Middle East & North Africa

Air Seychelles has become the first airline to receive permission from the Saudi Arabian authorities to overfly their territory on flights to Israel.

Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone (ADAFZ) has said that Servomex, the global expert in gas analysis, has officially launched its operations at the airport free-zone.

Saudia operated a full weekend schedule of flights which had 100% of unavoidable scope 1 carbon emissions offset in support of the 2022 Sabic London E-Prix.

Jazeera Airways has added a new direct service to the Qassim province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Qatar Aviation Services (QAS), the subsidiary of Qatar Airways Group, has entered a partnership with IATA to become the first ground handler to join the new expansion of the IATA Environmental Assessment Programme (IEnvA) for ground service providers.

Etihad Airways has firmed up its order with Airbus for seven new generation A350F freighters.

Emirates is looking to recruit First Officers who meet the airline’s standards in safety, technical prowess and customer experience.

Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC) has opened the e-registration for the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference (NAVDEX).

Emirates is reducing the number of weekly flights to Lagos, Nigeria from 11 to seven.

IATA has released data for global air cargo markets showing healthy and stable performance.

L3Harris Commercial Aviation Solutions look to the future with its broad range of next-generation avionics, flight data analytics, full-flight simulators, pilot training and regional-based inventory and logistics services.

Oman Air is launching services between Muscat and Trabzon in Turkey.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has seen an increase in enquiries for private jets to Doha as football fever kicks in ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Joramco Academy—the Aircraft Maintenance Training Academy—has officially kicked off registration for its next class of students.

The International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (IADE) will be held from the 12-16 of October at Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport instead of Djerba-Zarzis International Airport.

Emirates has restarted flights from London Stansted.

MEBAA Show, the Middle East’s leading business aviation event is back 06 - 08 December 2022 at DWC, Dubai Airshow Site, bringing the business aviation community together in person to take advantage of the enormous growth predicted for this sector.

Qatar Airways has sponsored the prestigious Qatar Goodwood Festival in partnership with the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) for the fourth time.

Air Astana is marking 20 years of operations to Dubai.

Emirates has announced further movements in its commercial team in the Middle East, Far East, Africa, and West Asia.

Dassault Aviation’s Fixed Based Operation (FBO) at Geneva International Airport has been voted the top FBO at the Swiss facility in a survey of European business aircraft operators performed by Business Air News.

Etihad Airways has announced its financial and operating results for the first half of 2022.

SITA has launched SITA eVisa and SITA Electronic Travel Authorisation to meet the growing demand from governments for digital visa systems to stimulate national economies after COVID-19.

Emirates has announced plans to boost connectivity and increase travel options for customers flying between Dubai and Tel Aviv with a second daily flight.

Etihad Airways has said it will expand its services to Zanzibar up to January 14 2023.