Middle East & North Africa

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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.

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

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.

Gulf Air’s chairman of the board of directors, Zayed R. Alzayani met with the director general of IATA, Willie Walsh at the Association’s headquarters in Geneva today.

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

The Indian government has allowed regular international flights, except 14 countries - including the UK.

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.

It was nearly a century ago that Edwin Link invented the ubiquitous Link Fight Trainer, or “Blue Box”, the ground-breaking pilot trainer that arguably helped pave the way for allied victory in World War II.

Emirates has signed a codeshare agreement with airBaltic to offer customers enhanced connectivity to/from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Finland.

This week’s TATV news from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Turkey looks at a major breakthrough in the development of an eVTOL cargo carrier.

ADNEC is taking the next step in its business diversification strategy with the strategic assets transfer of tourism business unit from Etihad Airways to ADNEC Group.