Middle East & North Africa

The New Zealand government has given approval for the Qantas-Emirates partnership to share services between Australia and New Zealand.
Air Transport

Turkey's TAV Construction has been awarded the design and construction contract for the King Khaled Airport Terminal 5 in Riyadh, with the deal believed to be worth $400 million
Airports & Networks

AJW Aviation has been chosen by Air Arabia Egypt - Egypt's only low-cost carrier - to provide power-by-the-hour (PBH) support and leased inventory for two of its A320 aircraft.
MRO

The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) is hosting the inaugural Middle East Business Aviation Conference (MEBAC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The conference will be held under the patronage of H.H. Prince Fahd bin Abdulla bin Muhammad, President of General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
Business Aviation

The inaugural flight of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has taken off for the Netherlands' capital, Amsterdam.
Airports & Networks

In its ongoing commitment to maintaining the highest level of international aviation safety standards, Gulf Air today announced the successful completion of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
Air Transport

328 have announced that it has successfully completed in partnership with Turkish Technic an extensive Gulfstream GIV interior refurbishment for the Turkish Government.
Business Aviation

Brisbane is set to become Emirates' third Australian destination to welcome the airline's flagship Airbus A380, with the announcement that Emirates will operate the A380 on the Dubai to Brisbane and Auckland route from 1 October 2013.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has today resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner services between Doha and London Heathrow after a worldwide grounding of the aircraft in January.
Airports & Networks

Component support expert Avtrade has contracted DB Schenker to store, manage and provide local logistics services to support their Dubai and Singapore operations.
MRO

Kuwait's state-owned Kuwait Airways has picked Airbus to provide new jets because its proposal was the best value for money, reports Reuters.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways today announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand and the capital cities of neighbouring Cambodia and Myanmar.
Airports & Networks

Customers with Jet Aviation in Saudi Arabia can now keep up with the news from their favourite sources following a new service launching at EBACE in Geneva today.
Business Aviation

Piaggio Aero – the Italian turboprop manufacturer part owned by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala - is introducing a reduced maintenance program for its Piaggio P180 Avanti/II the company said at EBACE today.
MRO

Greek charter operator Gainjet sees the Middle East as a potentially lucrative market for its services following the acquisition of a second Bombardier Challenger 604.
Business Aviation

Strike action by ground handling staff at Cairo International airport terminal 3, has led to severe delays for national carrier EgyptAir.
Airports & Networks

Embraer's newest business jet – the Legacy 500 – made its first appearance outside of Brazil when it landed at Geneva airport to participate in EBACE, Europe's major business aviation event.
Business Aviation

Work is finally underway to permanently fix the cracked wing ribs on the 31 Emirates A380 aircraft.
MRO

Airlines from around the globe will be increasing their weekly number of flights to Abu Dhabi International Airport during the coming summer months the airport's operator ADAC said today.
Airports & Networks

Saudia – the Saudi Arabian national carrier – has received its first three-cabin Boeing 777-300ER in a special ceremony at the US manufacturer's base at Everett near Seattle.
Air Transport

Nextant Aerospace, unveiled its next generation 400XT at EBACE in Geneva this morning. The company also showed off a new air ambulance configuration - the first of its Special Missions applications for the reengineered aircraft type.
Business Aviation

At EBACE this morning, Bombardier revealed the Challenger 350 in partnership with fractional ownership giant NetJets.
Business Aviation

Royal Jordanian and Amadeus IT Group SA reached an agreement by which Amadeus donated around 100 pre-owned desktop and laptop computers that were uplifted by Royal Jordanian free of charge from Amadeus headquarters in Madrid to Amman.
Maintenance & Training

Oman Air has committed OR2 million to staff training in 2013, having already invested more than OR3.3 million over the previous two years.
Maintenance & Training

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) is displaying a BBJ 3 for the first time at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE).
Aerospace