Middle East & North Africa

Gulf Air, in co-ordination with Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (RAK International Airport), will commence schedule services to Ras Al Khaimah on 3rd October 2022.

The first Typhoon aircraft was delivered today to the Qatar Armed Forces at a roll-out ceremony hosted by Cliff Robson, BAE Systems Group, managing director air.

Emirates will reintroduce its flagship A380 to Perth on December 1 as part of the airline’s ramp up of services to Australia.

Emirates is activating a new codeshare partnership with AEGEAN, allowing its customers to benefit from increased connectivity to eight domestic Greek points via Athens, using a single ticket.

The UAE’s Strategic Development Fund (SDF) – the investment arm of Tawazun Economic Council – has invested into the development of a hydrogen powered aviation programme.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will be commencing services to Seoul, South Korea from 16 August 2022.

Menzies Aviation has won more than a dozen significant contract wins in Pakistan since it acquired a 49% shareholding in Royal Airport Services (RAS), an aviation services business based in Pakistan.

Airlines want to achieve net zero targets but they cannot do it alone.

The Bell 505 has made its mark in the Middle East and Africa region, performing a wide variety of missions. Now Bell Textron has announced the 400th Bell 505 delivery to European customer.

Qatar Airways will resume services to its fifth destination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qassim, with three weekly flights starting 22 August.

Emirates is to increase frequencies to Mauritius starting 1 October 2022.

Emirates has said it will invest $2 Billion to refurbish its cabins and offer new menus to improve its soft product.

Jazeera Airways has announced strong results with a net profit of KD7.8 million (US$ 25.37 million) for the first half of 2022, compared to a net loss of KD11.7 million in the first half of 2021.

Turkish Technic has signed a ten-year global repair license agreement with Honeywell for Air Data Inertial Reference Unit of Boeing 737MAX, 737 Next Generation and 787.

IATA has launched AVSEC Insight, an online platform that identifies potential security risks and threats to their operations.

Etihad Airways is to add a daily service to Manila in the Philippines.

Air Arabia has reported a strong first half (January to June) 2022 as recovery in demand for air travel continued.

Maen Razouqi, chief executive of Kuwait Airways, has been brought in to restructure the national carrier and put it on a profitable footing with a growth trajectory.

Kuwait Airways has launched its new food menus, which will be introduced shortly on-board.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will resume its operation to Moscow, Russia, from October 3, 2022.

Boeing will represent the aviation sector in a global alliance, jointly established by the US Government and World Economic Forum to accelerate clean technologies and reduce carbon emissions.

Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi reopened last Saturday following the completion of a major upgrade project.

Indian airline IndiGo is planning to further expand its network in the Middle East adding Ras Al Khaimah to its route network.

Agility, a supply chain services and infrastructure and company, has finalised its acquisition of UK-based John Menzies.

IATA has announced passenger data for June 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel remains strong.