Middle East & North Africa

Emirates is scaling up its operations at Newcastle International Airport to allow passengers from the North East to fly seven days a week from 1 December 2022.

Jazeera Airways will start services to Bengaluru on November 3 flying to the city two times a week on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Oman Air has been awarded the 2023 Five-Star Major Airline rating by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX).

Gulf Air chief executive officer Captain Waleed Al Alawi opened the World Passenger Symposium today.

IATA has announced the results of its 2022 Global Passenger Survey (GPS), showing that travellers top concerns for travel are focused on simplification and convenience.

Kuwait Airways has launched scheduled flights to the cities of Kathmandu and Maldives.

Visitors to Abu Dhabi Air Expo have enjoyed Etihad Airways’ aircraft display and chalet, as the three-day event opened today.

Saudia has signed an MoU with Jeddah University in order to foster research and innovation in the Kingdom.

The Royal Jordanian Board of Directors has approved the financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of this year.

Jazeera Airways has reported a group net profit of KD20.77 million (US$247,966 million) for the nine months period (9M) of 2022.

Airbus has reported consolidated financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2022.

Qatar Airways is set to boost its growing network with increased flight frequencies to multiple popular destinations across the globe to meet travel demand during the peak winter holiday season.

Jazeera Airways, the budget airline based in Kuwait, is to launch services from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in India.

Qatar Airways has extended its codeshare agreement with JetBlue with new destinations.

Emirates will be showcasing its Airbus A319 aircraft this year at Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2022.

More than eight in 10 passengers (83%) feel confident flying again, a significant rise from just one in ten (10%) this time last year, according to Inmarsat’s 2022 Passenger Experience Survey.

NEXT50, an Abu Dhabi based-technology company, will showcase its capabilities at Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2022.

The Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) has elected Ibrahim Al-Omar, director general of Saudia Group, as chairman of its executive committee.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will showcase a variety of its aviation products, including civil aviation, radars and avionics, air defence systems, coastal guard and drone guard systems.

International public services company Serco celebrates its 75-year partnership with the Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation.

The first Etihad Airways flight to use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) supplied by ITOCHU Corporation and NESTE took off from Tokyo Narita airport today.

Gulf Air has announced Captain Waleed Al Alawi as the airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Joramco the Amman-based MRO provider and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), was recently awarded a new agreement with flyadeal, based in Jeddah.

The Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’ has uncovered new observations, in addition to its nominal set of observations, about Mars’ atmosphere in its fifth batch of scientific data.

Qatar Airways has become the first airline in the Middle East and Africa region to announce its commitment for an international SAF off-take agreement.