Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) has signed a contract with SITA to deploy SITA Airport Management, enabling BAS to manage its ground handler operations as cost effectively as possible.

GE Aviation recently achieved 400 million flight hours and 37 years of on time delivery of their navigation database to airlines globally.

Gulf Air participated in the Formula 1 stc Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 25-27 March.

Etihad Airways today unveiled its new Airbus A350-1000 on a special inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Paris.

Flydubai has been recognised at this year’s Aviation Achievement Awards in two categories.

VistaJet and Bombardier are celebrating the milestone delivery of Global 7500 aircraft.

The Emirates Aviation University has held its fifth annual Water Rocket Competition, in collaboration with Boeing.

Sharjah Airport has won the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ award in the five to 15 million passenger per year category and the ‘Voice of the Customer’ accreditation given by the Airports Council International (ACI).

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has released its financial results for the 2021 fiscal year as was approved by the company's Board of Directors, with a total of $3.075 billion in sales, and a net profit of $133 million.

The third and fourth Eurofighter Typhoons for the Air Force of Kuwait landed yesterday in country in the framework of a wider order for a total of 28 aircraft that will be delivered to the Kuwait Air Force.

SalamAir has announced non-stop flights to four Indian cities – from Salalah to Calicut and from Muscat to Jaipur, Lucknow, and Trivandrum.

EgyptAir has added Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to its route network.

Qatar Airways Cargo and WiseTech Global, a provider of software solutions to the logistics industry, have launched a direct eBooking solution between their global operating systems.

Aircraft leasing company Avolon has announced that Gözen Holding has committed to purchase or lease up to 50 VX4 eVTOL aircraft from Avolon. The option to purchase or lease up to 50 additional aircraft.

EgyptAir Training Academy recently implemented theoretical and practical training on the Boeing B777 and B737-800 simulators for a number of Indian pilots.

Jazeera Airways’ Shareholders have approved the Board of Directors’ recommendation to distribute 32% in cash dividend.

Dubai Airports is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the busiest travel periods of the year so.

Oman Air Holidays, the tour operating arm of Oman Air - has launched a digital platform giving locally owned and operated SMEs in travel and tourism sector greater online presence and visibility.

Dubai International (DXB) is to overhaul its air traffic management (ATM) system with the introduction of Thales TopSky air traffic control system(ATC). The new air traffic control system will support the Northern Emirates airspace where Dubai is the key driver for air traffic growth and volumes.

Emirates will re-introduce pre-pandemic flight frequencies to its destinations in India from 1 April 2022.

IATA has announced that the 78th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit will take place 19-21 June 2022 in Doha, hosted by Qatar Airways.

Oman Air recently conducted a series of Emergency Response Planning (ERP) training sessions at the airline’s headquarters.

The Final Draw of the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will take place on Friday 1 April.

A nurse from the United Kingdom has won first prize in Qatar Airways’ ‘Fly and Win’ campaign; becoming a US dollar millionaire overnight.

IATA has launched the IATA Recommended Practice Per-Passenger CO2 Calculation Methodology.