Middle East & North Africa

flydubai has broken ground on its new Aircraft Maintenance Centre at Dubai South.

Turkish Airlines and the Latvian airline airBaltic have expanded their existing codeshare agreement, adding several new destinations to their shared network.

A radical new form of transport coming to the UAE promises to cut drastically the time to travel between the country’s largest cities.

Emirates has officially launched its new daily service to Shenzhen, marking the airline’s fourth gateway in the Chinese mainland.

Turkish Airlines is launching flights from London Stansted Airport on 18 March 2026, offering UK passengers more convenient access to Istanbul.

Emirates will be layering on more retrofitted Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s on its existing schedules to Shanghai and Zurich.

Emirates Aviation University (EAU) has celebrated its 35th graduation ceremony by honouring a further 154 scholars.

Aviation solutions provider, UAS has successfully executed its extensive support services for Hajj 2025.

Qatar Airways and Philippine Airlines have celebrated a new daily service between Manila and Doha with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Hamad International Airport.

The Qatari, Saudi and UAE air forces have been ramping up their tactical and integration skills with other air forces by participating in air exercises in Europe and the US. Alan Warnes reports.

Air Arabia has inaugurated its new route to the Russian city of Sochi with a frequency six weekly flights.

Joby Aviation has successfully completed a series of piloted, vertical-takeoff-and-landing wingborne flights in Dubai, marking the start of its commercial market readiness efforts in the region.

IATA has released data for May 2025 global air cargo markets showing air cargo demand is up 2.2%.

Paul Griffiths believes the Dubai Government’s approach to the Covid crisis put the emirate in a great position when it came to recovery and back to growth – and with a lot of lessons learned.

Etihad Airways said it is preparing to welcome more than seven million guests at Zayed International Airport over the busy summer travel period.

IATA has released the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Matchmaker platform, to facilitate SAF procurement between airlines and SAF producers by matching requests for SAF supply with offers.

SalamAir has signed a landmark four-year agreement with Osprey Flight Solutions, appointing them as the airline’s Aviation Security Risk Intelligence Provider.

Gulf Air and CFM International have extended the airline's long-term CFM LEAP-1A Services for A320neo family aircraft.

Qatar Airways group chief executive officer has issued an open letter regarding the forced closure of Qatari airspace on Monday June 23.

Pegasus Airlines has added direct flights from the UK to two new Turkish destinations – Gaziantep and Kayseri.

Etihad Airways has begun operating its iconic Airbus A380 on daily flights to Toronto, boosting capacity by 31%.

Aviation Africa Summit has become recognised for bringing characters with a story to tell – and this year will be no different.

flydubai will resume operations to the Syrian capital from 26 June 2025. Flights to Damascus will operate daily from Terminal 2, Dubai International (DXB).

Flyadeal has joined sister airline Saudia’s AlFursan loyalty programme giving members additional travel options.

İGA Istanbul Airport is set to welcome its first airline from the Americas - Canada's Air Transat.