Gulf Air has added seven extra flights weekly to and from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, increasing capacity on the route by over 30% to meet a growing market demand. The airline will now operate one extra frequency daily increasing its scheduled flights to three per day the key city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Growing demand supported by strong intent and investment capability is expanding the market for military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Middle East. The region is already considered a lucrative market for defence. UAV development efforts by some Middle East nations coupled with imports from the U.S. will strongly bolster market expansion.
Qatar Airways has announced an expansion of its Boeing 787 services to Europe with the new state-of-the-art aircraft being deployed on three Scandinavian routes.
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.
Airbus Corporate Jet VIP cabin completion specialist, ACJC, has become the first completion centre to install and activate the system GCS (Global Communication Suite), on a single aisle Airbus aircraft on behalf of an unnamed Middle Eastern client.
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.
Opportunities for foreign investment into Kuwait have received a massive boost thanks to the current parliament passing more business enabling legislation than any other parliament before it.
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).
Nabil Sultan, whose career spans more than 20 years in commercial roles within Emirates, has been appointed the new divisional senior vice president, cargo.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has announced that it will be conducting the Aeroplane Electrical Wiring Interconnection System Training Programme (EWIS).
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.
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.
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.
