Middle East & North Africa

Boeing’s lawyers have filed a joint court motion with the lawyers for the families of the 157 people who died in the 737 Max crash in Ethiopia.

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has placed the old Alia livery on one of its Airbus 321 to mark Jordan's centennial.

Honeywell and Riyadh Airports Company (RAC) have signed MoU to explore the use of Honeywell technologies that enable integration and automation at King Khalid International Airport.

Boeing has opened a new office in Kuwait, through the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) under the country’s Direct Investment Law.

Middle East Airlines (MEA) has signed an agreement to join the community of Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) users.

IATA is focusing on standards, digitalisation and addressing the skilled labour shortage to build resilience for ground handling activities.

Gulf Air concluded its participation in Dubai Airshow 2021 after signing a number of agreements during the event.

As Dubai Airshow closes its doors following what is probably the its biggest and best show yet, we look at the event from satellites and from the show floor.

Joramco has announced the continuation of its maintenance agreement with the Irish budget airline operator Ryanair.

Thales and RUAG International are entering into exclusive negotiations on the acquisition of RUAG International’s Simulation & Training Business (RUAG S&T).

Boeing announced a partnership with Kenya Airways to support its recently launched, Fahari Innovation Hub.

The scope of the contract covers heavy maintenance and modifications on more than 30 nose to tail aircraft for the largest airline by fleet size under the Virgin brand.

Emirates will retrofit 105 of its modern wide-body aircraft with its Premium Economy product, in addition to other cabin enhancements.

FIVE has purchased the first ACJ TwoTwenty from the Comlux Group in Switzerland.

Emirates SkyCargo has signed an MoU at the show to work together to develop an e-commerce end-to-end global logistics platform.

Turkish Cargo has appointed Unilode Aviation Solutions for the maintenance and repair of its ULD fleet under a three-year agreement.

Jetex and Eve Urban Air Mobility, an Embraer company, have signed an MoU aimed at developing the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem.

EgyptAir and Saudi Ground Services (SGS) have signed a contract by which SGS will serve the Egyptian flag-carrier in all the kingdom’s main airports, as well as Abha and Qassim.

Embraer has been in action for more than 50 years producing commercial airliners, executive jets and a range of defence equipment for land, sea, space and cyber including Airborne Early Warning and Control, Command and Control Centers, Radars and ISR systems.

The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) Show will support the recovery of the business aviation sector as the industry grows.

With defence forces focusing on the concept of network centric defence, at the heart of the drive is connectivity between systems and people.

EgyptAir Training Academy and Airbus have signed an agreement to provide the academy with the latest techniques for training maintenance engineers on Airbus A320.

Mutual assistance between two of the Gulf’s aerospace companies should help them both increase market share through leveraging each other’s capabilities, one of their senior executives said at the Dubai air show.

Saudia Cargo showed its resilience as Covid struck and air cargo came into its own as the enabler for e-commerce.

There can be few passengers who have felt the uncomfortable effects of air trouble with sore dry eyes etc. Paradoxically, you are more likely to feel it if you are travelling in the premium cabins such as business class or first class.