Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways is expanding its quick self-service bag drop facilities at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Emirates has touched down in Tel Aviv on its first ever service into Israel, operated with its latest Boeing 777 ‘game-changer’ aircraft.

Indian low-cost carrier Go First, has announced three direct services per week between Kochi and Abu Dhabi starting from June 28.

IATA has called on governments to further support the safe carriage of lithium batteries by developing and implementing global standards for screening, fire-testing, and incident information sharing.

Wizz Air is launching new routes from Dammam, in Saudi Arabia, to Rome, Vienna and Abu Dhabi.

Operated by Turkey’s TAV Airports, Almaty, Batumi, Madinah, Tbilisi, and Zagreb airports were among the best in their regions in the World Airport Awards 2022, organised by Skytrax.

Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, has received the ‘2022 Joseph Murphy Award’ by Air Transport World (ATW).

Dubai Airports has issued a passenger advisory, alerting travellers about Dubai International (DXB) getting exceptionally busy over the next two weeks.

In a quest to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the use of sustainable aviation fuel is moving up the agenda for Arab carriers.

Charter specialist, Jordan Aviation Airlines, aims to move increasingly into scheduled services, including long-haul routes.

Rolls-Royce is officially announcing the development of turbogenerator technology, which includes a new small engine designed for hybrid-electric applications.

Saab’s Integrated Air Traffic Control Suite has been selected through competition for implementation at Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport, UAE.

Emirates recently resumed daily A380 flights on its Brisbane route for the first time since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

Flydubai said it is preparing for a record-breaking summer of passengers.

Turkish Technic has recently completed its first Boeing 777-300ER landing gear overhaul.

EgyptAir Training Academy (ETA) has successfully passed the International Civil Aviation Organization's inspection.

Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) has selected UK-based Micro Nav market-leading ATC tower simulator suite, BEST, to support its plans for air traffic growth at both Dubai and Al Maktoum International Airports.

IATA has called for governments to adopt a Long Term Aspirational Goal to decarbonise aviation at the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) later this year.

Since the first Boeing 777 freighter service took off from Doha to Chicago-O'Hare in the U.S. in August 2010, Qatar Airways Cargo network has expanded across eight countries on the American continents.

Oman Air has increased weekly flight frequencies on its Muscat-Salalah-Muscat sector to a total of 112 weekly flights, running between 23 June and 11 September 2022.

IATA has announced the winners of the third edition of the IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards.

Silk Way West Airlines is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is looking to expand globally.

Aviator Airport Alliance has signed a partnership agreement with Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines.

Summa Airports Niger has signed an MoU with İstanbul International Airport on online and in-class training via İGA Academy, mutual airport site visits, internship opportunities for Nigerien students.

Oman Air is to become part of the Oneworld Alliance following an announcement in Doha today by the alliance’s board of governors meeting alongside the IATA annual general meeting.