Middle East & North Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) Chairman Tarek Ragheb has launched AfBAA Expo a new event focused solely on the African business aviation sector and run in conjunction with the Marrakech Airshow which takes place 23 – 26 April 2014.

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.

African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) Chairman Tarek Ragheb has launched AfBAA Expo a new event focused solely on the African business aviation sector and run in conjunction with the Marrakech Airshow which takes place 23 – 26 April 2014.

Air Arabia has signed a US$ 350 million finance deal from a syndicate of two GCC banks to support the acquisition of 10 new Airbus A320 aircraft.

Etihad Airways has finalised the agreement to acquire three airport services companies which will accelerate and consolidate the development of in-flight catering services, ground handling and cargo operations at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

US based private aviation service provider,XJet, is to move its headquarters to Dubai and develop a new luxury FBO at Dubai World Central.

Qatar Airways' corporate jet division Qatar Executive is again taking part at Europe's leading business aviation show EBACE in Geneva this week, this time highlighting the expanded services it now offers at its Doha International Airport (DIA) maintenance service facility.