Middle East & North Africa

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

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.

Serco Middle East has been awarded a five-year contract with Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) International Airport Services.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Boeing and Akasa Air announced at the show the new Indian carrier has ordered 72 737 MAX aircraft.

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.

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.

Diamond Aircraft is at the centre of the world training market with its DA40 single engine trainer and its DA42 multi engine aircraft, and is now introducing an electric powered aircraft.

Day 4 of the show and it was all about emerging markets as Boeing comes bouncing back with a 737 Max order for a new Indian carrier.

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

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

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.

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

Thales’ new FlytX cockpit, as seen on the new VR Technologies’ VRT500 helicopter, represents a step-change for the company.

Australian-based search-and-rescue surveillance specialist provider, Sentient Vision Systems, has teamed with Austria’s Airborne Technologies and UAE- and UK-based Phoenix Aerospace to create a Middle East centre of excellence for sensor integration.