Middle East airports continued to dominate global growth statistics according to ACI, the umbrella group for airports worldwide. In its annual report, ACI said that the Middle East continued to achieve the highest growth among all regions at more than 10% for the month of December and for the year as a whole.
Boeing and Qatar Airways have announced a five-year agreement to provide Boeing Wind Updates services for the airline to maximize in-flight operational efficiency.
Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP), tasked with the multi-billion dollar airport and aviation-related infrastructure developments in Dubai, has extended its support to world's leading B2B airport industry event that Dubai will be hosting in May 2014.
Passenger growth at Abu Dhabi International Airport has marked another double digit increase with a 14.5% rise for January compared to the same month last year.
Air Arabia has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013, as the company once again delivered high levels of profitability and growth across the breadth of its operations.
Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has established an industry development committee specifically for the emirate's Oasis City and heritage heartland – Al Ain.
Qatar Airways recorded a runaway success at the Singapore Airshow 2014 where the airline was exhibiting for the first time, attracting more than 450 people over four days for an exclusive tour of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
The European manufacturer of turboprop aircraft ATR has developed its onboard Single-point Performance Software (SPS) computation application for the iPad.
Qatar Executive, the business jet charter division of Qatar Airways, will be exhibiting at the Abu Dhabi Air Expo, set to take place from 25 to 27 February at the Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Gulf Air has been independently ranked first among major airlines from the Middle East and Africa for on-time-punctuality for the 5th Annual Airline On-time Performance Service Awards.
Turkish Airlines could be operating A380s by the summer. UK online news service Flightglobal reported today that the fast growing airline has been making enquiries about wet-leasing four of the superjumbos.
Turkish Airlines has further enhanced the award winning services offered by Europe's Best Airline* with a 40 per cent expansion and design refurbishment of its departure lounge at Ataturk International Airport.
The leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has reported that it completed almost 7,500 charter contracts in its financial year, Feb 1st – Jan 31st.
Boeing and SunExpress have finalised an order for 15 737 MAX 8s and 25 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. The order, valued at more than $3.8 billion at list prices, also includes options for 10 additional 737 MAX 8s.
Emirates is the most valuable airline brand worldwide for the third consecutive year, according to The Brand Finance Global 500 report for 2014 that was released this week.
The Abu Dhabi Air Expo will take place this week from Tuesday, 25 February to Thursday, 27 February 2014 at Al Bateen Executive Airport, with doors open from 10 am to 5 pm each day.
Bahrain's aviation academy, Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding as a basis to start discussing further collaboration with Bahrain Polytechnic (BP) for the development and delivery of various transport based training and education courses in Bahrain.
Emirates SkyCargo is gearing up for the move of its freighter fleet to Al Maktoum Airport (DWC) by signing a trucking contract with Dubai-based Allied Transport LLC, an established land transportation services provider within the United Arab Emirates and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
