Middle East & North Africa

Former London Heathrow chief executive Tony Douglas has been appointed as ceo of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC).

ExecuJet Aircraft Trading has announced an exclusive mandate to sell an Airbus ACJ320 aircraft, thereby expanding its offering of large business jets.

Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) has dismissed as "untrue" circulated media reports and rumors about the number of aircraft currently in use in the country's Amir's aircraft fleet, a KAC press statement said today

Dubai Aerospace (DAE) subsidiary StandardAero announced today the appointment of Firoz Tarapore as interim president and CEO to replace Rob Mionis, who resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.

The Bombardier CSeries is on target to achieve first flight within the next three months according to president Guy Hachey.

Aviation professionals, engineers and selected students gathered in Muscat this weekend for a key event in the Omani aviation calendar. 'The Future by Airbus' showcased Airbus's vision of sustainable aviation in 2050 and beyond and included a special screening of 'Smarter Skies' – a 20 minutes movie. Airbus also presented a market forecast and talked about the future of flight, relevant innovations and talent.

Gulf Technics – the MRO division of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat - to believed to have suspended operations.

Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka is rapidly becoming a bit of a nightmare for Emirates Airline.

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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 this week 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.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced this morning that it has appointed Taylor Woodrow International Construction to carry out major expansion work at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Kuwait privately owned airline Jazeera announced record earnings today when it revealed its 2012 figures. The company declared a record net profit of $48.8million (KD13.9 ) up 32% from the previous year.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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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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.