Middle East & North Africa

AJW Group, which has offices across, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, has appointed Tony Whitty as director of aircraft and engine procurement.

IATA has released October 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued to be well above pre-crisis levels.

Jazeera Airways took off with its first flight to the largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty on the evening of December 1.

Panasonic Avionics has been named the winner of the 2021 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award in its Aerospace category.

Egypt has inaugurated the second edition of the Egypt International Defence and Security Exhibition (EDEX 2021).

Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results.

MENA Cargo Airlines has signed a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply, management and repair agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions.

Qatar Airways will add Tashkent, Uzbekistan to its global network with twice weekly flights.

NEOM, the smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia and Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, have established a joint venture (JV) company to design, implement, and operate the world’s first bespoke public vertical mobility system in NEOM.

Qatar’s joint Hawk Training Squadron with the UK’s RAF has been formally stood up and TATV’s Defence Editor Jon Lake was at RAF Leeming to meet the architects of this new partnership between the Royal Air Force and the Qatari Emiri Air Force.

OneWeb, a global communications company powered by Space, has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with GDC Advanced Technology.

Willie Walsh, IATA's director general has commented on the new on New COVID-19 B 1.1.529 Omicron variant.

EgyptAir Training Academy has renewed its approval of training Libyan Airlines' pilots, cabin crew, engineers and dispatchers at ETA premises.

Airbus is featuring its Tactilon Agnet solution support smart collaboration and communication within defence and military organisations at EDEX.

Embraer has signed an MoU with Pratt & Whitney to collaborate on studies of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Israel has held its largest and most advanced aerial exercise to date.

Royal Moroccan Armed Forces pilots are in the United States, learning to fly the Apache with the US Army National Guard.

Qatar teams up with RAF for a new Joint Hawk Training Squadron.

National Aviation Services (NAS) will now provide best-in-class line maintenance services to airlines at the two international airports in Dubai and Sharjah.

RAF Typhoons deployed to Thumrait for the latest in a long series of exercises with the Royal Air Force of Oman.

The Tunisian Air Force will receive eight T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft from Textron Aviation Defence from October next year, Senior Colonel Ramzi Jumaili told Times Aerospace in Dubai.

Two Qatar Emiri Air Force pilots have now begun their flight training at Italy’s International Flight Training School (IFTS).

Over the last one year, the cargo division of Emirates airline has been transporting a new home-grown delicacy from the UAE to some of the finest restaurants in Moscow - premium oysters.

Emirates has restarted operations at Concourse A at Dubai International ahead of the peak travel period.

CTT Systems, which specialises in absolute humidity control products for aircraft, has said it has seen more interest in dehumidification systems as sustainability becomes paramount.