Middle East & North Africa

The Boeing Company has appointed Kuljit Ghata-Aura as the new president of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META), excluding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, effective September 30, 2021.

Qatar Airways has been announced as the ‘Airline of the Year’ by the international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax.

IATA has released August 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued its strong growth trend but pressure on capacity is rising.

Turkish Airlines has signed a flight data animation partnership with CEFA Aviation.

India-based Fokker Elmo SASMOS Interconnection Systems Limited (FE-SIL) will make electrical interconnections systems for the Boeing-Saab T-7A trainer aircraft.

Turkey’s new Bozdoğan (Merlin) within visual range air-to-air missile (WVRAAM) has been live fired from a Turkish Air Force Block 40 F-16C.

Emirates, the Premier Partner and Official Airline of Expo 2020 Dubai, has revealed an A380 livery dedicated to further carrying the global event's messages worldwide.

Skytrax announced today that Saudia is the World’s Most Improved Airline of 2021.

Emirates has announced that its flagship A380 aircraft will soon be deployed to an expanded list of destinations starting in October and November.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its 50th Gulfstream G600.

Emirates will restart flights to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) from 10 December operated with a daily flight by a B777 aircraft.

International Aviation Services Organization (IASO), the parent association for all the aviation services companies worldwide, has announced that Camber Aviation Management’s CEO and aviation expert, Thomas Chatfield has joined its Board of Director.

ExecuJet MRO Services is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Qatar Airways Group has published its Annual Report for 2020/21, covering a challenging year with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic causing extensive loss of traffic and revenues as part of a pattern seen across the global aviation industry.

September’s Defence Monthly has Jon Lake and Alan Peaford at the world’s largest international defence event – DSEI – in London’s Docklands.

Etihad Airways will be operating more flights to Seychelles from October to provide leisure holidaymakers and families with convenient travel options to the tropical paradise.

Dubai Airshow 2021 is set to host pitch competitions in partnership with major local and global aerospace entities, including Etihad Airways, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Boeing Applied Innovation.

Flydubai has become the first airline to operate direct air links to the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana from the United Arab Emirates.

Data is clearly the fuel that will drive the future of aviation and L3Harris is at the heart of the technological development that supports this move.

Figures released by the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub at Dubai South reveal that Dubai’s business aviation sector continues to lead the industry’s recovery in the region. Jill Stockbridge reports.

Joramco - the Amman-based MRO provider and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has named Fraser Currie as its new chief executive.

Pegasus has launched twice daily direct flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport.

Turkish Airlines has entered into a code share agreement with Finnair.

Qatar Airways has extended its participation in the USAID ROUTES (Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species) Partnership, reinforcing its commitment to combat illegal trafficking of wildlife and its products.

Etihad Airways believes that the more airlines – even direct competitors – that start operating into its Abu Dhabi base, the better. Alan Dron finds out why.