Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Cargo will provide additional capacity to key destinations in the summer months across Asia, Africa and Europe.

SITA has signed an exclusive agreement with UKi Media & Events to trace and repatriate lost items at this year’s Passenger Terminal Expo, being held in Paris from 15-17 June.

Qatar’s Hamad International Airport looks to the future after coming out of the pandemic as a clear winner in the technology and sustainability stakes.

Qatar Executive is set to introduce a new Air Ionisation System on its state-of-the-art G650ER aircraft.

Oman Air will resume its daily Muscat to London flight at Terminal 4 at London Heathrow from June, 22.

Vision-Box has unveiled its latest solution built upon a new generation of biometric technology set to transform the travel experience: Seamless Kiosk - The New Generation of Biometric Technology.

Qatar Airways has launched its new service to Santorini, and the resumption of flights to Mykonos in Greece.

IATA has released April 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing a drop in demand and contraction in capacity.

The LCC wants additional aircraft so it can add points in Australia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to its route map.

The Rolls-Royce has said its Pearl 10X engine development programme is making good progress and has successfully cumulated more than 1,000 testing hours, both on the Advance 2 demonstrator and the Pearl 10X engine configuration.

Satair, an Airbus Services company, has created a “one stop shop” for aircraft Ground Support Equipment and Tools, gathering 70,000 part numbers from 1,600 original equipment manufacturers across the globe.

Eve Holding (Eve) and Falcon Aviation Services (Falcon) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for up to 35 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Industry leaders from BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce are among the pioneers of change from across the aerospace sector to be announced as the first speakers for the Aerospace Global Forum (AGF).

Etihad Cargo has received two awards at the STAT Times International Awards for Excellence in Cargo, being highly aclaimed in the Fastest Growing International Cargo Airline of the Year category and winning Air Cargo Woman Leader of the Year.

UAS International Trip Support (UAS) honoured the winners of its Outstanding Suppliers Awards 2020-2021 at a ceremony during the recent EBACE Show in Geneva.

dnata is investing US$ 100 million in green operations in the next two years to further enhance environmental efficiency across its global network.

Gulf Air is broadening its services by offering its aircraft for private charters.

ExecuJet MRO Services Middle East has received approval from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to perform line and base maintenance on Falcon 2000 ‘Classic’ aircraft.

Emirates is celebrating The World Environment Day 2022 theme - Only One Earth, with initiatives on board and on the ground.

EgyptAir has commenced services from Cairo to Dublin, Ireland.

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has announced the first recipient of the François Chavatte Award: Leo Knaapen of Bombardier.

Kuwait Airways has launched the first of its scheduled commercial flight to Izmir, Turkey. This coincided with the launch of the first scheduled commercial flight to the city of Mykonos in Greece.

Emirates and Airlink have officially activated their codeshare partnership.

Dubai Airports has marked World Environment Day by kicking off a new waste management initiative.

DHL Express is investing in solar power projects across all its regional facilities, with the first solar photovoltaic (PV) installation completed in its Amman facility, which will reduce energy consumption by 100%.