Middle East & North Africa

By Vincent Chappard
International tourism in the Middle East and North Africa showed clear signs of recovery in 2017 with growths of 5% and 13%, respectively.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Boeing Global Services (BGS) is continuing to outpace the market as it pursues a target of achieving $50 billion in revenues by 2025, according to the division's new CEO, Ted Colbert, speaking at the Dubai Air Show yesterday
Maintenance & Training

Qatar Airways Cargo and WiseTech Global, a provider of software solutions to the logistics industry, have commenced implementation of an extensive direct data connection between their global operating systems.
Emerging Technologies

Embraer has announced ambitious new ESG targets, including a commitment to carbon neutral operations by 2040.
Air Transport

Emirates and Airlink have announced the expansion of their existing partnership into a unilateral codeshare agreement, giving travellers to and from South Africa access to more than 40 domestic and regional destinations across 12 African countries.
Airports & Networks

Due to the Khareef season demand for travel to Salalah in Oman’s southern Dhofar Governorate, Oman Air has gradually increased weekly flight frequencies from an average of 18 weekly flights in July to a total of 41 weekly flights at the beginning of August.
Airports & Networks

Bombardier, in conjunction with Rolls-Royce, is bolstering its maintenance service capabilities for Global aircraft customers at its service facilities.
MRO

The Dubai Airshow 2021, set to take place from 14-18 November 2021, shows the industry moving in the right direction towards achieving a full recovery within aviation.
Aerospace

Flyadeal, the low-cost Jeddah-based airline owned by Saudi Arabian Airlines, has signed a long-term Flight Hour Services (FHS) agreement to support its A320 fleet.
MRO

Jazeera Airways has taken delivery of its seventh Airbus A320neo aircraft from Airbus in Toulouse, France.
Air Transport

Aviation Africa 2021, due to take place on 14 & 15th October in Kigali, Rwanda, will now take place in 2022, with new dates to be announced shortly.
Aerospace

In line with its commitment to develop the capabilities and support the localisation of Saudi Arabia’s military industries sector, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), has signed a logistics services agreement with Bahri.
Defense

Israir Airlines has placed a repeat order for a shipset of Pitch PF3000 lightweight economy seats from Causeway Aero Group, based in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Interiors & Connectivity

The Middle East and Africa will get improved satellite coverage when Astrium's Alphasat is launched from French Guiana later this year – and the programme has reached a major milestone this week with the successful completion of the major testing stage of the 1-XL programme.
Space

Saudi Arabia's value carrier Nasair has launched international flights from the city of Taif as well as adding to its domestic network by launching flights from the city to the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Airports & Networks

A Qatar Airways jet made an emergency landing in Tehran on Wednesday after allegedly suffering an engine failure.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways and Garuda Indonesia have announced a number of new codeshare destinations in Indonesia, Europe, the Middle East, Singapore and Australia.
Airports & Networks

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air, which announced a restructuring strategy last December, has recorded restructuring progress within a month of its on-going implementation.
Aerospace

Mubadala's Swiss MRO subsidiary SR Technics has appointed former Jet Aviation senior vice president Christof Späth to head its component repair business.
Maintenance & Training

Jet Aviation Dubai was recently authorized to provide maintenance, alterations and repair services to the new ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650.
Business Aviation

The Airbus Corporate Foundation and its partners Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help (LOG), Turkish Airlines and Fraport AG have transported 35 tonnes of relief supplies from Frankfurt Airport to Adana, Turkey, today, on a Turkish Airlines A310-F freighter aircraft.
Aerospace

Dubai International has begun 2013 in top gear, setting yet another monthly record by welcoming, for the first time, more than 5.5 million passengers in a single month.
Airports & Networks

Supreme Foundation, a registered charitable trust established by the global supply chain solutions provider Supreme Group, has recently organized its largest ever winter supplies campaign, helping more than 500 orphans and refugees in Kabul to survive the severe Afghan winter.
Aerospace

Empire Aviation Group (EAG) has taken its first new aircraft of the year under management. The Gulfstream G450 is an advanced large-cabin, long range business jet and joins EAG's extensive fleet operating out of Dubai International airport. The aircraft will be managed by EAG on behalf of a private owner for personal use.
Business Aviation

Etihad Airways has confirmed the airline has concluded a transaction with Jet Airways to purchase the Indian carrier's three pairs of Heathrow slots for US$70 million.
Air Transport