Middle East & North Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keyvan Aviation and GE Aerospace have signed Product Update Service Agreement.
Emerging Technologies

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced passenger data for August 2022 showing continued momentum in the air travel recovery.
Air Transport

Royal Jordanian Airlines and Embraer have signed an MoU to introduce two variants of Embraer’s advanced E2 jets to its fleet - the E190-E2 and E195-E2.
Air Transport

By Steve Nichols
Thales Avionics sees next-gen flight management systems (FMS) as an integral part of greener, more economical flights.
Emerging Technologies