Middle East & North Africa

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has launched its comprehensive four month staff summer safety and heat awareness campaign, to ensure that employees have the knowledge and tools they need to work safely during the hot summer months.
Airports & Networks

After its $9 million complete upgrade and refurbishment in France, the new look Boeing Business Jet (A6-AIN), owned by Abu Dhabi's Royal Jet, is now back in service.
Business Aviation

According to Yemen's News Agency, SABA, an agreement to develop closer links between Mauritania and Yemen has been signed in Nouakchott by the chairman of the board of directors of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA), Hamed Faraj, and Abu Bakr al-Sedik Ould Mohammed al-Hasan. the general manager of the Mauritanian National Agency of Civil Aviation (NACA).
Air Transport

Nabil Sultan, whose career spans more than 20 years in commercial roles within Emirates, has been appointed the new divisional senior vice president, cargo.
Maintenance & Training

Dubai's Emirates airline plans to lease new Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft from a finance company that will issue $630 million of bond-type certificates to fund the purchase of the planes, reports Reuters.
Air Transport

Air Arabia is studying the purchase of additional narrow-body aircraft, reports Bloomberg.
Air Transport

Dubai World Central (DWC) has appointed Altran exclusive advisor and service designer for the development of the Aviation District, the first innovative maintenance services centre dedicated to business jets and helicopters.
Airports & Networks

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has renewed its contract with Sabre Airline Solutions, the airline's long time business partner providing passenger service solutions, for a new reservations system software package.
Emerging Technologies

Dubai International has racked up another month of double-digit growth with 18.9 per cent increase in passenger numbers recorded in May, according to a traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports on Wednesday.
Airports & Networks

Abu Dhabi Airports Company's (ADAC) Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) and Thales Université, the training and education arm of Thales Group, have signed an MoU that aims at exploring opportunities for establishing training solutions targeting high-level professional and academic programmes with a focus on technical, engineering, maintenance and project management training in the field of aviation.
Maintenance & Training

The Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has announced that it will be conducting the Aeroplane Electrical Wiring Interconnection System Training Programme (EWIS).
Maintenance & Training

Emirates Airlines is making a name for itself on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network which has 225 million members globally.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has announced it will commence a daily A380 service to Barcelona from 1st February 2014.
Airports & Networks

The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) has unveiled a strategy plan to steer the next stage of development for the fast-growing civil aviation sector in the Emirate of Dubai.
Air Transport

James Hogan, President and CEO of Etihad Airways, has been recognised for his “outstanding strategic thinking and leadership” in winning the Executive Leadership category at the prestigious annual Airline Strategy Awards, held in London.
Aerospace

Emirates has been awarded 'Best Airline Food and Wine' by the readers of Frequent Business Traveler, an online publication written for and by affluent frequent business travelers.
Aerospace

Pegasus Airlines has selected CFM International's advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of 75 firm, 25 option A320neo/A321neo aircraft.
MRO

flydubai will begin operating flights to Medina on 25 July 2013, making it the 65th destination for the Dubai-based airline and 15th addition this year.
Airports & Networks

Pegasus Airlines continues to expand its network rapidly with the addition of such new routes as Albania's Tirana.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has signed a new codeshare agreement with Korean Air, South Korea's largest airline.
Air Transport

Kuwait Airways chairman and managing director, Sami Abdullatif al Nesif, said that the company has signed an initial agreement with Airbus to purchase 25 new aircraft, reports Muscat Daily.
Air Transport

Construction has begun on Emirates SkyCargo's new state-of-the-art cargo terminal and supporting facilities at Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport, which is set to become the home of its freighter operations from May 2014.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced an expansion of its codeshare partnership with Air Seychelles for travel to Kuwait over Abu Dhabi.
Airports & Networks

A team from UAE General Civil Aviation Authority's (GCAA) corporate communication section has paid a visit to the British capital to participate in a training programme organized by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority. The programme aims to exchange expertise in the field of corporate communications and identify the best practices.
Air Transport

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, has announced delivery of a leased Airbus A321 to Turkish airline Atlasjet Havacilik to help expand the carrier's fleet.
Aerospace