Middle East & North Africa

An Afghan mother fleeing Afghanistan via Dubai to the UK on a Turkish Airlines flight gave birth to a healthy baby girl while at an altitude of 33, 000 feet over Kuwaiti airspace on Saturday.
Air Transport

Emirates will be offering extra baggage for travel to Beirut from around its network, starting this week until 30 September 2021.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Boeing, in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), have celebrated the naming and rollout of Qatar’s advanced F-15, the F-15QA.
Defense

Jet Aviation has gained approval in Geneva for Gulfstream Aircraft registered in Turkey.
Business Aviation

JSSI Parts & Leasing, a division of Jet Support Services, has appointed Ben Edwards to the role of regional manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Maintenance & Training

Oman Air and Oman’s Football Association have agreed to operate two special charter flights to fly Oman’s National Football Team to Japan for its upcoming World Cup 2022 Qualifying Match.
Aerospace

The largest commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider in the Middle East, Etihad Engineering, has signed a strategic partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), to provide Passenger to Freighter (P2F) conversions on Boeing 777-300ERs.
MRO

Manchester City has teamed up with long-standing partner, Etihad Airways in the international transportation of two player statues from across the world to Manchester.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways Cargo has been awarded by Nepal Freight Forwarders Association (NEFFA) for achieving the highest export tonnage (2850 tonnes) out of the country for 2020.
Air Transport

Oman Air has announced it is ready to welcome fully vaccinated guests to the sultanate from September 1, 2021.
Airports & Networks

Vista Global Holding (Vista), a UAE based private aviation group, has shown strong growth in the region in the first half of 2021.
Business Aviation

Mubadala's GlobalFoundries is collaborating with BAE Systems to produce radiation-hardened RAD510 System on Chip (SoC) single board computers (SBCs) for space.
Space

Gulf Air has signed a multi-year agreement to renew for CHAMP’s flagship Cargospot suite – which includes Cargospot Airline, Handling and Revenue Accounting.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Menzies Aviation today announced that it has expanded its joint venture with Iraqi Airways (MASIL) to offer passenger services at Baghdad International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Emirates will restart flights to Newcastle Airport (NCL) from 15 October.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has launched the latest in a series of initiatives celebrating the UAE’s golden jubilee year.
Aerospace

The Etihad Aviation group has a new chairman. Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al Shorafa was named as the new head of the global aviation and travel group by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
Aerospace

Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX is starting to return to service. Alan Dron looks at what this could mean for airlines, passengers and the aircraft’s future?
Air Transport

The UN is continuing attempts to broker peace to end Libya’s deadly civil war and a preliminary deal was agreed in early September. But, with so many factions involved, and major countries backing both sides, no-one can predict what will happen next. Alan Warnes analyses the current situation.
Defense

Originally part of Gulf Air, when Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) launched as an independent aviation training facility in 2010, it became the first European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved training organisation (ATO) outside Europe.
Maintenance & Training

One problem facing everyone as coronavirus restrictions are lifted is operational currency for all aircrew – keeping vital skills up-to-date.
Maintenance & Training

Tunisia’s high-level training institutes are constantly updating their programmes to adjust to the growing need of the aeronautics sector.
Maintenance & Training

The Prince Sultan Aviation Academy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, evolved from the Saudia Pilot Training Institute, which opened in 1959.
Maintenance & Training

It’s a little over a year since the National Aviation Academy of Saudi Arabia, also known as Tayaran, had its inauguration at its King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) HQ.
Maintenance & Training

Part of the Edge group, Horizon is the region’s largest independent helicopter flight-training academy.
Maintenance & Training