Middle East & North Africa

Dubai International passenger numbers continued to soar in February with 5.08 million customers passing through the facility up 11.4 per cent from the same period in 2012, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by Dubai Airports.

Gama Group has announced a further expansion to its Middle East fleet with the addition of an Embraer Legacy 600, to be based at Gama's newest operating base, Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi.

Dassault Systèmes has announced its plans to expand in the Middle East, with the opening of an office in Dubai Internet City.

Dubai-headquartered international trip support provider United Aviation Services (UAS) has announced the creation of The UAS Aviation Grant & Internship Program, which will allow two students from the Civil Aviation University of China to advance their aviation career and further promote professional exchange and cooperation between the Middle East and the Far East.

Cavotec has secured a contract to supply advanced ground support equipment for the new Emirates Engineering Centre A380 line maintenance hangars at the Dubai International Airport, reports Aviation Pros

Qantas and Emirates have welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) approval of their partnership for a period of five years.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has released Abu Dhabi International Airport's traffic report for February 2013, indicating a 13.1% growth in passenger traffic over the same period last year, with over 1.2 million (1,221,686) passengers passing through the airport.

With the help of Emirates, London Gatwick airport has officially opened its new £6.4 million pier-served A380 stand.

Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) and brokers Capital Shield Insurance (CSI) are forming a new aviation consortium called Tayaran

Turkish Airlines has added Colombo, Sri Lanka as its 219th destination, connecting now to 98 countries.

Saudi Airlines Cargo has acquired two Boeing 747-8F Freighters. This brings the total number of planes operated by the carrier to 15.

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Dubai International has been confirmed as the world's second busiest airport for international passenger traffic, moving ahead of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for the first time.

flydubai, has announced that it will fly double daily to Sri Lanka starting this summer, bringing the total number of weekly flights to 14.

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Jazeera Airways today issued its January 2013 Operational Performance Report which showed that the airline has carried increasing number of passengers on key routes that include the destinations of Amman, Beirut, Bahrain, Assiut, Dubai, Jeddah, Luxor, and Sohag.

SSP has signed a seven-year deal, worth over $190 million in revenue, to operate the food and beverage (F&B) services at Doha's new Hamad International Airport.

Gulf Air has opened a state-of-the-art, energy efficient Data Centre at its Bahrain headquarters.

Award-winning Jazeera Airways today issued its February 2013 Operational Performance Report, revealing an increasing number of passengers on routes that serve Amman, Assiut, Dubai, Jeddah, Luxor, Mashhad, and Sohag, and that the airline has maintained high market shares on other key routes.

Akbar Al Baker, the Qatar Airways CEO who is heading the new Hamad International Airport project, has pointed the finger of blame for the airport's soft opening delay firmly on the head of contractor Bechtel.