Middle East & North Africa

Etihad Airways, Boeing, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology today announced they will collaborate on a new initiative to support a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the UAE.

Gulf Air has signed a three-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with Jordanian MRO business JorAMCo, to meet the airline's heavy maintenance and 'C' check fleet requirements.

Saudi Ground Services Company says yesterday's announcement of the launch of the new Saudi Gulf airline can only mean good news.

Gulf Air signed a three-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with JorAMCo today, to meet the airline's Heavy Maintenance and 'C' check fleet requirements.

Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) (chalet A29) has awarded a turnkey construction contract for a new 14-metre engine test cell facility in Jeddah, to Safran subsidiary Cenco.

Turkish Airlines served 48.3 million passengers in 2013, a 23.6 percent increase from 39 million in 2012.

Oman Air and Oman's Ministry of Tourism have announced the launch of 'Oman Short Breaks', a joint project offering convenient and competitively-priced holiday packages for customers from the GCC region, especially those from the UAE.

Oman Air's flight crew numbers are receiving a major boost, due to a significant increase in the recruitment of Omani citizens.

Gulf Air has launched services to its fifth destination in Pakistan, with two flights a week to Sialkot.

Pegasus has launched its Smart Flight Packages, as a first in Turkey and one of the first low cost airlines in the world to do so.

IAG Cargo has signed a long-term commercial agreement to purchase capacity on Qatar Airways-operated air cargo freighters, effective from 1 May 2014.

The Janada stand at the Bahrain Air Show featured the lightweight Datron Aeryon Skyranger UAS.

JetBlue Airways and Etihad Airways have announced plans to begin codeshare operations and provide customers with enhanced travel options worldwide.

Qatar Airways was named "Best Business Class" at the 25thAnnual Best in Business Travel Awards, recently held in Los Angeles at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.

Oman Air has announced its support for a vital mobile literacy project, which supports and encourages Omani children of all ages to improve their reading skills.

Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) will be a Diamond Sponsor for the Abu Dhabi Air Expo taking place from 25th-27th February 2014.

Saudia is celebrating its one millionth Facebook follower by giving passengers free inflight Wi-Fi sessions. For January, passengers flying on Saudia's OnAir-equipped Airbus A330s and Boeing 777s will be able to use the Internet for free during their flight.

UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways and Spanish airline Air Europa have signed a codeshare agreement which will see both carriers significantly enhance access to and from Spain, the UAE and to destinations across globe.

Boeing and research partners in the United Arab Emirates have made breakthroughs in sustainable aviation biofuel development, finding that desert plants fed by seawater will produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks.

A privately-operated helicopter with two people on board crashed on take off from the Atlantis Hotel on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah.

An Iran Air crew waved goodbye to one of the classic aircraft in its fleet and closed the chapter on a piece of aviation history.

Dubai Airports has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract for the delivery of the Analytics module of its Airport Realtime Collaboration (ARC) suite to Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS).

The 2014 INEGMA is pleased to announce that the 7th Edition of the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference (MESOC 2014) will be held on May 5, 2014, at the Le Royal Hotel in Amman, Jordan.

Emirates will serve its Moscow route with a double daily A380 service from 1st August this year.

Etihad Regional's first commercial flight F7154 took to the skies this morning, with a newly branded 50-seat Saab 2000 aircraft.