Middle East & North Africa

Joramco, the Amman-based MRO provider and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has won its first maintenance agreement with euroAtlantic Airways.

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.

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.

Transport Association’s (IATA) 2022 Safety Conference taking place in Dubai under the theme of “Emerging Stronger – Safely Transforming to a More Resilient Tomorrow,” with Emirates as the host airline.

The fourth Aviators Africa Conference and Tower Awards has taken place in South Africa with our very own director of Times Aerospace, Mark Brown, winning Africa Changemaker Award for 'Events' on behalf of the team at Times Aerospace Events Ltd.

OGMA, part of the Embraer Group, is the first authorised heavy maintenance centre for E-Jets E2 aircraft in Middle East Africa, and Europe.

Panasonic Avionics has launched a wide range of new features for its sought-after in-flight map platform, Arc.

Marking World Vegan Day on November 1, Emirates has delivered an increased response for plant-based cuisine with a multimillion-dollar investment into new vegan choices onboard.

Turkish Technic will service the 131-9A auxiliary power units installed on Airbus A320 aircraft.

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

AAR has expanded its partnership with Flydubai by signing multi-year Boeing 737 MAX flight-hour component support contract.

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

Sharjah Airport saw 9.5 million passengers recorded at the end of the third quarter of 2022.

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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