Middle East & North Africa

Emirates partners with Shahid, an Arabic streaming platform, to offer premium content exclusively onboard its award-winning inflight entertainment system, ice.

Kuwait Airways has participated in a career fair organised by the College of Engineering and Petroleum at the Kuwait University.

AJW Group, a producer of aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has appointed Rachael Caston as CEO of AJW Aviation.

Flydubai has celebrated its inaugural service to Pisa, becoming the first UAE national carrier to operate this route from Dubai.

The Milestone Aviation Group completed the final delivery in the Saudi Aramco medium helicopter fleet renewal programme in February.

Gulf Air has started its services to Milan, Italy.

IATA has called for governments to urgently put in place large-scale incentives to rapidly expand the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Emirates is empowering Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to seek growth opportunities with an incentive for new members who enrol into the Emirates Business Rewards programme.

Seasoned aviation professional Richard Nuttall has had his role as chief executive confirmed by SriLankan Airlines.

Qatar Airways and Airlink have signed a comprehensive codeshare offering greater connectivity between 45 destinations in 13 countries across southern Africa and the rest of the world.

The Hajj Committee at Dubai Airports has announced that it has finalised preparations to ensure a smooth airport experience for customers who will be travelling for Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

A look at the latest defence activity taking place in the MENA region.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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.

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

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

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

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