Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways is giving all of its guests travelling into or via Abu Dhabi a complimentary ticket to Expo 2020 Dubai, the biggest cultural gathering in the world taking place between 1 October 2021 and 31 March 2022.
Aerospace

Specialist surveillance company 360iSR has teamed up with Canadian UAV to develop a global programme to provide comprehensive unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations training.
Maintenance & Training

Expo 2020 Dubai's must-see aviation attraction is gearing up to open its doors to the public on 1 October and the Emirates Pavilion will offer a preview for the future of commercial aviation.
Aerospace

An all-new Gulfstream G700 has set its first-ever city-pair speed records from Savannah to Doha, Qatar, and then from Doha to Paris.
Business Aviation

The UAE has a presence in most aspects of the aviation industry. Now, moves are afoot to fill one of the few remaining gaps in its portfolio of services.
Airports & Networks

Two people died in Libya on Sunday after helicopters belonging to the Libyan National Army (LNA) collided 130 kilometres (80 miles) southeast of Libya's second city Benghazi
Defense

Qatar Airways has been rewarded with four new accolades at the Onboard Hospitality Awards 2021 virtual ceremony, including the coveted Gold Winner for the ‘Cabin Concept of the Year 2021’.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways and talabat, the region's food delivery and q-commerce platform, have signed a region-wide MoU. The agreement will see the two organisations collaborate on a range of initiatives that will benefit both Etihad Airways and talabat customers and employees.
Emerging Technologies

FAI rent-a-jet, Germany’s Special Mission Operator, has configured one of its seven Global Express aircraft (D-AFAM) as a dedicated air ambulance.
Aerospace

Inmarsat has launched its innovative new OneFi customer experience platform for airlines.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates is increasing flight frequencies to a number of US destinations from October.
Airports & Networks

Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has renewed its long-standing partnership with leading aerospace event organiser Farnborough International to organise the 2022 and 2024 editions of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS).
Aerospace

Spatial, a provider of cabin crew simulators based in Ras Al Khaimah, has entered a new partnership with S7 to manufacture and deliver a cabin service trainer and door trainer for the Airbus A320 family.
Maintenance & Training

Egypt successfully hosted 20 other nations from across the Middle East and Africa and beyond in a military training exercise called Bright Star. Throughout the first half of September forces from the 21 countries worked together to enhance security ties with exercised from the Mohamed Naguib base in the northern Matrouh governorate
Maintenance & Training

An estimated $4.5 billion order for a further batch of 30 Dassault Rafale multi-role fighters means the ongoing modernisation and expansion of the Egyptian Air Force is continuing apace. Jon Lake reports.
Defense

Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airlines, has said since the UAE was moved to the UK’s Amber List, the airline has seen a huge surge in demand and Emirates quickly resumed operations across the UK.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai has announced the new dates for the launch of flights to Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The airline will operate twice-weekly flights between Dubai International and Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj starting from 03 November 2021.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has announced its participation on the Global Coalition for Sustainable Aviation of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), becoming the first airline in the Middle East to join the global coalition.
Air Transport

Recaro Aircraft Seating (Recaro) is to equip Qatar Airways with its brand-new CL3810 economy class seat. Starting at the end of 2022, twenty shipsets of the CL3810 will be installed on the new A321neo fleet.
Interiors & Connectivity

UK aerospace start-up AERALIS and a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund signed an investment agreement at London’s DSEI show as part of developing AERALIS’s innovative modular aircraft system for transforming the defence light jet market.
Aerospace

Emirates has begun a worldwide campaign to recruit 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services employees to join its Dubai hub over the next six months.
Maintenance & Training

By Mark Pilling, Guy Leitch, Alan Peaford
The trans-Arabian Sea air routes from the Gulf to India and Pakistan are one of the busiest in the world. Pakistan’s market is significantly underserved but could all that change now that Air Arabia and the Pakistani conglomerate the Lakson group are teaming together to form a new low cost carrier Fly Jinnah.
Air Transport

Gulf Air today marked the 5000th flight departure from Bahrain International Airport’s new terminal as flight GF003 to London Heathrow marked the operational milestone.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has marked a milestone in its history with Bulgaria, celebrating 10 successful years since its first flight between Doha and Sofia Airport.
Airports & Networks

ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA), a provider of regional aircraft leasing and lease management services which has multiple customers in the Middle East and Africa, announced today the acquisition of its first Embraer E190.
Business Aviation