Middle East & North Africa

Commencing 1 September 2014, Qatar Airways will be upgrading services on its Moscow route with an increase in weekly frequencies, as well as new aircraft to help meet the growth in demand to the Russian capital.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has announced that from 21 July 2014, the airline will operate a new daily non-stop route from Doha to Bali.
Airports & Networks

Visitors to The Dubai Mall can now connect with aviation like never before, thanks to Emirates airline.
Emerging Technologies

MBA students from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School recently completed a month of research and analysis on the opportunity to develop Sharjah as the leading private aviation hub within the MENA Region.
Aerospace

Air Arabia, the newly designated carrier of Ras Al Khaimah, today joined the emirate's tourism and aviation authorities to announce the operational details of its soon to open hub at RAK International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has announced the launch of an employee-led, crowd-sourced blog, a home to where the airline's widely travelled family of employees share their experiences with passengers.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced its strongest ever passenger and cargo volumes for a first quarter, together with US$1.4 billion in total revenues during the three-month period, marking a year-on-year increase of 27 per cent.
Air Transport

Air transport IT specialist, SITA was named the 'Best Airport IT Service Provider' in the Emerging Markets Airports Awards (EMAA), 9 April in Abu Dhabi.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways hosted a VIP reception in Toronto last night to celebrate the valued contribution of key partners in enhancing air connections between Canada, the UAE and other markets around the world.
Air Transport

Turkish Airlines is continuing to strengthen its sub-Saharan routes with three new destinations
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has announced it will boost frequency and capacity to Athens and Larnaca, adding depth to its expanding network, while enhancing connectivity over its Abu Dhabi hub.
Airports & Networks

Emirates airline will continue to serve all of its worldwide destinations during the 80-day period of runway upgrading works at Dubai International starting 1 May.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways and Cathay Pacific Airways have announced the launch of a new code-share agreement between the two oneworld alliance airlines, as Cathay Pacific last night formally celebrated its new service between Hong Kong and Doha at a gala event held in Doha.
Air Transport

Pegasus Airlines will operate flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen to the Kingdom of Bahrain from June 12 2014.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways and Fiji Airways have announced a new and far reaching interline agreement between the two carriers.
Air Transport

Etihad Regional marked the start of a twice-weekly service linking Geneva in Switzerland, and Toulouse in southwestern France.
Business Aviation

Abu Dhabi Airports has reported a 15.1% increase in passenger traffic during the first quarter of 2014 at Abu Dhabi International Airport, as compared to Q1 2013.
Airports & Networks

A Qatar Airways A330 returned to Doha Airport shortly after takeoff when passengers reported smoke in the cabin.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways has today announced five senior appointments in operations, marketing and guest experience, as part of the progressive realignment of the business to the Etihad Aviation Group structure announced last month
Maintenance & Training

Decision-makers from key regional airports and aviation organisations have signed up as Hosted Buyers for the 14th edition of Airport Show taking place in Dubai from May 11 to 13.
Aerospace

The UAE's civil aviation authority (GCAA) held a successful air accident training exercise at Fujairah International Airport, planned, coordinated and managed by the GCAA's air accident investigation team.
Maintenance & Training

The UAE hosted a symposium on air traffic management (ATM) in Abu Dhabi last week, to focus the attention on the challenges the region is facing for its air navigation.
Airports & Networks

Transworld Aviation, UAE, has launched Aviation Supply Chain Services in Morocco at the Marrakech Air Show 2014.
MRO

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that a customer in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region - who has requested to remain unidentified at this time - placed a firm order for two Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners.
Air Transport

Kuwaiti low cost carrier Jazeera Airways Group today announced a net profit of $7.47 million (KD2.1 million) for the first quarter of 2014, which it said was building on the Group's 15 consecutive quarters of profitability – but analysts warned that the underlying results showed just how tough the market is for the smaller Gulf carriers.
Aerospace