Middle East & North Africa

Etihad flights to and from Frankfurt Airport will move to Terminal 2 effective from 30 October 2022.

Joramco has expanded its relationship with the European leisure airline group TUI with its first maintenance agreement for TUI’s Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Turkish Technic will join IATA’s MRO SmartHub platform.

Dubai Airports and Dubai World Central (DWC) have appointed three key roles within the organisation.

Zela Aviation has entered a cooperation agreement with the Egyptian based low cost and charter airline FlyEgypt.

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023, being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 1–4 May 2023, will feature a sustainability category at its annual exhibitor awards next year for the first time.

Joramco and Spirit AeroSystems have agreed to explore opportunities to cooperate in providing a wide range of services and repairs to composite and metallic aerostructures to Middle East customers.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that ‘Unlocking Value Creation by Putting the Customer First’ will be the theme of the 2022 World Passenger Symposium (WPS).

Saudia Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday with Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University to collaborate on increasing women’s empowerment efforts.

Gulf Air recently celebrated 40 years of direct operations between Bahrain and Athens.

Joramco has entered a new maintenance deal with MNG Airlines, under which the Amman-based MRO will perform C-checks and main landing gear and engine replacements on A300 and A330 cargo aircraft from the Turkish carrier’s fleet.

ACC Aviation, with has offices in the Middle East, is introducing a carbon offsetting programme in collaboration with Positive Planet.

Wizz Air, which has a joint venture with Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, has entered a components contract with Lufthansa Technik.

Egyptian carrier Air Cairo and regional aircraft manufacturer ATR have announced the signature of a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA).

The conference displayed synergy between travel and tourism as Qatar Airways revealed over ten projects developed with partners including Qatar

Antonoaldo Neves has been appointed as group chief executive officer of Etihad Aviation Group, succeeding Tony Douglas as Group CEO.

The Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) has announced the forum programme for its upcoming sixth edition, taking place on 9 – 11 November 2022.

Flydubai will launch flights to Osh in Kyrgyzstan from 03 November with a twice-weekly service, becoming the first UAE carrier to operate direct flights from Dubai.

Klatt Works, manufacturer of ‘SAVED’ a fully integrated augmented reality display inside a commercial aircraft crew oxygen mask, and AMETEK Ameron have entered a new partnership.

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the two fully outfitted Gulfstream G700 production test aircraft will embark on an extensive world tour.

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) and Flydubai have entered a regional partnership.

Emirates’ Taipei-Dubai route is scheduled to go daily from 6 November, following the conclusion of Taiwan’s reopening plan with the termination of its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine restrictions for arrivals.

OneWeb and Panasonic Avionics will closely partner to enable Panasonic Avionics to market, sell, and support OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency LEO in-flight broadband services to commercial airlines worldwide.

Emirates’ flagship A380 made a landmark touchdown at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, marking the first commercial flight to the South Indian city.

Comlux Completion has been successfully approved by Airbus ACJ to provide maintenance services on the latest member of the ACJ Family, the ACJ TwoTwenty.