Middle East & North Africa

Spatial, a provider of cabin crew simulators, has entered a new partnership with VietJet Air to manufacture and deliver an A330 door trainer.

The introduction of the second daily Gatwick service takes Emirates’ total UK weekly flights to 91. Gatwick is being served by both the Boeing 777 and the A380 widebody aircraft.

Steadicopter, a provider in Rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (RUAS), has unveiled the Black Eagle 50H at the Singapore Airshow.

Boeing has announced a supply agreement for two million gallons (7.5 million liters) of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show has officially sold out all exhibition space. Visitors have until February 10th to register for the inaugural event by visiting www.worlddefenseshow.com .

France has contributed to the enhancement of air defence of the UAE territory.

Textron Aviation has rolled out the first production unit of the twin-engine, large-utility turboprop, the Cessna SkyCourier.

Flydubai is to start of flights to Al Ula in Saudi Arabia, becoming the first UAE carrier to operate this route from Dubai.

Dubai-headquartered Airways Aviation Group and CAE have been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support.

EgyptAir has received 40 postgraduate students from the Sorbonne University in France.

This week's rapid news roundup from around the MEASA region, brought to you by Alan Peaford, leads with Qatar Airways signing the largest ever freighter contract with Boeing as launch customer for the 777-8F.

ACC Aviation, the global aviation services group, reported a strong fourth quarter, after expanding into new pillars of expertise in aviation finance and technical services.

Qatar Airways celebrating 10 years of operating direct flights between Doha and Tbilisi, Georgia and Baku, Azerbaijan.

Emirates will make a full return of passenger services to and from Casablanca from 8 February.

Etihad Guest and the First Abu Dhabi Bank, in partnership with Visa, will launch a sustainably-focused Visa credit card.

Dr Andrew Glendinning, Product quality advisor at Air bp, explains the specifications of Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Joramco, the Amman-based MRO provider and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, is set to take part in MRO Middle East 2022.

IATA has welcomed the creation by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of a global directory of public keys required for authentication of health credentials.

Ilker Ayci, Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board of Directors last week resigned from his position.

Zayed R. Alzayani, chairman to the Board of Directors of Gulf Air, has praised the airline’s front line workers in their response to the Coronavirus COVID-19.

Jazeera Airways has achieved a new milestone as an Approved Training Organoisation certified by Kuwait’s Directorate for Civil Aviation.

A question-mark hangs over the future of Saudia after Saudi Arabia’s crown prince announced that the country plans to establish a new flag-carrier.

Oman Airports sees the return of traffic services and welcomed back Jazeera Airways on February 1, 2022.

Etihad Airways has successfully completed IATA Environmental Assessment stage 2 and received accreditation in four key operational areas.

Satcom Direct is celebrating the qualification of the Satcom Direct Plane Simple Antenna System on the Intelsat FlexExec network.