Middle East & North Africa

Emirates Airlines president Tim Clark has told the Financial Times (FT) newspaper that the airline is reconsidering its order cancellation of 70 A350 XBW aircraft.
Air Transport

Turkish Airlines has added Bordeaux as its 6th destination in France.
Airports & Networks

Saudia has become the first airline in the Middle East to offer free Wi-Fi to its first class and business class passengers.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways has welcomed the latest group of graduates from its innovative development programme to join divisions across the airline as pilots, managers, contact centre staff and technical engineers.
Maintenance & Training

Quantum Investment Bank and Palma Capital - both based in the Dubai International Financial Centre - have been retained as the exclusive placement agents for the launch of a shariah compliant aircraft leasing fund (ALIF) to be managed by the International Airfinance Corporation (IAFC) with Airbus and the Islamic Development Bank (“IDB”) as anchor investors and strategic partners.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian launched a new brand campaign that reflects the experience of travel with Royal Jordanian, highlighting its world-class services and the attention to detail that makes it the airline of choice.
Airports & Networks

Jazeera Airways Group has announced that its fully-owned aircraft leasing subsidiary Sahaab Aircraft Leasing has entered the EU aviation market by placing two Airbus A320 aircraft on long-term leases with TAP Portugal airlines, one of Europe's leading airlines.
Air Transport

Etihad has confirmed it has reached agreement with AlItalia to buy 49% of the troubled airline.
Aerospace

Business Insider, the US-based global business news website with 38.4 million monthly unique visitors, has placed Oman Air in the Top Ten of its just-published list of the world's best airlines for flying Economy Class.
Aerospace

Flying Colours , the Canada-based completions, refurbishment and maintenance specialists, has announced that it has received approval from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) to carry out maintenance work on business aircraft registered in the State of Qatar.
Business Aviation

Jet Aviation Dubai recently re-delivered its first successful Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) & Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) upgrade on a Gulfstream G550 for an undisclosed customer in the region.
Emerging Technologies

Gulf Air recently became the first airline in the region to be certified with Information Technology ISO certifications in the three areas of Quality Management, Service Management and Information Security Management Systems.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has introduced several initiatives to ensure the well-being and comfort of its customers observing the fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker, joined Her Majesty The Queen, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, at the official opening of the new Terminal 2: The Queen's Building at London's Heathrow Airport – nearly 60 years after the original Terminal 2 opened.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways has introduced mobile boarding passes on select routes for guests using its mobile online check-in facility.
Emerging Technologies

Abu Dhabi International Airport recorded 27.4% increase in passenger traffic for the month of May 2014, the highest in the airports' history.
Airports & Networks

Etihad Airways last week celebrated a major milestone as the fastest growing airline in commercial aviation history, when it took delivery of its 100th and 101st aircraft on the same day.
Aerospace

DC Aviation has announced it has successfully completed IATA'S Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) – usually considered as the quality standard for commercial airlines.
Business Aviation

Sabic - the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - has launched two “revolutionary” polycarbonate sheet solutions called Lexan to be used in aircraft interiors
Interiors & Connectivity

Airways Aviation Training Academy (AATA ) a subsidiary of the Airways Aviation Group is to launch aviation theory and aviation foundation courses from its Dubai Knowledge Village facility with further opportunities for students to then go on to undertake practical aeroplane or helicopter flight training at one of the Airways Aviation bases in Australia, the United Kingdom or Montenegro.
Maintenance & Training

Gulf Air today announced it will increase its flights between Bahrain and Cairo from 10 to 12 flights per week to meet high passenger demand following successful negotiations between the Kingdom of Bahrain's Civil Aviation Authority and Arab Republic of Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority, to increase air traffic rights between the two countries.
Airports & Networks

Oman Air is boosting its Muscat to Salalah services to meet extra demand during the summer season.
Airports & Networks

The Middle East has boosted Bombardier CSeries sales campaign with a new letter of intent from Jordan's Petra Airlines and the conversion to firm orders by an Abu Dhabi operator
Air Transport

Saudi Arabian domestic start-up, SaudiGulf Airlines, has selected the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 engine to power four A320ceo aircraft and has also signed an eight-year V-Services maintenance service agreement with IAE.
Air Transport

Bombardier Aerospace has announced that it continues to expand its worldwide local response networks with the opening of a new Regional Support Office (RSO) in Dubai.
Business Aviation