Middle East & North Africa

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

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.
Airports & Networks

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

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

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

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.
Emerging Technologies

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.
Emerging Technologies

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

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.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways Privilege Club has signed a global strategic agreement with Visa as part of a new 10-year exclusive partnership.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airport developments and investment are under a sharp focus with renewed vigour and vitality in Saudi Arabia, which is projected to have the fastest passenger traffic growth until 2040.
Air Transport

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

Royal Jordanian’s (RJ) Vice Chairman/CEO Samer Majali has been awarded the Distinguished Aviation Alumni Award 2022.
Maintenance & Training

ADQ has offered to combine its shareholdings in AMMROC, Etihad Engineering and GAL into Abu Dhabi Aviation to create a global aviation MRO and services business.
MRO

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

This is up 15% in both deliveries and expenditures from the same 10-year forecast a year ago.
Business Aviation

By Alan Peaford
The Bahrain airshow kicks off the show season for the MENA region with its mix of civil and defence aircraft on display, a series of forums and a lot of space for exhibition and networking opportunities.
Aerospace

Necessity proved the mother of invention for a Saudi Arabia-based team whose pandemic-inspired detour brought a new disinfection product to market.
Emerging Technologies

The Bahrain International Airshow 2022 has announced four ‘ground-breaking’ forums each featuring a variety of keynote and panel sessions.
Aerospace

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will be participating in the 2022 edition of the Abu Dhabi Air Expo showcasing part of its growing fleet by displaying an Airbus A321neo long-range aircraft to an estimated 18,000 attendees.
Aerospace

Flydubai has entered an agreement with Smartwings, the Czech Republic-based airline, to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft between 17 November 2022 and 16 January 2023.
Air Transport

By Vincent Chappard
When Tunisair head Khaled Chelly was recently in Paris to inaugurate a new agency at Orly Airport and to take delivery of the airline's second A320neo, he revealed the outline of Tunisair’s tough restructuring plan.
Air Transport

Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport has received over 5.8 Million passengers up to September registering an 89.6% increase and 15.6% decline against 2021 and 2019 figures.
Airports & Networks

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