
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has launched its first-ever scheduled flights linking Abu Dhabi and Guangzhou.
Airports & Networks

Israel is growing increasingly impatient to receive Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft to replace its fleet of about seven ageing Boeing 707 tankers.
Defense

Flynas will start two direct weekly flights between Jeddah and Marseille from 09 November 2022.
Airports & Networks

Governments meeting at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal have adopted a goal of net-zero carbon emissions for international flights by 2050.
Air Transport

Fokker Services Group, the aviation aftermarket company, is now building a wide-body aircraft hangar in close cooperation with Gaptek, a leader in modular architecture.
MRO

Qatar Airways Cargo has launched its next generation Digital Experience platform with a revamped cargo customer portal called ‘Digital Lounge.’
Emerging Technologies

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has received its sixth aircraft and is increasing its services.
Airports & Networks

AlUla International Airport, in Saudi Arabia, has celebrated the arrival of flynas first direct flight between AlUla and Cairo.
Airports & Networks